Yaesu VX-120 Operating Manual

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VX-120 OPERATING MANUAL 31MEMORY MODELABELING MEMORIESYou may wish to append an alpha-numeric “Tag” (label) to a memory or memories, to aidin recollection of the channel’s use (such as a club name, etc.). This is easily accomplishedusing the Set Mode.1. Recall the memory channel on which you wish to append a label.2. Press the [F] key, then press the [LOW(LOCK)SET] key toenter the Set mode.3. Rotate the DIAL knob to select Set Mode Item 29: NM WRT.4. Press the [F] key momentarily to display the previouslystored label (if any).5. Press the [F] key again to clear any previous label.6. Rotate the DIAL knob to select the first digit of the desired label.7. Press the [F] key to move to the next character.8. If you make a mistake, press the [(MHz)] key to back-space the cursor, then re-enter the correct letter, number,or symbol.9. Repeat steps 5 through 7 to program the remaining letters,numbers, or symbols of the desired label. A total of six charac-ters may be used in the creation of a label.10. When you have programmed a label which is under 6 characters,press and hold in the [F] key for one second to confirm the label (if the label is exactly 6characters in length, you do not need to press and hold in [F] key).11. When you have completed the creation of the label, press thePTT switch to save the label and return to the memory recallmode with labeled (alpha-numeric “Tag”) display.To disable the alpha-numeric Tag (enabling the frequency display):1. Set the VX-120 to the “MR” (Memory Recall) mode, and recall the memory channelon which you wish to disable the alpha-numeric Tag.2. Press the [F] key, then press the [LOW(LOCK)SET] key to enter the Set mode.3. Rotate the DIAL knob to select the Set Mode Item 28: NAME.4. Press the [F] key momentarily to enable adjustment of this Item’ssetting.5. Rotate the DIAL knob to set this Set Mode Item to “FREQ”(enabling the frequency display).6. Press the PTT switch to save the new setting and activate thealpha-numeric Tag.To display the alpha-numeric Tag again, just repeat the above procedure, rotating the DIALknob to select “ALPHA” in step 5 above.Set Mode Item 28:NAME is not applied to all memory channels at once (justthe channel on which you currently are operating).