Yaesu FT DX 1200 Operation Manual

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Page 99FT DX 1200 O PERATING M ANUALSection 7.401 d) of the regulations governing amateur radio in the United States permit emergency amateur commu-nications on the spot freTuency of 167. kH] by stations in or within .6 km of) the state of $laska. This freTuencyis only to be used when the immediate safety of human life andor property are threatened, and is never to be used forroutine communications.The FTDX 1200 includes the capability for transmission and reception on 167. kH] under such emergency conditionsvia the 0enu system. To activate this feature1. 3ress the [MENU] button to enter the 0enu mode.. 5otate the [SELECT] knob or press the ST but-ton) to select 0enu item “184 EMERGENCY FREQTX”.3. 3ress the [SELECT] button, then rotate the [VFO-B/CLAR] knob or press the ST button) to select“ENABLE.”4. 3ress the [SELECT] button, then press the [MENU]button to save the new setting and exit to normaloperation. (mergency communication on this spotfreTuency is now possible.. 3ress the [V/M] button, as necessary, to enter the0emory mode. 3ress the [MCH/GRP] button, thenrotate the [VFO-B/CLAR] knob to select the emer-gency channel “EMERGENCY”), which is found be-tween channels “5M-10” and “01”).N OTE: The receive-mode CL$5IFI(5 functions normallywhile using this freTuency, but variation of the trans-mit freTuency is not possible. The full speci¿cationsof the FTDX 1200 are not necessarily guaranteed onthis freTuency, but power output and receiver sensi-tivity should be fully satisfactory for the purpose ofemergency communication. If you wish to disable operation capability on the$laska (mergency FreTuency, repeat the above pro-cedures, but set the 0enu item “184 EMERGENCYFREQ TX” to “DISABLE” in step 3. In an emergency, note that a half-wave dipole cutfor this freTuency should be approximately 4’3” oneach leg 0’6” total length). (mergency operationon 167. kH] is shared with the $laska-Fixed Ser-vice. This transceiver is not authori]ed for operation,under the FCC 3art 87, for aeronautical communica-tions.O PERATION ON ALASKA EMERGENCY FREQUENCY: 5167.5 KHZ (U.S. V ERSION O NLY)[VFO-B/CLAR] Knob[MENU] Button[SELECT] Button