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How to use & configure your HT (Yaesu FT-60)

How to use & configure your HT (Yaesu FT-60). Bob Dickerman WA1QKT. Goals. Describe FT-60 Change important settings on FT-60 Manually program for and use: S implex frequency Local repeater Use memory modes Recall Store Write memory to VFO. FT-60R. Ham VHF/UHF Television VHF/UHF

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How to use & configure your HT (Yaesu FT-60)

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  1. How to use & configure your HT(Yaesu FT-60) Bob Dickerman WA1QKT

  2. 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

  3. FT-60R • Ham VHF/UHF • Television VHF/UHF • VHF aircraft band – AM! • Weather • Many other commercial & public safety • 5W power, adjustable

  4. 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 learn about?

  5. Basic Controls (p. 3-5) • VOL/PWR, PTT, SQL • multi-purpose DIAL (& arrow keys ) • MONI switch • LAMP switch

  6. Battery (pp. 8-10) • Charge in 10 hours • Don’t charge more than 24 hours • For longest battery life, wait for Battery Indicator (lower right) before charging • Spare

  7. Basic Tips • Keep manual with radio! • Battery voltage displayed when turn on • If “lost in menu tree”, turn power off and on • Always LOCK keypad • If keypad is NOT LOCKed, do not touch keys unintentionally

  8. Don’t 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. standard memory channels) – but might be useful to organize large number of channels into groups, if traveling, for instance (like MS “folders” for files) • Password

  9. Password • Not recommended • Password Can prevent casual unauthorized use, but • Manual tells how to defeat • May lead to “password mishap”, which requires complete erase of all memory to defeat

  10. What makes this challenging? • Most keypad buttons have 3 functions (pp. 6,7 ) • Primary (Black lettering on button, press key) • Secondary (Orange lettering above button, after first press F/W key and then press key) • Third (Whitelettering below button, press & hold key > 1 second) • No index in manual (get .pdf and “find”) • SET menu accesses 56 parameters (pp. 66-78)

  11. 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

  12. 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 1 again

  13. Set Transmit Power TX PO (p.15) • Unlocked? • Reduce power output to 0.5 W Press F/W , TX PO ,use DIAL or to select “LOW”, press F/W to exit • Temporary in memory mode (power cycle resets TX PO)

  14. 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 0 key again and LOCK!

  15. Two Tuning Modes: VFO and Memory • VFO – Variable Frequency Oscillator changes frequency • Memory changes memory channel • Frequency • Also tone, shift/offset, splits, power • To change, press V/M

  16. Tuning in VFO and Memory modes • VFO – changes frequency • Turn DIAL knob • Up/Down Keys • Type numbers (6 digits, decimal point assumed) • Scan • Memory – changes memory channel • Turn DIAL knob • Up/Down Keys • Type numbers (1 to 3 digits , F/W) • Scan

  17. Two basic communication modes • Simplex • Repeater

  18. Simplex • TX & RX are on same frequency, like CB or FRS radios

  19. Repeater Operation

  20. Tuning in a repeater in Memory mode • Unlock (if locked) Press & hold LOCK • Go to Memory mode (if in VFO mode) Press V/M,to see small 1-3 digit # upper left • Select Memory • Turn DIAL knob • Up/Down Keys • Type numbers (1 to 3 digits , F/W) • At channel 33, should see “LEYDEN”

  21. Call on the Leyden Repeater!

  22. Using Simplex in VFO Mode • unLOCK, if necessary If locked, press LOCK for > 1 second, or F/W ,LOCK • Change to VFO mode, if necessary If in memory mode (small #s upper left), Press V/M • Set frequency to 440.000 MHz Press numbers (turn DIAL, or press to adjust frequency) • Make sure no shift when TX (press PTT, make sure frequency doesn’t change when PTT) If shift is on, press F/W, press RPT, turn DIAL to see “RPT.OFF”, press F/W again to exit

  23. Call on 440.000 MHz simplex!

  24. Repeater Operation • Set “repeater output frequency” • Set “offset, +/-” (also called “shift, +/-”) • Set “tone”

  25. 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

  26. FCARC 440 repeater in VFO Mode • unLOCK, if necessary If locked, press LOCK for > 1 second, or F/W, LOCK • Change to VFO mode, if necessary If in memory mode (small #s upper left), Press V/M • Set repeater output frequency to 448.875 MHz Press numbers to select frequency (turn DIAL, or press to adjust f) • Check offset, and select neg. offset, if necessary Press F/W ,RPT, turn DIAL to see “RPT. - ”, press F/W to exit • Test offset by PTT, say callsign, look for 443.875 while PTT • Set SQuelchTYPe Press F/W, SQ TYP, turn DIAL to see “TONE”, press F/W to exit • Set PL tone squelch frequency Press F/W , CODE , turn DIAL to see “136.5HZ”, press F/W to exit

  27. Call on 448.875 MHz FCARC Repeater!

  28. SimpleScans • To scan Memories, • Go to Memory mode • Press & hold or to start scan up or down • Repeat to stop memory scan (book says press V/M or PTT) • To scan all tunable frequencies with VFO, • Go to VFO mode • Select starting frequency • Press & hold or to start scan up or down • Repeat to stop memory scan (book says press V/M or PTT)

  29. Change Memory Labels to display Frequency • Go to Memory mode • Select Memory channel # to change • Press F/W to enter Function mode • Press SET to set parameters • Rotate DIAL to see “27 NAME” • Press F/W to select NAME settings • Rotate DIAL to select “FREQ” (vs. “ALPHA”) • Press PTT to save new setting

  30. 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!

  31. Memory Storage (p. 28) CAUTION(changes memory)! • Go to VFO mode • Set frequency, RPT, SQ TYP, CODE, TX PO as needed in VFO mode • 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/W again to write • Will return to VFO mode after write

  32. Memory Channel Delete (p. 32) CAUTION (changes memory)! • Go to Memory mode • Press & hold F/W • Display should show next empty channel • Rotate DIAL to select channel to be deleted • Press F/W to delete

  33. Write Memory Channel Data to VFO (p. 32) CAUTION(changes VFO)! • Go to Memory mode • Press BAND • Display should show memory “tun” • Press & hold BAND • Display should show memory “VFO-IN”

  34. Questions?

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