how to configure your ht_ppt

8/13/2019 How to Configure Your HT_ppt

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How to use & configure your HT

(Yaesu FT-60)

Bob Dickerman WA1QKT


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Goals

Describe FT-60

Change important settings on FT-60

Manually program for and use:

Simplex frequency

Local repeater

Use memory modes

Recall Store

Write memory to VFO


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FT-60R

Ham VHF/UHF

Television VHF/UHF

VHF aircraft bandAM! Weather

Many other commercial & public safety

5W power, adjustable


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Survey

Who here tonight owns an FT-60?

How many have FT-60s that were cloned or

programmed with M.A.R.C frequencies?

How many have manually programmed their

FT-60 to work with a repeater?

Anything in particular that you want learnabout?


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Basic Controls (p. 3-5)

VOL/PWR, PTT, SQL

multi-purpose DIAL (& arrow keys )

MONI switch LAMP switch


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Battery (pp. 8-10)

Charge in 10 hours

Dont charge more than 24 hours

For longest battery life, wait for BatteryIndicator (lower right) before charging

Spare


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Basic Tips

Keep manual with radio!

Battery voltage displayed when turn on

If lost in menu tree, turn power off and on Always LOCKkeypad

If keypad is NOT LOCKed, do not touch keys

unintentionally


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Dont need these features for basic

operation!

ARTS Automatic Range Transponder System

Vertex Wires Sister Radio Group

EPCS Enhanced Paging & Code Squelch

Emergency Channel (beep, home channel)

EIA Emergency Automatic ID

Memory Banks (vs. standardmemory channels)but might be useful to organize large number of

channels into groups, if traveling, for instance(like MS folders for files)

Password


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Password

Not recommended

PasswordCanprevent casual unauthorized

use, but

Manual tells how to defeat

May lead to password mishap, which requires

complete erase of all memory to defeat


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What makes this challenging?

Most keypad buttons have 3 functions (pp. 6,7 )

1. Primary (Blacklettering on button, press key)

2. Secondary (Orangelettering above button, after

first press F/W key and then press key)

3. Third (Whitelettering below button, press & hold

key > 1 second)

No indexin manual (get .pdf and find)

SETmenu accesses 56 parameters (pp. 66-78)


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LOCK(p. 16)

Default combination locks keypad & DIAL

To lock,

Press & hold LOCK> 1 second

Or, Press F/W, then press LOCK

To unlock,

Repeat

Look for padlock icon, lower left


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Weather channels memory bank

(p. 34)

Press & hold key 1

Turn DIAL or to select 1 of 10 frequencies

Weather channel 4, 162.425 MHz good in

Northfield

To exit, press & hold key 1again


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Set Transmit Power TX PO (p.15)

1. Unlocked?

2. Reduce power output to 0.5 W

Press F/W, TX PO , use DIAL or to select

LOW, press F/W to exit

3. Temporary in memory mode (power cycle

resets TX PO)

I d I C i i


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Inadvertent Internet Connection active

(p. 49)

DTMF Touch Tone heard at TX radio, see

Internet (atomic) icon upper right

First 2 seconds of transmission not heard at RX

radio

Caused by inadvertent 0key press

To fix, just press 0key again and LOCK!


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Two Tuning Modes: VFOand Memory

1. VFOVariable Frequency Oscillator

changesfrequency

2. Memory

changes memory channel

Frequency

Also tone, shift/offset, splits, power

To change, press V/M


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Tuning in VFOand Memorymodes

VFOchangesfrequency

Turn DIAL knob

Up/Down Keys

Type numbers (6 digits, decimal point assumed) Scan

Memorychanges memory channel

Turn DIAL knob

Up/Down Keys

Type numbers (1 to 3 digits , F/W)

Scan


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Two basic communication modes

Simplex

Repeater


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Simplex

TX & RX are on same frequency, like CB or FRS

radios


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Repeater Operation


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Tuning in a repeater in Memorymode

1. Unlock (if locked)

Press & hold LOCK

2. Go to Memory mode (if in VFO mode)

Press V/M, to see small 1-3 digit # upper left

3. Select Memory

Turn DIAL knob

Up/Down Keys Type numbers (1 to 3 digits , F/W)

At channel 33, should see LEYDEN


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Call on the Leyden Repeater!


