Selecting The Operating Band - Yaesu VX-5R Operating Manual

If you're operating in an area of high RF pollution, you may need to con-
sider "Tone Squelch" operation using the built-in CTCSS Decoder. This fea-
ture will keep your radio quiet until a call is received from a station sending
a carrier which contains a matching (subaudible) CTCSS tone. Or if your friends have
radios equipped with DCS (Digital Coded Squelch) like your VX-5R has, try using that
mode for silent monitoring of busy channels.
The VX-5R covers an incredibly wide frequency range, over which a number of different
operating modes are used. Therefore, the VX-5R's frequency coverage has been divided
into different operating bands, each of which has its own pre-set channel steps and operat-
ing modes. You can change the channel steps and operating modes later, if you like (see
pages 22 and 23).
To Change Operating Bands
Press the [ BAND ( SET ) AR] key repetitively.
You will see the LCD indication change as
you press the [ BAND ( SET ) AR] key.
The VX-5R uses a dual VFO system (ex-
plained in detail on page 20). To switch from
the "Main" VFO (VFO-A) to the "Sub"
( V F O - B ) V F O i n s t a n t l y, p r e s s t h e
[ VFO ( DW ) SC ] key momentarily. Pressing
the [ VFO ( DW ) SC ] key once more will re-
turn the VX-5R to VFO-A.
Once you have selected the desired band, you
may initiate manual tuning (or scanning) per
the discussions below.
VX-5R O
PERATING
S
ELECTING THE
M
ANUAL
O B
PERATING AND
BAND
BC Ban d
SW Ban d
FM BC
TV Band
50 MHz Ham
14 4 MHz Ham
43 0 MHz Ham
AIR Band
Action Ba nd 1
Action Ba nd 2
Operation
Frequency Range
0.5 ~ 1.8 MHz
1.8 ~ 16 MHz
59 ~ 108 MHz
174 ~ 222 & 4 70 ~ 729 MHz
48 ~ 59 MHz
137 ~ 1 74 MHz
420 ~ 4 70 MHz
108 ~ 1 37 MHz
222 ~ 4 20 MHz
800 ~ 9 99 MHz
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