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HF/VHF/UHFALL MODE TRANSCEIVER
FT-897
Operating Manual
VERTEX STANDARD CO., LTD.
4-8-8 Nakameguro, Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 153-8644, Japan
VERTEX STANDARD
US Headquarters
10900 Walker Street, Cypress, CA 90630, U.S.A.
 YAESU EUROPE B.V.
P.O. Box 75525, 1118 ZN Schiphol, The Netherlands
 YAESU UK LTD.
Unit 12, Sun Valley Business Park, Winnall CloseWinchester, Hampshire, SO23 0LB, U.K.
VERTEX STANDARD HK LTD.
Unit 5, 20/F., Seaview Centre, 139-141 Hoi Bun Road,Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
 
Contents
Introduction ............................................................................ 1Specifications........................................................................... 2Accessories & Options............................................................ 3Installation............................................................................... 4
Power connections................................................................. 4External DC power source operation ............................ 4AC power source operation........................................... 5Internal battery operation .............................................. 6Grounding ............................................................................. 7Mobile Station Grounding............................................. 7Base Station Earth Grounding ....................................... 7Antenna Considerations ........................................................ 8Mobile Antenna Installations......................................... 8Base Station Antenna Installations ................................ 8RF Field Exposure................................................................. 9Electromagnetic Compatibility.............................................. 9Heat and Ventilation .............................................................. 9Linear Amplifire Interfacing................................................ 10CW Key/Keyer Connections ............................................... 11Receiver Accessories (Tape Recorder etc.)......................... 11Adjusting the Front Feet...................................................... 11
Front Panel Control & Switches ......................................... 12Rear panel Connectors......................................................... 18Top & Bottom Panel Connectors......................................... 19Operation............................................................................... 20
Turning the Transceiver On and Off.................................... 20Operating Band Selection ................................................... 20Mode Selection ................................................................... 21Adjusting the Audio Volume Level ..................................... 21Adjusting the RF Gain and Squelch .................................... 21Setting the Operating Frequency ......................................... 22Stacked VFO System........................................................... 22Changing the Dial Speed..................................................... 22
Receiver Accessories ............................................................. 23
Locking Front Panel Controls ............................................. 23Clarifier ............................................................................... 23IF Shift ................................................................................ 24AGC .................................................................................... 24 Noise Blanker...................................................................... 25IPO ...................................................................................... 25ATT ..................................................................................... 25DSP Bandpass Filter............................................................ 25DSP CW Peaking Filter....................................................... 26DSP Noise Reduction.......................................................... 26DSP Notch Filter ................................................................. 26AM/FM Tuning Dial Operation .......................................... 27Automatic Power-Off Feature ............................................. 27
Transmitter Operation ......................................................... 28
SSB/AM Transmission ........................................................ 28Basic Setup/Operation................................................. 28VOX Operation ........................................................... 28AF Speech Processor Operation.................................. 29DSP Microphone Equalizer......................................... 29CW Transmission ................................................................ 30
Operation using Straight Key/External Keying Device.....
30Using the Built-in Electronic Keyer ............................ 31FM Transmission................................................................. 32Basic Setup/Operation................................................. 32Repeater Operation...................................................... 32Tone Search Scanning ................................................. 33DCS Operation ............................................................ 34DCS Search Scanning ................................................. 34Split Tone Operation ................................................... 34ARTS
TM
Operation ...................................................... 35CW Identifier Setup..................................................... 35Digital Mode Operation ...................................................... 36RTTY (Radio Tele Type) Operation............................ 36PSK31 Operation ........................................................ 37Packet (1200/9600 bps FM) Operation....................... 37WeatherFax Monitoring ...................................................... 38Time-Out Timer................................................................... 38Split Frequency Operation .................................................. 38
Active-Tuning Antenna System (ATAS-100/-120) Operation.....
