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Yaesu FT-250R Operating Manual

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    O perating m anual ft-250r 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 uk ltd. Unit 12, sun valley business park, winnall close winchester, hampshire, so23 0lb, u.K. Vertex standard ...

  • Page 2: Contents

    Introduction .......................................... 1 controls & connectors ........................ 2 accessories & options .......................... 3 basic operation .................................... 4 battery pack installation and removal ...... 4 battery charging ..........................

  • Page 3: Lock

    Lock key press and hold in the [f/l] key for one second to lock all key functions except the vol, sql knobs, ptt, t.Call, and lamp switchs. P ower s witch and vol k nob rotate the vol/pwr knob to turn the radio on and adjust the audio volume level. M icrophone t ransmission s witch speak into the mi...

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    K ey o verview press [f/l] + key activates the ctcss or dcs operation. Selects the ctcss tone or dcs code number. Selects the desired transmit power out- put level. Selects the direction of the uplink fre- quency shift during repeater operation. Selects the ctcss/dcs bell ringer rep- etitions. Toggl...

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    Ft-250r o perating m anual 1 the ft-250r is an ultra compact fm hand-held providing up to five watts of rf power and a wealth of convenient features for the 2m amateur band. The ft-250r has rubber gasket seals around all external controls and connectors to help keep out dust and rain or spray, assur...

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    Ft-250r o perating m anual 2 controls & connectors keypad microphone speaker ext dc jack mic/sp jack battery pack latch ptt button busy/tx indicator lamp sql control dial rotary selector monitor (t.Call) button lamp button lcd (liquid crystal display) vol/pwr knob antenna jack s- and tx power meter ...

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    Ft-250r o perating m anual 3 a ccessories s upplied with the ft-250r fnb-83 ni-mh battery pack (7.2 v, 1400 mah) pa-38 ac adapter cd-30 desktop charger belt clip antenna operating manual warranty card a vailable o ptions for your ft-250r fnb-83 7.2 v, 1400 mah ni-mh battery pack fba-25a compact dry ...

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    Ft-250r o perating m anual 4 basic operation b attery p ack i nstallation and r emoval to install the battery, hold the transceiver with your left hand, so your palm is over the speaker and your thumb is on the top of the belt clip. Insert the battery pack into the battery compartment on the back of...

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    Ft-250r o perating m anual 5 important notes! Do not connect an improper ac adapter. Use only the supplied pa-38 ac adapter. Do not charge an improper battery (one not specifically designed for use in the pa-38/cd-30). Disconnect the pack from the cd-30 desktop charger, and unplug the pa-38 ac adapt...

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    Ft-250r o perating m anual 6 s witching p ower o n and o ff c be sure the battery pack is installed. D connect the antenna to the top panel antenna jack. E switch on the transceiver by rotating the vol control clockwise out of the click-stop (a momentary beep will sound). A djusting the v olume l ev...

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    Ft-250r o perating m anual 7 f requency n avigation press the [vfo(pri)] button, if necessary, to select the vfo mode. The ft-250r has two vfos, labeled “a” and “b,” either of which can be used for all of the procedures described in this manual. You can change vfos with the [vfo(pri)] button at any ...

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    Ft-250r o perating m anual 8 r epeater o peration the ars (automatic repeater shift) feature in the ft-250r provides repeater shift of the transmit frequency whenever you are tuned to a standard repeater subband (see dia- gram below). When enabled, a small “–” or “+” will be displayed in the upper l...

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    Ft-250r o perating m anual 9 setting repeater tx offset although you should keep the repeater offset programmed to that used in your area, you can change the default repeater offset for special applications: c press the [f/l] key, then immediately press the [0(set)] key to enter the set mode. D rota...

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    Ft-250r o perating m anual 10 vfo s plit m ode for working on repeaters with odd splits, or communicating with astronauts on orbiting space vehicles, it may be necessary to use non-standard splits between the receive and transmit frequency. If the application is infrequent enough not to warrant the ...

