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Vertex Standard VX-8R Manual
172 pages 5.42 Mb
1 TRIPLE-BANDHEAVY DUTY SUBMERSIBLE TRANSCEIVER2 Contents3 INTRODUCTIONFTM-10R/SR BU-1 4 CONTROLS & CONNECTIONS5 DISPLAY ICONS & INDICATORS& R TX P S&PO METER 6 KEYPAD FUNCTIONS8 ACCESSORIES & OPTIONSACCESSORIES SUPPLIED WITH THE VX-8R YHA-65 YHA-64 FNB-101LI NC-86B NC-86C 9 AVAILABLE OPTIONS FOR YOUR VX-8RCT-136 MH-74A7A CT-131 CT-134 CN-3 CSC-93 Bluetooth® Unit FNB-102LI CD-41 NC-86B/C/U NC-86B/C/UÚ E-DC-5B E-DC-6 FEP-4 CD-40 the BH-1/BH-2 (re NC-85B/C/UÚ quires NC-85B/C/U) the CD-40 10 INSTALLATION OF ACCESSORIESANTENNA INSTALLATION Notes: BELT CLIP INSTALLATION (Figure 1). Use onlythe screws included with the Belt Clip to mount the Belt Clip to the back of the Battery Pack 11 INSTALLATION OF FNB-101LIBATTERY PACKclick The VX-8Rbattery must be correctly installed, to maintain the waterproof integrity NC-86B/C EXT DC 12 BATTERY LIFE INFORMATION13 INSTALLATION OF FBA-39ALKALINE BATTERY CASE (OPTION)FBA-39 FBA-39 14 INTERFACE OF PACKET TNCSCT-44 15 OPERATIONSWITCHING POWER ON AND OFF ANTENNA ADJUSTING THE VOLUME LEVEL 1)The Volume level may be set on the “A-Band”and “B-Band”separately 16 SQUELCH ADJUSTMENT92: SQL LEVEL Clock Set 17 SELECTING THE OPERATING BANDdouble-size character large character 18 SELECTING THE FREQUENCY BANDLarge Small 1)SW Band and Information Band reception is only possible on the “VFO-A” The 19 FREQUENCY NAVIGATIONExamples: 20 while still holding inRESUME You may initiate upward or downward scanning by pressing and holding Dual Receive Notice 21 TRANSMISSION1) If you’re just talking to friends in the immediate area, you’ll get much longer battery life by switching to Low Power opera always 50 MHz, 144 MHz, 222 MHz (USA version), and 430 MHz bands on the “Main” band 22 then press the PTT switchto cause the VX-8R to trans mit (temporarily) on High power. After one transmis sion, the power level will re vert to the previously-se lected Low power setting VOX O 108: VOX HIGH LOW 23 109: VOX DELAY109: VOX DELAY 0.5sec 1.0sec 1.5sec 2.0sec 2.5sec 3.0sec 24 AM AND FM BROADCAST RECEPTIONThe AM and FM Broadcast reception is only possible on “VFO-A” 25 To select the antenna for the AM Broadcast Reception:1: ANTENNA AM BAR ANTENNA BAR & EXT To select the antenna for the FM Broadcast Reception: 2: ANTENNA FM EXT ANTENNA EAR PHONE 90: SPEAKER OUT SPEAKER 26 AF-D77: RX AF DUAL 1)You may change the “Main” band by pressing the /key 2)You may change the “Main” band frequency by rotating the DIAL knob while pressing the switch When the 27 77:RX AF DUAL TX 1sec - TX 10sec: TRX 1sec - TXR 10sec HOLD: 28 To activate the locking feature:29 ADJUSTING THE KEYPAD BEEPER VOLUME LEVEL11: BEEP LEVEL 11: BEEP LEVEL 13: BEEP SELECT KEY & SCAN SETTING THE FREQUENCY DISPLAY IMAGE SIZE large 30 To activate the Audio Mute feature:Here