Yaesu FTA-720 Operating Manual

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FTA-720 OperATing MAnuAl44FIeld programmIng modeThe FTA-720’s “Book” Memories also allow the userto store, label, and recall channel frequencies which youmay want to use frequently by placing the FTA-720 intothe “Field Programming mode.”Memory Storage Press and hold in both the PTT switch and key,while turning the radio on, to activate the Field Pro-gramming Mode. “FD” will appear at the upper leftcorner on the display. Select the desired frequency to be stored in theBook Memory. Press and hold in the key for 2 seconds. Thedisplay will indicate a “Book” memory channelnumber will blink on the LCD. Within five seconds of releasing the key, rotatethe DIAL selector knob to select the desired mem-ory channel number for storage. In order to preventwriting over memory channels, a “ ” icon willappear at the right of the channel number to indicateif the memory channel is vacant. Now press and hold in the key for 3 seconds;you will now see the blinking “A” character on theLCD. To attach an alpha/numeric name (label) tothe memory, proceed to the next step; otherwisepress and hold in the key for 2 seconds to savethe entry and exit. To label a memory with an alpha/numeric name, thenext step is to use the DIAL selector knob to selectany of the 125 available characters (including let-ters, numbers, and special symbols). Press thekey repeatedly to recall the desired letter, number,and symbol in the first charactor slot (a  .  0 A  a ...). When the desired first character appears,press the key momentarily to select it and moveon to the next character. Select succeeding characters in the same manner,pressing the key momentarily after each selec-tion. After entering the entire name (eight charactersmaximum), press the key for 2 seconds to saveall data for the channel. Turn the radio off, then turn the radio back on againto begin normal operation.