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    Ft-250r o perating m anual 11 f rotate the dial to select the desired “sleep” duration. The selections available are 200 ms, 300 ms, 500 ms, 1 second, and 2 seconds, or off. The default value is 200 ms. G when you have made your selection, press the ptt key to save the new setting and exit to normal...

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    Ft-250r o perating m anual 12 a utomatic p ower -o ff (apo) f eature the apo feature helps conserve battery life by automatically turning the radio off after a user-defined period of time within which there has been no dial or key activity. The avail- able selections for the time before power-off ar...

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    Ft-250r o perating m anual 13 d isabling the k eypad b eeper if the keypad’s beeper creates an inconvenience, it may easily be disabled. C press the [f/l] key, then press the [0(set)] key to enter the set mode. D rotate the dial to select menu item #16 (“key bp key bp key bp key bp key bp ”). E pres...

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    Ft-250r o perating m anual 14 t one c alling (1750 hz) if the repeaters in your country require a 1750-hz burst tone for access (typically in eu- rope), you can set the moni key to serve as a “t one c all ” switch instead. To change the configuration of this switch, we again use the menu to help us....

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    Ft-250r o perating m anual 15 advanced operation ctcss o peration many repeater systems require that a very-low-frequency audio tone be superimposed on your fm carrier in order to activate the repeater. This helps prevent false activation of the repeater by radar or spurious signals from other trans...

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    Ft-250r o perating m anual 16 dcs o peration another form of tone access control is digital code squelch, or dcs. It is a newer, more advanced tone system which generally provides more immunity from false paging than does ctcss. The dcs encoder/decoder is built into your ft-250r, and operation is ve...

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    Ft-250r o perating m anual 17 advanced operation t one s earch s canning in operating situations where you don’t know the ctcss or dcs tone being used by another station or stations, you can command the radio to listen to the incoming signal and scan in search of the tone being used. Two things must...

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    Ft-250r o perating m anual 18 the ft-250r provides a wide variety of memory system resources. These include: 199 “standard” memory channels, numbered “1 1 1 1 1 ” through “199 199 199 199 199 .” a home channel, allowing storage and quick recall of one prime frequency. Five sets of band-edge memories...

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    Ft-250r o perating m anual 19 m emory o ffset t uning once you have recalled a particular memory channel, you may easily tune off that chan- nel, as though you were in the “vfo” mode. C with the ft-250r in the “mr mr mr mr mr ” (memory recall) mode, select the desired memory channel. D now press the...

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    Ft-250r o perating m anual 20 desired label. A total of seven characters may be used in the creation of a label. J when you have programmed a label which is under 7 characters, press and hold in the [f/l] key for one second to confirm the label (if the label is exactly 7 characters in length, you do...

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    Ft-250r o perating m anual 21 the ft-250r allows you to scan just the memory channels, the entire operating band, or a portion of that band. It will halt on signals encountered, so you can talk to the station(s) on that frequency, if you like. Scanning operation is basically the same in each of the ...

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    Ft-250r o perating m anual 22 m emory s canning memory scanning is similarly easy to initiate: c set the radio to the memory mode by pressing the [mr/mw(skip)] key, if necessary. D press and hold in the [ (mhz)] / [ (mhz)] key for 1/2 second to initiate scanning. E as with vfo scanning, the scanner ...

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    Ft-250r o perating m anual 23 a utomatic l amp i llumination on s can s top the ft-250r will automatically illuminate the lcd lamp whenever the scanner stops on a signal (the default condition for this feature is “on”). The procedure for disabling the scan lamp is: c press the [f/l] key, then press ...

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    Ft-250r o perating m anual 24 setting the smart search mode c press the [f/l] key, then press the [0(set)] key, to enter the set mode. D rotate the dial to select menu #31 (“smt mod smt mod smt mod smt mod smt mod ”). E press the [f/l] key to enable changing of this menu item. F rotate the dial to s...

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    Ft-250r o perating m anual 25 memory-memory mode c store a frequency that you want to use as the dual watch “priority” channel into memory “1 1 1 1 1 .” d set the radio to the memory mode by pressing the [mr/mw(skip)] key. E rotate the dial to select the channel on which you wish to operate while pe...