is the procedure for setting up the Lamp mode: 31 CHANGING THE CHANNEL STEPS96: STEP FREQUENCY 1)9 kHz steps are available only when receiving on the BC band 2)8.33 kHz steps are available only when receiving on the Air band 4)5 kHz steps are not available for use on 250 - 300 MHz, nor above 580 MHz CHANGING THE RECEIVING MODE NFM WFM 1)The “WFM” mode cannot be selected on the “A-Band” 32 SQL S-METERMETER 93: SQL S METER When the SQL For example: If the Noise Squelch (SQL control) is set so that signals at a level of If the SQL 33 REPEATER OPERATIONGENERAL REPEATER SHIFTS AUTOMATIC REPEATER SHIFT (ARS) 74: RPT ARS PTT switch 34 MANUAL REPEATER SHIFT ACTIVATIONItem 75: RPE SHIFT –RPT +RPT SIMPLEX 76: RPT SHIFT FREQ 35 CHECKING THE REPEATER UPLINK (INPUT) FREQUENCYkey, use Set Mode Item 39: HOME/REVERSE. See page 36 CTCSS OPERATIONTONE TSQL REV TONE RTN PR FREQ 70: PR FREQUENCY PAGER MESSAGE 37 1) The repeater may or may notre-transmita CTCSS tone - some systems just use CTCSS to control when transmitting. If the S-Meterdeflects but you cannot hear the audio, repeat steps so that “TSQ” disappears - this will allow you to hear all traffic on the channel being received During CTCSS operation, you may set up the 38 DCS OPERATIONTone Mode and Remember that the DCS is an Encode/Decode system, so your receiver will remain muted until a matching DCS code is received on an in coming transmission. Switch the DCS off when you’re just tuning around the band 39 DCS C27: DCS INVERSION RX-NORMAL, TX-NORMAL: RX-INVERT TX-NORMAL RX-BOTH, TX-NORMAL: RX-NORMAL, TX-INVERT: 40 RX-INVERT, TX-INVERT:RX-BOTH TX-INVERT R-N.T-N 41 TONE SEARCH SCANNINGTSQ TONE SEARCH 42 EPCS (ENHANCED PAGING & CODE SQUELCH)CTCSS T EPCS O 68: PAGER CODE-TX and “35, 10” to be identical 43 & CPAG “bell” sound alerts you when a call is coming in. See next page for details 66: PAGER ANS-BACK The Paging Answer Back feature constitutes a form 44 CTCSS/DCS/EPCS BELL OPERATIONELL PERATION 15: BELL BELL USER BP1 USER BP2 USER BP3 Note USER BP1, USER BP2, or USER BP3 does not appear 14: BELL RINGER CONTINUOUS 15: BELL SELECT 45 12: BEEPMELODY 10ms 2500ms 46 SELECTINSERT You may check your work by monitoring the programmed User Beep Melody To do this, repeat steps 1 - 4 above, then press the key SPLIT TONE OPERATION 94: SQL SPLIT D CD TONE-DCS T-D CD-TONE SQL D-T 47 TONE CALLING (1750 HZ)61: MONI/T CALL T-CALL 48 MEMORY MODEL01/U01 L50/U50 b24 49 EMORYMEMORY STORAGE Advice You may change the automatic memory channel selection feature to select the key) of the key via the Set Mode Item 36: FW KEY HOLD TIME; see page 50 MEMORY RECALL1) When the radio is already set to the Memory mode, an easy way to recall You may change the step of the fast channel selection mode 51 HOME CHANNEL MEMORYNote that the UHF HOME channel is the one used during “Emergency” operation. See page 107 