Yaesu FT-897D Operating Manual

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Page 50 FT-897D OPERATING MANUALPROGRAMMABLE MEMORY S CAN(PMS) O PERATIONTo limit scanning (and manual tuning) within a particularfrequency range, you can use the Programmable MemoryScanning (PMS) feature, which utilizes 10 special-purposememory pairs (“M-P1L/ M-P1U” through “M-P5L/ M-P5U”). The PMS feature is especially useful in helping youto observe any operating sub-band limits which apply to yourAmateur license class.PMS setup is simple to accomplish:1. Store the upper and lower frequency limits of the de-sired range into the PMS memory pair (“M-PxL” and“M-PxU”)2. Switch to the Memory mode by pressing the V/M keyonce, then rotate the DIAL to select the Memory chan-nel “M-PxL” or “M-PxU”.3. Press the [F] key momentarily, then rotate the MEM/VFO CH knob, as needed, until Multi Function Row “f”[ARTS, SRCH, PMS] appears on the display.4. Press the [C](PMS) key. The “PMS-x” indication willappear at the upper left corner of the LCD, signifyingthat the PMS feature is engaged. Tuning and scanning(by pressing the [A](SCN) key on the Multi FunctionRow “g” [SCN, PRI, DW]) are now limited within therange between the selected PMS memory pair, keepingoperation inside this programmed range.Example: Limit tuning & scanning to the frequency range144.30 - 148.00 MHz1. Press the V/M key, as necessary, to recall the VFO mode.Tune the MEM/VFO CH or DIAL knob to 144.300 MHz.2. Press the [F] key momentarily, then rotate the MEM/VFO CH knob, as needed, until Multi Function Row“b” [MW, SKIP, TAG] appears on the display.3. Press the [A](MW) key momentarily, then turn the MEM/VFO CH knob to select memory channel “M-P1L.”4. Press and hold in the [A](MW) key for one second towrite the VFO frequency into “M-P1L.”5. Now, tune the MEM/VFO CH or DIAL knob to 148.000MHz.Press the [A](MW) key momentarily, then turn the MEM/VFO CH knob to select memory channel “M-P1U.”6. Press and hold the [A](MW) key for one second to writethe VFO frequency into “M-P1U.”7. Press the [F] key momentarily, then rotate the MEM/VFO CH knob one click clockwise to recall Multi Func-tion Row “f” [ARTS, SRCH, PMS].8. Press the [C](PMS) key momentarily. Tuning and scan-ning are now limited to the 144.30 - 148.00 MHz rangeuntil you press the V/M key to return to memory or VFOoperation.SCANNING O PERATIONDUAL WATCH O PERATIONDual Watch is similar, in some respects, to scanning. In DualWatch, however, the transceiver monitors (squelched) onthe VFO-A frequency while periodically checking VFO-Bfor activity (or vice-versa). A typical example might be foryou to set VFO-A to 50.110 MHz, watching for DX stationswho might call CQ on that frequency, while periodicallychecking 28.885 MHz for stations reporting band openingson 6 meters.To activate Dual Watch:1. Set up transmit and receive operation on VFO-A, estab-lishing your primary monitoring frequency. Set up thefrequency to be checked periodically on VFO-B.2. Recall VFO-A, then rotate the SQL control until thebackground noise is just silenced.3. Press the [F] key momentarily, then rotate the MEM/VFO CH knob, as needed, until Multi Function Row“g” [SCN, PRI, DW] appears on the display.4. Press the [C](DW) key momentarily to activate DualWatch operation (the “ ” icon willappear at the upper of the frequencydisplay). The transceiver will con-tinue to monitor (squelched) on thecurrent (VFO-A) frequency, but every five seconds willswitch briefly to VFO-B frequency, looking for activity.5. If a station is detected on the VFO-B frequency, the trans-ceiver will pause on the VFO-B frequency (the decimalpoint in the frequency will blink).6. Press the [C](DW) key again to cancel Dual Watch op-eration (the “ ” icon will disappear).Note that pressing the PTT switch on the mi-crophone does not cancel Dual Watch opera-tion.