Yaesu VX-8R Operating Manual

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VX-8R O PERATING M ANUAL106MESSAGE F EATURERECEIVING A MESSAGE1. Set the radio to the coordination frequency.2. Press the key, then press the key. This provides a“Short-cut” to Set Mode Item 95: SQL TYPE95: SQL TYPE95: SQL TYPE95: SQL TYPE95: SQL TYPE.3. Rotate the DIAL knob until “MESSAGEMESSAGEMESSAGEMESSAGEMESSAGE” appears on thedisplay; this activates the Message feature.4. Press the PTT switch to exit from the Set Mode and acti-vate the Message feature. When the Message feature is ac-tivated, the “MSGMSGMSGMSGMSG” notation will appear on the display.5. When you receive a message: a beep sounds, the LED lightblinks white, and [“Message” FROMFROMFROMFROMFROM “sending station’s ID”] scrolls on the display.6. Press any key (except key) to clear the received message, and wait for a newmessage.To disable the Message feature, repeat the above procedure, rotating the DIAL knob toselect “OFFOFFOFFOFFOFF” in step 3 above.If you enable the CTCSS/DCS/EPCS Bell feature (described previously), youcan tell that you are receiving a message by the ringing “bell” sound alert.