for details regarding this feature 52 LABELING MEMORIES53: MEMORY NAME Example 53 MEMORY OFFSET TUNINGTUN 54 MASKING MEMORIESMR MASK 55 MEMORY BANK OPERATION1) You may assign one memory chan nel into several Memory Banks 2) The PMS memory channels (L1/U1 through L50/U50) may not be assigned to a Memory Bank B24 56 8: BANKNAME 57 MOVING MEMORY DATA TO THE VFOOVER- WRITE MEMORY ONLY MODE 58 1)The Special Memory Channels are only recalled on the “A-Band”WEATHER BROADCAST CHANNELS 59 VHF MARINE MEMORY CHANNELSINTVHF 60 SHORT-WAVE BROADCAST STATION MEMORY CHANNELSRADIO 61 NOTE62 SCANNING2.0sec - 10.0sec BUSY 82: SCAN RE-START HOLD 83: SCAN RESUME The default condition for this Set Mode Item is “5.0sec” 63 RE-START0.1sec 0.9sec 10.0sec The default condition for this Set Mode Item is “2.0sec” 64 VFO SCANNINGwhile holding in the ±1 MHz ±2 MHz ±5 MHz BAND PMS-X BAND: ALL: PMS-X: 2)You may initiate upward or downward scanning in the previously selected band width, by pressing and holding either or key for one second, respectively next current 65 VFO SThe VX-8Rhas 100 VFO Frequency Skip Memory Channels 66 MEMORY SCANNINGALL CHANNEL TAG1 TAG2 MS ERR You may initiate the scanning in the previously selected Memory Scan Mode by pressing and holding either or key for one second 67 55: MEMORY SKIPSKIP ONLY 68 Here is the procedure for setting up and using the Preferential Scan List:SKIP To initiate Preferential Memory Scan: 69 B-LINK1) When the Memory Bank is enabled for Memory “b”) 70 PROGRAMMABLE (BAND LIMIT) MEMORY SCAN (PMS)PMSxx L50 U50 71 “PRIORITY CHANNEL” SCANNING (DUAL WATCH)MDW VFO VDW 72: PRI TIME 72 71: PRI REVERT 73 AUTOMATIC LAMP ILLUMINATION ON SCAN STOP81: SCAN LAMP BAND EDGE BEEPER 10: BEEP EDGE 74 or BH-216: BLUETOOTH P-CODE POWER 75 17:BLUETOOTH SET VOX: OFF: VOX: PTT: VOX: VOX HIGH VOX: VOX LOW SAVE: ON BH-2) the BH-1 or BH-2 SAVE: OFF MODE: STEREO Note: MODE: MONO 76 POWRVOLUME VOL UME 78 GPS OPERATIONMIC/SP MH-74 SPD 79 FGPS-2GPS Antenna Unit Installation80 24: TIME ZONEUTC +0:00 81 GPS S18: GPS UNIT Posi tion” (.MMM’ or ‘SS”) Speed Km/h mph Knot Altitude 16: GPS DATUM WGS-84 Tokyo Mean Tokyo Japan Tokyo Korea Tokyo Okinawa 82 APRS® OPERATIONPREPARATIONS 20: MY CALLSIGN X Æ Y Æ Z Æ 9 Æ W 22: MY SYMBOL 83 23: POSITION COMMENT 21: MY POSITION Auto Lat 84 LonAPRS MODEM 1200bps 85 RECEIVING AN APRS BEACONThe AX.25 modem cannot be activated in the “A-Band” 86 Deleting a Received Beacon from the “STATION LIST”87 TRANSMIT AN APRS BEACON14: 12: BEACON INTERVAL 13: BEA CON STATS TXT 88 ALL CLEARCLEAR 15: DIGI PATH 90 Delete the Received Message from the “APRS MESSAGE” Screen91 19: MSGG1 ALL G2 CQ 92 TRANSMIT AN APRS MESSAGE6: APRS MSG TXT MSG TXT 94 IN RANGEOUT RANGE 95 ARTSARTSTM won’t work if you have used the Lock feature to disable the PTT 6: ARTS INTERVAL 25sec 15sec 96 ALWAYS5: ARTS BEEP 97 your callsign21: CW ID that