Yaesu FT-897D Operating Manual

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Page 1FT-897D OPERATING MANUALThe FT-897D is a rugged, innovative multiband, multi-mode portable transceiver for the amateur radio MF/HF/VHF/UHF bands. Providing coverage of the 160-10 meterbands (include the 60 m band: USA version) plus the 6 m, 2m, and 70 cm bands, the FT-897D includes operation onthe SSB, CW, AM, FM, and Digital modes, yielding the mostcomprehensive performance package available for field op-eration.Designed for use from (1) an external DC power source,(2) internal battery (requires optional FNB-78 Ni-MH bat-tery pack), or (3) AC power source (requires optional FP-30 External AC Power Supply), the FT-897D provides 100watts of power output from a 13.8-Volt external power sup-ply or AC operation. When using the optional FNB-78 Ni-MH Battery Pack, the FT-897D automatically switches to20 Watts (430 MHz:10W) of output power.The multi-function Liquid-Crystal Display includes at-tractive backlighting, which may be disabled for battery con-servation. The display includes bar-graph indication of poweroutput, ALC voltage, SWR, and modulation level. Also in-clude are a number of operating status icons, as well as thefunction displays for the three operating function keys (A,B, and C).I NTRODUCTIONAmong the advanced features of the FT-897D are manyincorporated only in large base-station transceivers. Theseinclude Dual VFOs; Split-Frequency operation; Digital Sig-nal Processing (Bandpass Filtering, Noise Reduction, Notch,and Microphone Equalizer); IF Shift; Clarifier (“R.I.T.”);IF Noise Blanker; AGC Fast/Slow/Auto/Off selection; RFGain and Squelch control; IPO (Intercept Point Optimiza-tion) and a receiver front-end Attenuator; Built-in High Sta-bility Reference Oscillator; AM Aircraft reception; AM andFM Broadcast reception; U.S. Weather Band reception;VOX; Built-in Electronic Keyer; Adjustable CW Pitch;Automatic FM Repeater Shift (ARS); Built-in CTCSS En-coder/Decoders; ARTS™ (Auto-Range Transponder Sys-tem); Smart Search™ Automatic Memory Loading System;Spectrum Scope; 200 Memories plus Home Channels andBand-limiting Memories; Alpha-Numeric Labeling ofMemories; Automatic Power-Off (APO) and Time-Out Timer(TOT) functions; Computer Interface capability; and Clon-ing capability.We urge you to read this manual in its entirety, so as togain a full understanding of the amazing capability of theexciting new FT-897D Transceiver.