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Page 34 FT-897D OPERATING MANUAL
TRANSMITTER OPERATION
FM TRANSMISSION
Basic Setup/Operation
1. Press the MODE
(
)
or MODE
(
)
key so as to select
the FM mode.
2. Press the microphone’s PTT switch, and speak into the
microphone in a normal voice. Release the PTT switch
to return to the receive mode.
3. If you get reports that your modulation level is too high
or too low, you may need to adjust the FM-mode micro-
phone gain. The procedure is similar to that used on SSB:
Press the
[
F
]
key momentarily, then rotate the MEM/
VFO CH knob, as needed, until Multi Function Row
“i”
[
MTR, PWR, DISP
]
appears on the display, then
press the
[
A
](
MTR
)
key to select the “Deviation”
meter function (“MOD” will appear above the
[
B
]
key).
4. Press and hold in the
[
F
]
key for one second to enter the
Menu mode.
5. Rotate the MEM/VFO CH knob to recall Menu Mode
No-051
[
FM MIC GAIN
]
.
6. Rotate the DIAL to increase or decrease the setting of
the FM Mic Gain, depending on the level correction re-
quired, then press and hold in the
[
F
]
key to save the
new setting.
7. Close the PTT switch, and while speaking into the mi-
crophone observe the meter indication; the proper set-
ting of the FM Mic Gain will produce eight “bars” of
indication on voice peaks, slightly less on lower levels
of speech input.
8. When done, press and hold in the
[
F
]
key to save the
new setting for the FM-mode microphone gain.
9. The VOX feature is operational during FM transmission.
From Multi Function Row “d”
[
RPT, REV, VOX
]
, press
the
[
C
](
VOX
)
key to activate/deactivate VOX.
Repeater Operation
1. Press the
[
F
]
key momentarily, then rotate the MEM/
VFO CH knob, as needed, until Multi Function Row
“d”
[
RPT, REV, VOX
]
appears on the display.
2. Press the
[
A
](
RPT
)
key to activate repeater operation.
One press of the
[
A
](
RPT
)
key will have set the trans-
ceiver for “Minus Shift” operation. In this situation, you
will observe the “” indicator on the display. The trans-
mitter frequency will be shifted down by a default value
so as to access the repeater input frequency. If your re-
peater uses a positive shift (instead of negative), press
the
[
A
](
RPT
)
key again; the “+” indicator will replace
the “” indicator on the display. Set the transceivers
receiver to the repeater output (downlink) frequency.
Close the PTT switch and speak into the microphone.
You will observe that the transmitted frequency has
shifted according to the setting of the
[
A
](
RPT
)
key in
the Multi Function Row “d”
[
RPT, REV, VOX
]
. Release
the PTT switch to return to the Receive mode.
3. If the default repeater shift is not appropriate for the ma-
jority of the repeaters your area, it may be set indepen-
dently for each band. To change the default repeater shift:
Press and hold in the
[
A
](
RPT
)
key for one second.
This instantly recalls Menu Mode No-076
[
RPT
SHIFT
]
.
Rotate the DIAL knob to select the desired shift fre-
quency.
When done, press and hold in the
[
F
]
key for one
second to save the new setting and exit to normal
operation.
European Version
Version A
2-m
145.1 145.5
145.6 145.8
146.0 146.4 147.0 147.6 148.0
146.6 147.4
Euro Version 1
Euro Version 2
Version A
70-cm
440.0 445.0 450.0
439.45438.20
433.00 433.40
ARS-Repeater Subbands
4. If your repeater uses controlled access (using either
CTCSS or DCS), press the
[
F
]
key momentarily, then
rotate the MEM/VFO CH knob one click clockwise to
cause Multi Function Row “e”
[
TON, -----, TDCH
]
to ap-
pear on the display. Now select the appropriate tone ac-
cess system:
Press the
[
A
](
TON
)
key to activate the CTCSS tone
encoder, which provides a subaudible repeater ac-
cess tone. One press of the
[
A
](
TON
)
key will acti-
vate the CTCSS tone encoder. In this situation, you
will observe the “TEN” indicator on the display. If
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