key: W Æ X Æ Y Æ Z Æ 9 Æ W 1)You may check your work by monitoring the entered callsign. To do this repeat steps 1 - 3 above, then press the key 2)You may adjust the monitoring tone (CW sidetone pitch) via Set Mode Item 28: CW PITCH. Available selections are 400 - 1000 Hz (50 Hz/step) 98 SPECTRUM ANALYZER OPERATION1Time Full Time 91: SPEC ANALYZER 100 CHANNEL COUNTER OPERATIONVX- 8R CH COUNTER - - - NO 101 19: CHCOUNTER 102 SMART SEARCH OPERATIONSINGLE 88: SMART SEARCH SMART SEARCH 104 MESSAGE FEATURENote VX-3R PROGRAMMING A MESSAGE 59: MES SAGE SELECT 105 PROGRAMMING A MEMBER LISTMESSAGE1 MESSAGE20 57: MES SAGE LIST 106 P Æ Q Æ R Æ S Æ 7 Æ pSET YOUR PERSONAL ID 58: MES SAGE REGISTER 107 SENDING A MESSAGEMSG 108 RECEIVING A MESSAGEFROM 109 EMERGENCY FEATUREEMERGENCY CHANNEL OPERATION 110 EMERGENCY AUTOMATIC ID (EAI) FEATUREIn the Interval mode In the continuous mode 67: PAGE CODE-RX EAI 21: 111 33: EAI TIMEINT CON nel “EAI,” or (4) a VHF frequency is stored in Memory Channel “EAI.” 112 TX113 INTERNET CONNECTION FEATURESRG (“SISTER RADIO GROUP”) MODE DTMF # 114 FRG (“FRIENDLY RADIO GROUP”) MODEFRG 45: INTERNET SELECT twice one time 115 FRG N44: INTERNET MODE FRG SRG 116 DTMF OPERATIONDTMF T DTMF A Here is the DTMF Autodial storage procedure: 30: DTMF 117 You may check your work by monitoring the entered DTMF string. To do thisrepeat steps 1 - 4 above, then press the key To send a telephone number: MANUAL 118 CW LEARNING FEATURE22: CW LEARNING ALPHA ALPHA AUTO NUMBER NUMBER AUTO SYMBL SYMBL AUTO CHR SPED CPM WPM FORM REPT PTCH 120 CW TRAINING FEATURE24: CW TRAINING ALPHA 5CHR ALPHA REPT NUMBER 5CHR NUMBER REPT MIX 5CHR MIX REPT 5CHR 121 SENSOR MODE84: SEN SOR DISPLAY TEMP WAVE BARO ALTI: You may monitor the sensor informa tion (Temp, Baro, and Alti) at the same time, using Set Mode Item 85: SENSOR INFO 122 SENSOR MODE OPTIONS98: TIME SET year month day day of the week hour minute SIG 123 104: UNIThPa mmHg inch 103: UNIT OFFSET calibrated OFST ALTI 124 MISCELLANEOUS SETTINGPASSWORD 69: 125 PROGRAMMING THE KEY43: INTERNET KEY INTERNET INT MR 44: INTERNET MODE SET MODE MY KEY 126 ATT (FRONT END ATTENUATOR)3: ANTENNA ATT 1) When the attenuator is activated, the “ ” icon will appear on the display 2) The attenuator does not activate on the AM/FM Broadcast Bands The attenuator can be set independently on each operating band of the 127 RECEIVE BATTERY SAVER SETUP9.5sec 60.0sec TX BATTERY SAVER 80: SAVE TX 128 DISABLING THE BUSY INDICATOR18: BUSY AUTOMATIC POWER-OFF (APO) FEATURE 129 TRANSMITTER TIME-OUT TIMER (TOT)102: TOT When your transmission time is within 10 seconds of the 130 ON/OFF PRESET TIMERON TIMER 64: ON TIMER OFF TIMER 63: OFF 131 BUSY CHANNEL LOCK-OUT (BCLO)CHANGING THE TX DEVIATION LEVEL 37: HALF DEVIATION 132 CHANGING THE MICROPHONE GAIN60: MIC GAIN S-AND TX POWER METER SYMBOLS 89: S-METER SYMBOL 133 DISPLAY