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Using Simplex in VFO Mode

1. unLOCK, if necessaryIf locked, press LOCKfor > 1 second, orF/W , LOCK

2. Change to VFO mode, if necessaryIf in memory mode (small #s upper left), Press V/M

3. Set frequency to 440.000 MHzPress numbers (turn DIAL, or press to adjustfrequency)

4. Make sure no shift when TX (press PTT, makesure frequency doesnt change when PTT)If shift is on, pressF/W, press RPT, turn DIAL to seeRPT.OFF, press F/W again to exit


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Call on 440.000 MHz simplex!


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Repeater Operation

Set repeater output frequency

Set offset, +/- (also called shift, +/-)

Set tone


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FCARC Repeaters

Output frequency, offset, tone

146.985 MHz, negative offset 0.6 MHz, PL 136.5 Hz

448.875 MHz, negative offset 5.0 MHz, PL 136.5 Hz


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FCARC 440 repeater in VFO Mode

1. unLOCK, if necessaryIf locked, press LOCKfor > 1 second, or F/W, LOCK

2. Change to VFO mode, if necessaryIf in memory mode (small #s upper left), Press V/M

3. Set repeater output frequency to 448.875 MHz

Press numbers to select frequency (turn DIAL, or press to adjust f)

4. Check offset, and select neg. offset, if necessaryPress F/W , RPT, turn DIAL to see RPT. - , press F/Wto exit

5. Test offset by PTT, say callsign, look for 443.875 while PTT

6. Set SQuelch TYPePress F/W, SQ TYP, turn DIAL to see TONE, press F/Wto exit

7. Set PL tone squelch frequencyPress F/W , CODE, turn DIAL to see 136.5HZ, press F/Wto exit


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Call on 448.875 MHz FCARC Repeater!


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SimpleScans

To scan Memories, Go to Memory mode

Press & hold or to startscan up or down

Repeat to stopmemory scan (book says press V/Mor

PTT)

To scan all tunable frequencies with VFO, Go to VFO mode

Select starting frequency

Press & hold or to startscan up or down

Repeat to stopmemory scan (book says press V/MorPTT)


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Change Memory Labels to display

Frequency

1. Go to Memory mode

2. Select Memory channel # to change

3. Press F/W to enter Function mode

4. PressSET to set parameters

5. Rotate DIAL to see 27 NAME

6. Press F/Wto select NAME settings

7. Rotate DIAL to select FREQ (vs. ALPHA)

8. Press PTT to save new setting


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Reverse (p. 21)

Reverses repeater input & output frequencies

Use to check whether someone who is

transmitting is close enough to be heard on

simplex

Foxhunts

To use, just unlock and press HM/RV

When reversed, shift + or blinks!


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Memory Storage (p. 28)

CAUTION(changes memory)!

1. Go to VFO mode

2. Set frequency, RPT, SQ TYP, CODE, TX PO asneeded in VFO mode

3. To store in memory, Press & hold F/W; next open channel is selected

Turn DIAL if want to write to a different channel

number Press F/Wagain to write

4. Will return to VFO mode after write


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Memory Channel Delete (p. 32)

CAUTION (changes memory)!


2. Press & hold F/W

3. Display should show next empty channel

4. Rotate DIAL to select channel to be deleted

5. Press F/W to delete


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Write Memory Channel Data to VFO

(p. 32) CAUTION(changes VFO)!


2. Press BAND

3. Display should show memory tun

4. Press & hold BAND

5. Display should show memory VFO-IN


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