YAESU VX-2 – QUICK REFERENCE Band Information

BAND MHz BAND MHz BAND MHz BAND MHz

Basic Operation 1 0.504-1.800 4 88 - 108 7 174 – 222 A 470 – 800
Press PTT to exit setting menus, and to halt scan, search etc 2 1.800 – 30.000 5 108 – 137 8 222 – 420 b 800 - 999
ON/OFF Press POWER for 1 second 3 30 – 88 6 137 – 174 9 420 – 470
VOLUME Rotate VOL to adjust volume up or down
SQUELCH Press FW then MONI. Rotate DIAL to adjust level OR See Set Mode Item 41 Set Mode
BAND Press BAND repeatedly to select desired band (Press FW to change direction) Press and hold H/L to enter SET mode
MANUAL TUNING Rotate DIAL to adjust frequency up or down Rotate DIAL to select desired parameter (Default shown in BOLD)
COARSE TUNING Press FW then rotate DIAL to tune in 1MHz steps. Press FW again for normal Press H/L then rotate DIAL to alter parameter
steps Press H/L to return to parameter list or press and hold H/L or press
STEP SIZE Press FW then H/L. Rotate DIAL to adjust step size OR See Set Mode Item 43 PTT to save and exit
RECEIVE MODE Press MD repeatedly to select FM AM WFM or AUTO 1 APO Auto power off - OFF, 30MIN, 1 H, 3 H, 5 H, 8 H
TRANSMIT Press PTT to transmit 2 AR BEP ARTS beep mode – IN RING. ALWAYS, OFF
POWER SETTING Press H/L to toggle between high and low power 3 AR INT ARTS polling interval – 25SEC/15SEC
(UN)LOCK Press FW then BAND for 1 second 4 ARS Automatic Repeater Shift - ON, OFF
VFO/MEMORY MODE Press V/M to select VFO or Memory mode as desired 5 ATT RF attenuator – ON, OFF
6 BCLO Busy Channel Lock Out - ON, OFF
Advanced Functions 7 BEEP Keypad beep - ON, OFF
REPEATER With Automatic Repeater Search enabled (Set Mode Item 4), press PTT to transmit 8 BELL Number of rings in CTCSS/DCS modes - OFF, 1, 3, 5, 8, CONT
OPERATION on repeater input channel. 9 BSYLED Busy LED during RX - ON, OFF
TONE BURST Press and release the T.CALL/MONI button (button must be configured for Toneburst 10 CH CNT Channel counter search width – 5, 10, 50, 100(MHz)
– Set mode item 26)
11 CK SFT CPU Clock Shift - ON, OFF
CTCSS RX/TX In Set mode, item 42, select TONE or T SQL. In Set mode, item 44, rotate DIAL to
select desired tone frequency. 12 CW ID Programmes and activates ARTS CW ID
CTCSS SEARCH In Set mode, item 42, select T SQL. In Set mode, item 44, Press H/L, then BAND to 13 DC VLT Battery/supply voltage
initiate search. 14 DCS CD DCS coding - 023 – 754
LISTEN ON INPUT Press HM/RV to toggle (HM/RV key must be configured for REV – Set mode 22) 15 DCS RV Inverted DCS coding – ON, OFF
SEARCH In VFO mode, press and hold BAND, rotate DIAL to select span and release BAND 16 DIMMER Display brightness level – LVL 0 – LVL12
To change search direction, rotate DIAL. 17 DTMF DTMF Autodialler memory – AUTO/MANUAL
MEM WRITE In VFO mode, set frequency, mode, (+ tuning step, duplex and tone squelch settings 18 DTMF S Programming of the DTMF autodialler
if required). Press F/W for 1 second. Press F/W to store or rotate DIAL to select 19 EDG BP Band edge beeper when using DIAL – ON, OFF
required memory number and press F/W to store 20 EMG S Alarm type during emergency – BEEP, STROBE, BP+STB, BEAM, BP+BEM, CW, BP+CW
BAND DEFINE Enter data into L and U (01-50) channels 21 HLFDEV Half deviation – ON, OFF
MEMORY RECALL In Memory mode, rotate DIAL to select desired memory channel. 22 HM/RV RM/RV key function – REV, HM
MEMORY OFFSET Recall memory as above then press F/W then V/M. Rotate DIAL to tune Press V/M to 23 INT MD Internet connection feature – WIRES, LINK
