Yaesu FT-450 Operation Manual

Also see for FT-450: Brochure & specs Reference Manual User manual Technical supplement

GENERAL FEATURE ........................................... 1FRONT PANEL SWITCHES AND KNOBS .......... 2DISPLAY INDICATIONS ....................................... 6REAR PANEL JACKS .......................................... 8SUPPLIED MH-67A8J MICROPHONE ................. 9ACCESSORIES & OPTIONS ............................. 10INSTALLATION .................................................. 11CONNESTION OF ANTENNA AND POWER SUPPLY .. 11ABOUT COAXIAL CABLE ............................................... 11GROUNDING ................................................................... 12VL-1000 LINEAR AMPLIFIER INTERCONNECTIONS .. 13INTERFACING TO OTHER LINEAR AMPLIFIER ........... 13EASY OPERATION ............................................ 14HOW TO USE THE [DSP/SEL] KNOB ............................ 15MENU OPERATION ......................................................... 15HOW TO USE THE [VOICE/C.S] SWITCH .................... 16KEY DURATION SETTING .............................................. 17RESETTING THE MICROPROCESSOR ........................ 18RECEIVING ........................................................ 19TUNING STEPS ............................................................... 19CHANGE THE TUNING STEPOF THE [MAIN DIAL] KNOB ..................... 19CHANGE THE TUNING STEPOF THE [DSP/SEL] KNOB ........................ 19ABOUT THE [UP]/[DWN] BUTTONSOF THE OPTIONAL MH-31A8J AND MD-100A8X ..... 20CLARIFIER ....................................................................... 20DIGITAL VOICE ANNOUNCEMENT ............................... 21DIAL LOCK ....................................................................... 21MY BANDS OPERATION ................................................ 22MY MODES OPERATION ............................................... 23DIGITAL VOICE RECORDER ......................................... 24CONVENIENCE FEATURES ............................. 25RECEIVER OPERATION(FRONT END BLOCK DIAGRAM ) ......................................... 25ATT/IPO(ADJUST THE RECEIVING SENSITIVITY) .................................. 26NOISE BLANKER(INTERFERENCE REJECTION “SIGNALS WITHIN 3 kHz”) ........... 26AGC(TOOL FOR COMFORTABLE AND EFFECTIVE RECEPTION) ......... 27CONTOUR(INTERFERENCE REJECTION “SIGNALS WITHIN 3 kHz”) ........... 28SHIFT(INTERFERENCE REJECTION “SIGNALS WITHIN 3 kHz”) ........... 29WIDTH(INTERFERENCE REJECTION “SIGNALS WITHIN 3 kHz”) ........... 30NOTCH(INTERFERENCE REJECTION “SIGNALS WITHIN 3 kHz”) ........... 31DNR(INTERFERENCE REJECTION “SIGNALS WITHIN 3 kHz”) ........... 32RF GAIN ........................................................................... 33SSB/AM MODE TRANSMISSION ..................... 34TX METER SELECTION ................................................. 35TX POWER ADJUSTMENT ............................................ 35TRANSMITTER TIME-OUT TIMER (TOT) ...................... 36MICROPHONE GAIN LEVEL ADJUSTMENT ................ 37DSP MICROPHONE EQUALIZER .................................. 38AUTOMATIC TX/RX SWITCHINGUSING VOICE CONTROL (VOX) ........................... 39MONITOR ........................................................................ 40SPLIT-FREQUENCY OPERATION ................................. 41QUICK SPLIT OPERATION ............................................ 41VOICE MEMORY (SSB/AM/FM MODES) ...................... 42CW MODE OPERATION .................................... 44SETUP FOR STRAIGHT KEY(AND STRAIGHT KEY EMULATION) OPERATION ..... 44USING THE BUILT-IN ELECTRONIC KEYER ................ 45CW SPOTTING (ZERO-BEATING) ................................. 47USING CW REVERSE .................................................... 47CW DELAY TIME SETTING ............................................ 48CW SIDETONE VOLUME LEVEL SETTING .................. 48CW PITCH ADJUSTMENT .............................................. 49CW TRAINING FEATURE ............................................... 49BEACON FEATURE ........................................................ 50FM MODE OPERATION ..................................... 52BASIC OPERATION ........................................................ 52REPEATER OPERATION ................................................ 53TONE SQUELCH/DCS OPERATION .............................. 54TONE SEARCH SCANNING ........................................... 55MEMORY OPERATION ...................................... 54CONVENIENT MEMORY FUNCTIONS .......................... 56MEMORY GROUPS ......................................................... 57REGULAR MEMORY OPERATION ................................ 58MEMORY STORAGE ................................................ 58MEMORY CHANNEL RECALL ................................. 58ERASING MEMORY CHANNEL DATA ..................... 59MEMORY TUNE OPERATION .................................. 59LABELING MEMORIES ............................................ 60HOME CHANNEL MEMORIES ....................................... 62HOME CHANNEL RECALL ....................................... 62HOME CHANNEL FREQUENCY CHANGE ............. 62QMB (QUICK MEMORY BANK) ...................................... 63STORAGE ................................................................. 63RECALL ..................................................................... 63SCANNING OPERATION ................................... 64VFO AND MEMORY SCANNING .................................... 64PREPARATION ......................................................... 64VFO/MEMORY SCAN ............................................... 65PROGRAMMABLE MEMORY SCANNING(PMS) ........ 66OPERATION ON ALASKAEMERGENCY FREQUENCY: 5167.5 kHz(U.S. VERSION ONLY) ....... 67MISCELLANEOUS SETTINGS .......................... 68DISPLAY SETTING .......................................................... 68BEEPER SETTING .......................................................... 69BEEP VOLUME ......................................................... 69BEEP TONE .............................................................. 70AUTOMATIC POWER-OFF (APO) .................................. 71TABLE OF C ONTENTS