39Automatic Tuning........................................................ 39Manual Tuning ............................................................ 39ATAS-100/-120 Operating Tips .................................. 40Grounding.................................................................... 40Tuning Procedure ........................................................ 40External Wattmeters .................................................... 40Operation on 30/17/12 Meters .................................... 40FC-30 Automatic Antenna Tuner Operation........................ 41Antenna Tuner Memory System.................................. 41
Memory Operation............................................................... 42
QMB (Quick Memory Bank) Channels .............................. 42QMB Channel Storage ................................................ 42QMB Channel Recall .................................................. 42Memory Operation on “Regular” Memory Channel ........... 42 Normal Memory Storage............................................. 42Split-Frequency Memory Storage ............................... 42Memory Channel Recall.............................................. 43Masking (“Hiding”) a Memory ................................... 43Memory Operation on “HOME” Channel Memories.......... 44HOME Channel Storage.............................................. 44HOME Channel Recall................................................ 44Labeling Memories ............................................................. 44
Spectrum Scope Monitor ..................................................... 45Smart Search
TM
..................................................................... 45Scanning Operation.............................................................. 46
Scanning Features................................................................ 46Scanning Operation ..................................................... 46Scan-Resume Choices ................................................. 46Scan Skip Programming (Memory Mode only) .......... 47“Priority Channel” Scanning ............................................... 47Programmable Memory Scan (PMS) Operation ................. 48Dual Watch Operation ......................................................... 48
Miscellaneous Settings.......................................................... 49
Operation on Alaska Emergency Frequency:5167.5 kHz ... 49CW Training Feature ........................................................... 49Programming the Panel Key Functions ............................... 49Beacon Feature.................................................................... 50Beacon Text Storage.................................................... 50Beacon Text Sending (On the Air) .............................. 50Display Customization ........................................................ 51Display Lamp Mode.................................................... 51Display Contrast .......................................................... 51Display Dimmer .......................................................... 51Display Color .............................................................. 51
Menu Operation.................................................................... 52
CAT
(Computer Aided Transceiver) Operation .............. 61Power-On Microprocessor Reset Procedures .................... 63Cloning................................................................................... 63Installation Optional Accessories ........................................ 64
Optional Filters:YF-122S and YF-122C ............................. 64Optional High Stability Reference Oscillator TCXO-9 ...... 65External Automatic Antenna Tuner “FC-30”....................... 66
Appendix................................................................................ 67
 
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FT-897 O 
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 ANUAL
The
FT-897
is a rugged, innovative multiband, multi-mode portable transceiver for the amateur radio MF/HF/VHF/UHF bands. Providing coverage of the 160-10 meter bands plus the 6 m, 2 m, and 70 cm bands, the
FT-897
in-cludes operation on the SSB, CW, AM, FM, and Digitalmodes, yielding the most comprehensive performance pack-age available for field operation.Designed for use from (1) an external DC power source,(2) internal battery (requires optional
FNB-78
Ni-MH bat-tery pack), or (3) AC power source (requires optional
FP-30
External AC Power Supply), the
FT-897
provides 100watts of power output from a 13.8-Volt external power sup- ply or AC operation. When using the optional
FNB-78
Ni-MH Battery Pack, the
FT-897
automatically switches to 20Watts (430 MHz:10W) of output power.The multi-function Liquid-Crystal Display includes at-tractive backlighting, which may be disabled for battery con-servation. The display includes bar-graph indication of power output, ALC voltage, SWR, and modulation level. Also in-clude are a number of operating status icons, as well as thefunction displays for the three operating function keys (A,B, and C).
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NTRODUCTION 
Among the advanced features of the
FT-897
are manyincorporated only in large base-station transceivers. Theseinclude Dual VFOs; Split-Frequency operation; Digital Sig-nal Processing (Bandpass Filtering, Noise Reduction, Notch,and Microphone Equalizer); IF Shift; Clarifier (“R.I.T.”);IF Noise Blanker; AGC Fast/Slow/Auto/Off selection; RFGain and Squelch control; IPO (Intercept Point Optimiza-tion) and a receiver front-end Attenuator; AM Aircraft re-ception; AM and FM Broadcast reception; U.S. Weather Band reception; VOX; Built-in Electronic Keyer; Adjust-able CW Pitch; Automatic FM Repeater Shift (ARS); Built-in CTCSS Encoder/Decoders; ARTS™ (Auto-Range Tran-sponder System); Smart Search™ Automatic Memory Load-ing System; Spectrum Scope; 200 Memories plus HomeChannels and Band-limiting Memories; Alpha-NumericLabeling of Memories; Automatic Power-Off (APO) andTime-Out Timer (TOT) functions; Computer Interface ca- pability; and Cloning capability.We urge you to read this manual in its entirety, so as togain a full understanding of the amazing capability of theexciting new
FT-897
Transceiver.
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