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    Ft-250r o perating m anual 26 m anual dtmf t one g eneration you can generate dtmf tones during transmission manually. C press the ptt switch to begin transmission. D while transmitting, press the desired numbers on the keypad. E when you have sent all the digits desired, release the ptt key. Dtmf a...

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    Ft-250r o perating m anual 27 the arts feature uses dcs signaling to inform both parties when you and another arts- equipped station are within communications range. This may be particularly useful during search-and rescue situations, where is important to stay in contact with other members of your ...

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    Ft-250r o perating m anual 28 arts p olling t ime o ptions the arts feature may be programmed to poll every 15 seconds (default value) or 25 seconds. The default value provides maximum battery conservation, because the polling signal is sent out less frequently. To change the polling interval: c pre...

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    Ft-250r o perating m anual 29 f press the [f/l] key, then press the [f/l] key again, to begin entry of the letters and numbers in your callsign. G rotate the dial to select the first letter or number in your callsign. When the correct character has been selected, press the [ (mhz)] key to move on to...

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    Ft-250r o perating m anual 30 the ft-250r may be used for packet operation, using the optional ct-44 microphone adapter (available from your yaesu dealer) for easy interconnection to commonly-avail- able connectors wired to your tnc. You may also build your own cable using a four- conductor miniatur...

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    Ft-250r o perating m anual 31 the ft-250r includes a convenient “clone” feature, which allows the memory and con- figuration data from one transceiver to be transferred to another ft-250r. This can be particularly useful when configuring a number of transceivers for a public service opera- tion. Her...

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    Ft-250r o perating m anual 32 the ft-250r set (menu) mode is easy to activate and set. Use the following procedure: c press the [f/l] key, then press the [0(set)] key, to activate the set mode. D turn the dial to select the menu item number to be adjusted. E press the [f/l] key momentarily, then rot...

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    Ft-250r o perating m anual 33 set mode details set item 1 [alpha] function: store alpha-numeric “tags” for the memory channels. See page 20 for details. Set item 2 [ars] function: enable/disable the automatic repeater shift function. Available values: on/off default: on set item 3 [rpt] function: se...

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    Ft-250r o perating m anual 34 set mode set item 9 [rx save] function: select the receive-mode battery saver interval (“sleep” ratio). Available values: off/200ms(1:1)/300ms(1:1.5)/500ms(1:2.5)/1s(1:5)/2s(1:10) default: 200ms(1:1) set item 10 [tx save] function: enable/disable the transmit battery sa...

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    Ft-250r o perating m anual 35 set mode set item 18 [bell] function: select the number of ctcss bell ringer repetitions. Available values: off/1/3/5/8/repeat default: off set item 19 [mon/tcl] function: select the moni key (just below the ptt switch) function. Available values: moni/t.Call default: d...

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    Ft-250r o perating m anual 36 set mode set item 25 [sql typ] function: select the tone encoder and/or decoder mode. Available values: off/t/tsq/dcs default: off t: ctcss encoder tsq: ctcss encoder/decoder dcs: digital coded squelch encoder/decoder set item 26 [tn set] function: setting of the ctcss ...

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    Ft-250r o perating m anual 37 set mode set item 31 [smt mod] function: select the smart search sweep mode. Available values: single/cont default: single single: the transceiver sweeps the current band once in each direction starting on the current frequency. All channels where activity is present (u...

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    Ft-250r o perating m anual 38 set mode.

  • Page 43: Specifications

    Specifications 39 general frequency coverage (mhz): rx: 136 to 174 tx: 144 to 146 (148) channel steps: 5, 10, 12.5, 15, 20, 25 & 50 khz standard repeater shift: 600 khz emission type: f2d, f3e supply voltage: nominal: 7.2 v dc, negative ground operating: 6.0 to 16.0 vdc, negative ground (ext dc jack...

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    Copyright 2009 vertex standard co., ltd. All rights reserved no portion of this manual may be reproduced without the permission of vertex standard co., ltd. E h 0 3 8 n 1 0 0