CONTRAST48: LCD CONTRAST DISPLAY DIMMER 49: LCD DIMMER 134 MY BANDS OPERATION106: VFO SKIP If you wish to skip (omit) the AM or FM Broadcast band, enter the Broadcast 135 CHANGING THE STATUS OF THE KEY107: VOL UME MODE NORMAL: The AUTO BACK: The 136 RESET PROCEDURES137 CLONINGCLONE Destination radio Source radio - - TX ERROR 138 SET MODESome Set Mode Items (like Set Mode Item 99: TONE FREQUENCY) re List Item 87: SET MODE FORMAT ITEM LIST 139 86: SETMODE CSR 35: EX TENDED MENU 144 SET MODE SELECTION DETAILSSET MODE ITEM 1: ANTENNA AM Function Available Values Default SET MODE ITEM 2: ANTENNA FM SET MODE ITEM 3: ANTENNA ATT Available Values: ON / OFF Default: OFF SET MODE ITEM 5: ARTS BEEP 145 SET MODE ITEM 6: ARTS INTERVALAvailable Values: 15sec / 25sec Default: 25sec SET MODE ITEM 7: BANK LINK SET MODE ITEM 8: BANK NAME SET MODE ITEM 10: BEEP EDGE Note: SET MODE ITEM 11: BEEP LEVEL SET MODE ITEM 12: BEEP MELODY SET MODE ITEM 13: BEEP SELECT 146 SET MODE ITEM 14: BELL RINGERDefault: 1Time SET MODE ITEM 15: BELL SELECT SET MODE ITEM 16: BLUETOOTH P-CODE Available Values: 0000 Default: SET MODE ITEM 17: BLUETOOTH SET BH-1/BH-2 147 SET MODE ITEM 18: BUSY LEDDefault: ON SET MODE ITEM 19: CH COUNTER Default: ±5MHz SET MODE ITEM 20: CLOCK SHIFT SET MODE ITEM 21: CW ID SET MODE ITEM 22: CW LEARNING SET MODE ITEM 23: CW PITCH Default: 700Hz SET MODE ITEM 24: CW TRAINING SET MODE ITEM 25: DC VOLTAGE 148 SET MODE ITEM 26: DCS CODESET MODE ITEM 27: DCS INVERSION SET MODE ITEM 28: DTMF DELAY Default: 450ms SET MODE ITEM 29: DTMF MANUAL/AUTO Available Values: MANUAL / AUTO SET MODE ITEM 30: DTMF SELECT SET MODE ITEM 31: DTMF SPEED Available Values: 50mS / 100mS Default: 50mS 149 SET MODE ITEM 33: EAI TIMESET MODE ITEM 34: EMERGENCY SELECT 150 SET MODE ITEM 35: EXTENDED MENUSET MODE ITEM 36: FW KEY HOLD TIME SET MODE ITEM 37: HALF DEVIATION Available Values: ON/OFF SET MODE ITEM 38: HOME VFO SET MODE ITEM 39: HOME/REVERSE Available Values: HOME / REV Default: REV 151 SET MODE ITEM 40: INT MANUAL/AUTOSET MODE ITEM 41: INTERNET SET MODE ITEM 42: INTERNET CODE SET MODE ITEM 43: INTERNET KEY SET MODE ITEM 44: INTERNET MODE Available Values: FRG / SRG Default: SRG SET MODE ITEM 45: INTERNET SELECT 152 SET MODE ITEM 46: LAMPSET MODE ITEM 47: LANGUAGE SET MODE ITEM 48: LCD CONTRAST SET MODE ITEM 49: LCD DIMMER SET MODE ITEM 50: LED LIGHT SET MODE ITEM 51: LOCK SET MODE ITEM 52: MEMORY FAST STEP Default: 10CH 153 SET MODE ITEM 53: MEMORY NAMESET MODE ITEM 54: MEMORY PROTECT SET MODE ITEM 55: MEMORY SKIP SET MODE ITEM 56: MEMORY WRITE Available Values: NEXT / LOWER Default: NEXT SET MODE ITEM 57: MESSAGE LIST SET MODE ITEM 58: MESSAGE REGISTER SET MODE ITEM 59: MESSAGE SELECT SET MODE ITEM 60: MIC GAIN 154 SET MODE ITEM 61: MONI/T-CALLAvailable Values: MONI/T-CALL SET MODE ITEM 62: MUTE SET MODE ITEM 63: OFF TIMER SET MODE ITEM 64: ON TIMER SET MODE