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:– Simplex frequency– Local repeater

• Use memory modes– Recall– Store– Write memory to VFO

FT-60R

• Ham VHF/UHF• Television VHF/UHF• VHF aircraft band – AM!• Weather • Many other commercial & public safety• 5W power, adjustable

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?

Basic Controls (p. 3-5)

• VOL/PWR, PTT, SQL• multi-purpose DIAL (& arrow keys )• MONI switch• LAMP switch

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

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

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

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

What makes this challenging?

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

1. Primary (Black lettering on button, press key)2. Secondary (Orange lettering above button, after

first press F/W key and then press key)3. Third (White lettering below button, press & hold

key > 1 second)

• No index in manual (get .pdf and “find”)• SET menu accesses 56 parameters (pp. 66-78)

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

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

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)

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 0 key press– To fix, just press 0 key again and LOCK!

Two Tuning Modes: VFO and Memory

1. VFO – Variable Frequency Oscillatorchanges frequency

2. Memorychanges memory channel –Frequency–Also tone, shift/offset, splits, power

• To change, press V/M

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

Two basic communication modes

• Simplex• Repeater

Simplex

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

Repeater Operation

Tuning in a repeater in Memory mode

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 1.Turn DIAL knob2.Up/Down Keys3.Type numbers (1 to 3 digits , F/W)4.At channel 33, should see “LEYDEN”

Call on the Leyden Repeater!

Using Simplex in VFO Mode

1. unLOCK, if necessaryIf locked, press LOCK for > 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 frequency to 440.000 MHzPress numbers (turn DIAL, or press to adjust frequency)

4. 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

Call on 440.000 MHz simplex!

Repeater Operation

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

FCARC Repeaters

• Output frequency, offset, tone146.985 MHz, negative offset 0.6 MHz, PL 136.5 Hz448.875 MHz, negative offset 5.0 MHz, PL 136.5 Hz

FCARC 440 repeater in VFO Mode1. unLOCK, if necessary

If locked, press LOCK for > 1 second, or F/W , LOCK2. Change to VFO mode, if necessary

If 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)• Check offset, and select neg. offset, if necessary

Press F/W , RPT , turn DIAL to see “RPT. - ”, press F/W to exit1. Test offset by PTT, say callsign, look for 443.875 while PTT2. Set SQuelch TYPe

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

Call on 448.875 MHz FCARC Repeater!

Simple Scans • 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)

Change Memory Labels to display Frequency

1. Go to Memory mode2. Select Memory channel # to change3. Press F/W to enter Function mode4. Press SET to set parameters5. Rotate DIAL to see “27 NAME”6. Press F/W to select NAME settings7. Rotate DIAL to select “FREQ” (vs. “ALPHA”)8. Press PTT to save new setting

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!

Memory Storage (p. 28) CAUTION(changes memory)!

1. Go to VFO mode2. Set frequency, RPT, SQ TYP, CODE, TX PO as

needed in VFO mode3. 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

4. Will return to VFO mode after write

Memory Channel Delete (p. 32) CAUTION (changes memory)!

1. Go to Memory mode2. Press & hold F/W3. Display should show next empty channel4. Rotate DIAL to select channel to be deleted5. Press F/W to delete

Write Memory Channel Data to VFO (p. 32) CAUTION(changes VFO)!

1. Go to Memory mode2. Press BAND3. Display should show memory “tun”4. Press & hold BAND5. Display should show memory “VFO-IN”

Questions?