KC7IEU's Guide to the Yaseu VX5r 1 Modes 2 Memory Banks 3 Buttons 4 SET commands 5 How to save a memory 6 Tricks incomplete 7 Memory Channel Listing KC7IEU mrk. summer 2004 Different Modes on the Yaseu VX5r VFO Setup Memory Channels mode 1 the default mode mode 2 very important mode 3 most often used mode The 'ready to use' state of the radio, ready to enter frequencies Allows you to adjust many settings. Store and access frequencies with details. freeform, ready to transmit and ready use all other modes. To enter, F-BAND. To exit, touch PTT. To enter, touch MR. To exit, touch VFO. To enter, touch VFO. There are 45 setup slots. A couple vary by band. There are 220 memories for To save a memory channel, They can be categorized into 4 There are two VFO slots or You might use VFO mode to: A dozen have a different value you to store commonly used switch to VFO, choose the functional groups: control , memories in each BAND. (A ? Quick enter a freq. & talk. for each memory channel. frequencies of any kind. frequency, power level and all ? Save a new freq. to Turning the dial moves through customization , features & To recall a memory, touch the total of 20 VFO memories!) of the 12 memory SET To change between the Va & ? Dual watch (monitor 2 freq.) the different slots. memory channels . memory number on the key functions, then hold FW, dial to Vb in a band, touch VFO. ? Basic Mode operation when To change the value of a slot, They are not arranged in order pad and touch MR. the desired channel and touch To change bands (and VFO no special mode is touch BAND, (notice the S , on by function, but unfortunately Use the dial to move through pairs) touch BAND. In VFO change the frequency the lower left) turn the dial to seem random. (see SET page for the visible memories. FW. (see saving page!) In VFO enter any frequency by turning the dial. the desired setting and then There are shortcuts into certain Masked channels are hidden. An asterisk is displayed next to directly on the keypad. To make the dial work faster, touch BAND again. SETup slots almost all of the To hide a memory hold FW, the channel number during If your freq. does not have 3 touch F then turn dial. If you enter SET with one of buttons on the keypad, labeled then touch MR. All memories save to indicate a memory that digits right of the decimal, SET #11 changes the these orange shortcuts, you in orange. start out hidden until something has NEVER been used. touch VFO to enter (or add 'frequency step ', how much the can touch the same key to To use the orange feature of a is first saved. Memories cannot be erased, VFO acts a little differently if dial changes the freq. save and exit. button, touch FW first. Each memory contains 14 (i wish!) mask them instead. SET# 05 VFO is set to band. Touch VFO to exit most other items including: Frequency, To copy a memory chan into Dial turning stays within a modes and return to default. Offset, Tone, name, tuning step the current VFO, switch to the To copy a memory chan into To save a Memory Channel, and more (see MODES) . mem, hold FW, touch VFO. the current VFO, switch to the set it up in VFO first then hold When in memory mode you To change The Priority mem, hold FW, touch VFO. FW, dial, touch FW. Charging cannot change the frequency. Channel, switch to that mem, mode 5 frequent Touch MR, while in Memory hold FW, then touch BAND. Recharge the onboard battery. mode to switch to MT mode to You can start the radio in Memory Only mode, which Weather Radio To enter, plug the charger into the radio! To exit, unplug! enter a frequency on the Full charge in as little as 2 hrs. There's a built-in smart charger keypad or using the dial. disables all other modes: hold mode 4 daily use The LED displays yellow for battery conditioning so it's To update current memory (if MR while turning the radio on. Use government weather channels for best current forecast. during charging and green OK to charge it when it's only changed) hold FW, touch 0. To exit Memory Only turn the To enter hold 0, to exit, touch VFO. when fully charged. partially discharged. I wish it would display memory contents radio off, and on again. To scan pre-set Channels hold Frequencies are pre-set and The LCD displays "charging" You can turn the radio on and (frequency & name) while choosing a During save, the dial moves through VFO or hold MR. cannot be changed or saved. during charging and "charged" receive while on wall power. channel to save to. channels. I wish keypad worked. You can set up a name for each channel using SET #03. when complete. It won't transmit on wall power. I wish for a feature to move a mem I wish it would clear a channel (or a I wish it would beep when charging You can use 3 AA batteries in from a channel to another or swap 2 VFO) to get the asterisk back. was complete. the case for fallback. channels. (Now: save to VFO, then I wish there were a channel only mode, save that to new channel.) with only the name displayed. Scanning Dual Watch Cloning mode 6 very useful mode 7 very useful mode 8 very helpful Search for a signal, checking many frequencies rapidly. Monitor 2 frequencies simultaneously. Bulk transfer of memory and setting information. To exit, touch VFO. To exit, touch VFO. To exit, power off. To continue a scan that's stopped on a signal, use the dial. There are three varieties of dual watch: Hold F/W while turning the Cloning lets you transfer the To scan all frequencies, in VFO To scan memory channels, in 1. A Memory with The Priority Memory. radio on. The LCD will say memories from one radio hold VFO. The increment can memory mode hold MR. Switch to the memory you want, then F-VFO. Clone . You must choose directly into another. be set up in SET#11 To set a channel to be skipped 2. Any frequency entered into VFO with The Priority Memory. transmit or receive. The radios must be connected SET#12 controls what happens in scans, browse to the Enter the frequency in a VFO, then F-VFO. To make this radio send it's with a special cable which when a signal is found: channel then F-MR. 3 .Two frequencies entered in both VFOs. (the best option) memories, touch VFO. plugs into the speaker mic jack. continue after 5 sec, continue Automatically saved. Enter the frequencies in the two VFOs, then F-+VFO. To make this radio receive new Wouldn't it be cool if the radio when signal ends, or stop You can set up a preferential The Radio actually stays on If VFO link SET #10 is on, both memories, touch MR. transmitted the data between radios on To scan a specific range, save bank of memories for scanning one frequency, but switches for VFOs must be on the same There programs which, using 70cm, instead of requiring a cable?! the range limits in the U/L band by marking each with a musical 0.2 seconds every 4 seconds band, but if it is off, you can the cloning cable, will upload The official program is called limit memories first. note. To mark: browse to the to the secondary. use different bands! mems from the radio, maintain ADMS-1 , however there are a To start scan, dial to the channel then F-MR, F-MR. It is helpful if you set the PTT will transmit on which ever lists, allow you to change couple of free ones on the Upper or Lower channel of a To start a preferential scan, display to show two of the two frequencies had the mems, add new ones (more internet. One called VX5 band limit pair (ie U8 ) and browse to a marked channel frequencies first using hold 1. most recent traffic. easily!) and download it all to Commander and one called touch MR. The MR in the left then hold MR. Will NOT work if either To change priority memory, the radio. EVE which works very well. corner will change to PMS for For the PMS to work there frequency has a constant switch to that memory, hold Preferential Memory Scan. must be no signal on the L or carrier (ie a broadcast station). FW, then touch BAND. Now hold VFO. U channel. Else it goes to MT. Memory Groups text entry DTMF memory banks mode 9 occasional mode 10 occasionally necessary mode 11 occasionally necessary Use or scan a few memories in a defined bank . Enter alphabetic names for memories. Save and replay touch tones for repeaters & autopatch. To enter, hold 4, to exit, touch VFO. To enter, F-BAND, dial to 03, touch BAND. To turn on, hold 3. To turn off hold 3. To enter MG mode, hold 4, To add a Memory Channel to a Text can be entered: Touch BAND to enter 1st char. To save a string of touch tone To transmit the contents of a then browse with the dial, and MG bank, browse to the SET #03 -- Mem Chan Tag Choose character with the dial.