Yaesu FT-8800R Operating Manual

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ARTSYaesu FT-8800R Operating Manual (courtesy of W5JCK) Page 57 of 834. Press the DIAL knob momentarily, then rotate the DIAL knob to select thedesired ARTS beep option. The available options are:• IN RNG: The beeps are issued only when the radio first confirms that you arewithin range, but does not re-confirm with beeps thereafter.• ALWAYS: Every time a polling transmission is received from the other station,the alert beeps will be heard.5. Press the DIAL knob momentarily. OUT.RNG is displayed on the LCD. ARTSoperation has now commenced.6. Every 25 seconds, your radio will transmit a polling call to the other station. Whenthat station responds with its own ARTS polling signal, the display will change toIN.RNG to confirm that the other station’s polling code was received in response toyours.7. Press the DIAL knob momentarily to exit ARTS operation and resume normaloperation. 0.Set Up the CW IdentifierThe ARTS feature includes a CW Identifier. Every ten minutes during ARTS operation, theradio can be instructed to send DE your-callsign K if this feature is enabled. The callsignfield may contain up to 6 characters.To program the CW Identifier:1. Press the SET key momentarily to enter the Set mode.2. Rotate the DIAL knob to select Menu #8 CWID W.3. Press the DIAL knob momentarily.4. Press the DIAL knob momentarily again to enable entry of your callsign.5. Rotate the DIAL knob one click clockwise to begin entry of the letters andnumbers in your callsign.6. Press the DIAL knob momentarily to set the first letter or number in yourcallsign.7. When the correct character has been selected, press the DIAL knob momentarilyto move on to the next character.8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 as many times as necessary to complete your callsign.9. Press the Main key to delete all data after the cursor that may have beenpreviously stored (erroneously).