17New2001ACCESS THE REPEATER1STEP 1 Select the DR modeHold down for 1 second.• The DR mode is selected.• The repeater list, described in thismanual, may differ from your trans-ceiver’s preloaded list.VFO modeDR modeSTEP 2 Select your Access repeater (“FROM”)Push D-pad(q ) to select“FROM” (Access repeater),and then push D-pad(Ent).D-pad(�)(Ent)Push D-pad(w ) to select “Re-peater List,” and then pushD-pad(Ent).If you want to return to the VFO mode, hold downagain for 1 second.Go to step e“FROM” is selected.This section describes how to check whether or not you canaccess your local area repeater (Access repeater), and if yoursignal is successfully sent to a destination repeater.If your call sign (MY) has not been set, or your call sign hasnot been registered on a D-STAR repeater, see page 2.Example: Your Access repeater is Hirano/Japan in the Re-peater list.You have four other ways toselect your access repeater,other than selecting it from re-peater list. See the AdvancedInstructions for more details.• Rotating [DIAL]• Searching for the nearest re-peaters• Selecting from the TX History• Searching for a repeater us-ing the DR mode scan