ITEM 65: OPENING MESSAGE 155 SET MODE ITEM 66: PAGER ANS-BACKSET MODE ITEM 67: PAGER CODE-RX SET MODE ITEM 68: PAGER CODE-TX SET MODE ITEM 69: PASSWORD SET MODE ITEM 70: PR FREQUENCY SET MODE ITEM 71: PRI REVERT SET MODE ITEM 72: PRI TIME 156 SET MODE ITEM 73: PTT DELAYSET MODE ITEM 74: RPT ARS SET MODE ITEM 75: RPT SHIFT SET MODE ITEM 76: RPT SHIFT FREQ SET MODE ITEM 77: RX AF DUAL SET MODE ITEM 78: RX MODE SET MODE ITEM 79: SAVE RX SET MODE ITEM 80: SAVE TX 157 SET MODE ITEM 81: SCAN LAMPSET MODE ITEM 82: SCAN RE-START SET MODE ITEM 83: SCAN RESUME SET MODE ITEM 84: SENSOR DISPLAY Default: DC SET MODE ITEM 85: SENSOR INFORMATION 158 SET MODE ITEM 86: SET MODE CSRSET MODE ITEM 87: SET MODE FORMAT Available Values: LIST / ITEM Default: LIST SET MODE ITEM 88: SMART SEARCH SET MODE ITEM 89: S-METERSYMBOL SET MODE ITEM 90: SPEAKER OUT Available Values: AUTO / SPEAKER Default: AUTO 159 SET MODE ITEM 91: SPEC-ANALYZERDefault: 1time SET MODE ITEM 92: SQL LEVEL SET MODE ITEM 93: SQL S-METER SET MODE ITEM 94: SQL SPLIT Available Values: OFF / ON 160 SET MODE ITEM 95: SQL TYPESET MODE ITEM 96: STEP FREQUENCY SET MODE ITEM 97: STEREO Available Values: STEREO / MONO SET MODE ITEM 98: TIME SET 161 SET MODE ITEM 99: TONE FREQUENCYSET MODE ITEM 100: TONE-SRCHMUTE SET MODE ITEM 101: TONE-SRCHSPEED SET MODE ITEM 102: TOT SET MODE ITEM 103: UNIT OFFSET SET MODE ITEM 104: UNIT SELECT SET MODE ITEM 105: VFO MODE Available Values: ALL / BAND Default: BAND 162 SET MODE ITEM 106: VFO SKIPSET MODE ITEM 107: VOLUME MODE SET MODE ITEM 108: VOX SET MODE ITEM 109: VOX DELAY SET MODE ITEM 110: WAVE MONITOR SET MODE ITEM 111: WX ALERT 164 APRS/GPS SET MODE DETAILSAPRS/GPS Set Mode Item 1: APRS AF DUAL APRS/GPS Set Mode Item 2: APRS DESTINATION APRS/GPS Set Mode Item 3: APRS FILTER APRS/GPS Set Mode Item 4: APRS MODEM APRS/GPS Set Mode Item 5: APRS MSG FLASH APRS/GPS Set Mode Item 6: APRS MSG TXT APRS/GPS Set Mode Item 7: APRS MUTE APRS/GPS Set Mode Item 8: APRS RINGER MSG 165 APRS/GPS Set Mode Item 9: APRS RINGER BCONAPRS/GPS Set Mode Item 10: APRS UNIT APRS/GPS Set Mode Item 11: APRS TX DELAY Default: 300ms PRS/GPS Set Mode Item 12: BEACON INTERVAL Default: 5min APRS/GPS Set Mode Item 13: BEACON STATUS TXT APRS/GPS Set Mode Item 14: BEACON TX Available Values: AUTO/MANUAL 11: BEACON INTERVAL APRS/GPS Set Mode Item 15: DIGI PATH 166 APRS/GPS Set Mode Item 16: GPS DATUMAPRS/GPS Set Mode Item 17: GPS TIME SET APRS/GPS Set Mode Item 18: GPS UNIT .MMM’ ddd° mm. mmm ‘SS” ddd° mm ss APRS/GPS Set Mode Item 19: MSG FILTER APRS/GPS Set Mode Item 20: MY CALLSIGN 167 APRS/GPS Set Mode Item 21: MY POSITIONDefault: Auto 21: MY POSITION APRS/GPS Set Mode Item 22: MY SYMBOL APRS/GPS Set Mode Item 23: POSITION COMMENT APRS/GPS Set Mode Item 24: TIME ZONE 168 SPECIFICATIONS170 INSTALLATION OF THE BU-1 (OPTION)
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