Yaesu FT-8900R Operating Manual

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Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTSYaesu FT-8900R Operating Manual Expanded Edition (courtesy of W5JCK) Page 2 of 77Table of ContentsAbout this Manual .............................................................................................................................................5Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................... 6Front Panel Controls.....................................................................................................................................6LCD Display Screen ................................................................................................................................... 10MH−48A6J Microphone Overview ............................................................................................................ 11Common Tasks ................................................................................................................................................ 13Program the Microphone Buttons .............................................................................................................. 13Select the Main Operating Band................................................................................................................. 15Change the Frequency Band ....................................................................................................................... 16Change the Frequency ................................................................................................................................ 17Transmit ..................................................................................................................................................... 18Activate the Lock Feature .......................................................................................................................... 18Activate the Key/Button Beeper ................................................................................................................. 19Select the Channel Step .............................................................................................................................. 19Set the Display Brightness ......................................................................................................................... 20Activate the Band Linking Feature............................................................................................................. 20Select the Audio Muting Preference ........................................................................................................... 20Set the RF Squelch Level ........................................................................................................................... 21Activate the Time-Out Timer ..................................................................................................................... 21Activate Automatic Power Off ................................................................................................................... 22Set FM Bandwidth and MIC Gain.............................................................................................................. 22Program Band Limits for VFO Mode ........................................................................................................ 23Operate through Repeaters ............................................................................................................................ 25Automatic Repeater Shifts .......................................................................................................................... 25Manual Repeater Shift Activation .............................................................................................................. 25Tone Coded Squelch ........................................................................................................................................ 27CTCSS Tone System .................................................................................................................................. 27DCS Tone System ...................................................................................................................................... 28Tone Search Scanning ................................................................................................................................ 29DCS Code Inversion ................................................................................................................................... 30Regular Memory .............................................................................................................................................. 32Overview .................................................................................................................................................... 32Store a Frequency in Memory .................................................................................................................... 32Create a Name Tag for a Memory Channel ................................................................................................ 33Store Independent Transmit Frequencies ................................................................................................... 34Recall a Stored Memory ............................................................................................................................. 35Tune from a Stored Memory ...................................................................................................................... 35Delete a Memory ........................................................................................................................................ 36Set a HOME Channel for an Operating Band ............................................................................................ 36Activate Memory Only Mode .................................................................................................................... 37Hyper Memory ................................................................................................................................................ 38Overview .................................................................................................................................................... 38Store a Hyper Memory ............................................................................................................................... 40Recall a Hyper Memory ............................................................................................................................. 41