Yaesu FT-411 MKII Operating Manual - Ft-411
FT-411
MKII
O
PERATING
M
ANUAL
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Operation
To cancel PMS operation, stop scanning, if necessary (DIAL knob, [p] / [q] keys or
PTT), and press the [SKIP(MR)] key to return to regular memory operation, or the
[PRI(VFO)] key to return to VFO mode.
P
RIORITY
C
HANNEL
M
ONITORING
Priority monitoring allows automatic checking for activity on a memory every five sec-
onds while operating on a vfo or other memories. When a signal appears on the priority
memory while receiving, operation will automatically shift to that memory, for as long as a
carrier is received. If you transmit while paused on the priority memory, priority monitor-
ing is cancelled and operation stays on the priority memory.
The squelch must first be preset, and the frequency to be monitored must be stored in a
memory (this MUST be memory 1 if you will be operating on other memories during
priority monitoring).
Press the [PRI(VFO)] key to operate on a vfo, or else select the memory you want to
operate on, and then press [F/M] and [PRI(VFO)]. A ‘P’ will appear in the memory win-
dow at the upper left corner of the display, and about every five seconds the displayed
frequency will shift to the priority memory briefly while the receiver checks for a signal.
As long as no signal appears on the priority memory to open the squelch, you can tune,
scan, transmit and receive on the vfo, or select and operate on other memories. If a station
you wish to talk with appears on the priority memory, press the PTT switch momentarily
while receiving his signal, to stop priority checking. Otherwise, when a signal appears on
the priority memory, checking will pause and the decimal on the display will blink; then
priority monitoring will resume (according to how you set the scan resume mode - either
after a 5-second pause, or after the carrier drops). To cancel priority monitoring manually,
press either the [SKIP(MR)] or [PRI(VFO)] key.
Note that you can use any other memory as a priority channel in the above procedure when
operation during priority monitoring is to be on the vfo.
M
ULTI
-C
HANNEL
P
RIORITY
M
ONITORING
The priority monitoring function described above can be used to sequentially check mul-
tiple memory channels. After storing the memories, mask (hide) those you do not want
checked, as described under “Memory Skip Scanning” on page 18. Then activate scan-
ning of these memories by pressing an [p] or [q] key for ½-second from the memory
mode. You can now press [F/M] and [PRI(VFO)] to activate priority monitoring of the
memories while operating on the vfo. Each time the priority system checks a memory, it
will be one higher or lower than the one checked previously.
When operating on the vfo while priority monitoring one or more memories, you can acti-
vate vfo scanning by holding an [p] or [q] key for ½-second.