Yaesu FT dx 1200 Operating Manual

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Page 91FT D X 1200 O PERA T ING M ANUALrepeAter operAtionThe FTDX 1200 may be utilized on 29 MHz and 50 MHz repeaters.1. Rotate the Main Tuning Dial knob to the output fre-quency (downlink) from the repeater.2. If CTCSS Tone operation is desired/needed, pressthe /// button to select “TONE”, then pressthe [SELECT] button to engage the CTCSS mode.3. Press the [SELECT] button to select the desiredCTCSS mode. If you just need to send the uplink en-coding tone, select “ENC.” For encode/decode opera-tion, choose “T.SQL” instead. The available choicesare“OFF” à “ENC (Tone Encoder)”à “T.SQL (Tone Squelch)” à “OFF”4. Press and hold in the [SELECT] button to enter theMenu item “089 TONE FREQ”.5. Press the [SELECT] button, then rotate the [VFO-B/CLAR] knob (or press the / button) to selectthe desired CTCSS Tone to be used. A total of 50standard CTCSS tones are provided (see the CTCSSTone Chart).6. Press the [SELECT] button, then press the [MENU]button to save the new settings and exit.7. Press the /// button to select “RPT”, thenpress the [SELECT] button to select the desired re-peater shift direction. The selections are:“SIMP” à “+” à “–” à “SIMP”where “SIMP” represents “Simplex” operation (notused on a repeater).8. Close the microphone PTT switch (or press the[MOX] button) to begin transmission. You will ob-serve that the frequency has shifted to correspondto the programming you set up in the previoussteps, and a “t” notation will appear on the “10 Hz”frequency digit while transmitting. Speak into themicrophone in a normal voice level. Release thePTT switch or [MOX] button to return to the receivemode.A dvice : The conventional repeater shift used on 29 MHz is100 kHz, while on the 50 MHz band the shift mayvary between 500 kHz and 1.7 MHz (or more). Toprogram the proper repeater shift, use Menu items“087 RPT SHIFT (28MHz)” (28 MHz) and “ 088RPT SHIFT (50MHz)” (50 MHz), as appropriate.ctcSS tone Frequency (Hz)67.0 69.3 71.9 74.4 77.0 79.7 82.5 85.488.5 91.5 94.8 97.4 100.0 103.5 107.2 110.9114.8 118.8 123.0 127.3 131.8 136.5 141.3 146.2151.4 156.7 159.8 162.2 165.5 167.9 171.3 173.8177.3 179.9 183.5 186.2 189.9 192.8 196.6 199.5203.5 206.5 210.7 218.1 225.7 229.1 233.6 241.8250.3 251.4 - - - - - -fm moDe operation[VFO-B/CLAR] Knob[MENU] Button[MOX] Button[SELECT] ButtonThe "t" indicator will appear in this area while transmitting.