revert to memory channel
24 LAMP Backlight/keypad illumination - KEY, CONT, OFF
MEMORY LABELLING In Memory mode, recall the channel to be labelled. In Set mode, item 29, press H/L
and rotate DIAL to select 1st character. Press V/M to move to the next character. 25 LOCK Lock function effect - KEY, DIAL, K+D, PTT, K+P, D+P, ALL
When finished, press PTT. In Set mode, item 28, select ALPHA to display label. 26 M/T-CL Monitor switch function - MONI (monitor), T_CALL (1750Hz toneburst)
MEMORY BANK SET In Memory mode, recall the channel to be assigned to a memory bank. Press and 27 MW MD Memory channel storage method – NEXT, LOWER
hold F/W for 1 second, then rotate DIAL to desired bank number. Press F/W. 28 NAME Display type - FREQ (frequency display), ALPHA (alphanumeric tag)
MEMORY BANK In Memory mode, press BAND. Press F/W, then BAND, then rotate DIAL to desired 29 NM SET Memory alpha tag entry
RECALL bank. Press BAND and rotate DIAL through memory bank channels. 30 OPNMSG Open message on power up – DC, MSG, OFF
MEMORY BANK SCAN Select desired memory bank, as above. Press and hold BAND and rotate DIAL to 31 RESUME Scan resume mode – 3SEC, 5SEC, BUSY(holds until carrier dropped), HOLD
select ALL. Release BAND to initiate scan. 32 RF SQL RF Squelch level – OFF - S9+
MEMORY SCAN/ In Memory mode, press and hold BAND. 33 RPT Repeater Shift – SIMP, -RPT, +RPT
PROGRAMME SCAN Rotate DIAL to select ALL, BAND or PMS band. Release BAND. 34 RX MD Receiving mode – AUTO, N-FM, AM, W-FM
HOME CH STORE In VFO mode, set frequency, mode, (+ tuning step, duplex and tone squelch if 35 RXSAVE Battery saver off time – OFF/200/300/500/1SEC/2SEC/OFF
required). Press F/W for 1 second. Press HM/RV. To recall home channels press
36 S SCH Smart Search mode – SINGLE, CONT
F/W then HM/RV (HM/RV key must be configured for HOME – Set mode 22)
37 SCNLMP Backlight while paused – ON, OFF
DUAL WATCH In Memory mode, press F/W for 1 second. Rotate DIAL to select required channel and
press BAND. Press V/M for 1 second to activate and deactivate Dual Watch. Press V/M 38 SHIFT Repeater Shift Offset – 0 - 100(MHz)
1 second to activate and deactivate Dual Watch. 39 SKIP Memory Scan channel selection mode – OFF, SKIP, ONLY
SMART SEARCH In Set mode, item 36, select SINGLE or CONTinuous sweep. In VFO mode, press 40 SPLIT Split DCS/CTCSS coding – OFF, ON
and hold MD and rotate DIAL to display S SRCH. Release MD. Press BAND to 41 SQL Squelch threshold level – LVL 0-LVL 15 (1 NFM) LVL 0-LV L8 (2 WFM)
initiate search. Rotate DIAL to recall stored channels. 42 SQLTYP Squelch mode – OFF, TONE, TSQ, DCS, RV TN
CHANNEL COUNTER In Set mode, item 10, select channel counter bandwidth. In VFO mode, set the VX-2 43 STEP Tuning step – AUTO, 5, 9, 10, 12.5, 15, 20, 25, 50, 100 (kHz)
to the predicted frequency range of the target transmitter. Press and hold MD and 44 TN FRQ CTCSS tone selection - 67.0 – 254.1 Hz (100Hz)
rotate DIAL to display CH CNT. Release MD, and then press BAND to initiate count. 45 TOT TX Time out timer - OFF/1M/2M/5M/10M
Press MD to exit counter mode.
46 TXSAVE Transmitter battery saver – OFF, ON
PROCESSOR RESET With receiver switched off press BAND, H/L and V/M. Press POWER. Press V/M.
47 VFO MD VFO band edge limiting – BAND, ALL
FACTORY RESET With receiver switched off press BAND and V/M. Press POWER. Press V/M.
48 WX ALT NOAA weather alert – OFF, ON