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Yaesu FT-7100M Operating Manual

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    O perating m anual vertex standard co., ltd. 4-8-8 nakameguro, meguro-ku, tokyo 153-8644, japan vertex standard us headquarters 17210 edwards rd., cerritos, ca 90703, u.S.A. International division 8350 n.W. 52nd terrace, suite 201, miami, fl 33166, u.S.A. Yaesu europe b.V. P.O. Box 75525, 1118 zn sc...

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    Contents introduction ...................................................... 1 specifications .................................................... 2 accessories & option ...................................... 3 installation ........................................................ 4 preliminary inspe...

  • Page 3: Ft-7100M Operating Manual

    1 ft-7100m operating manual the ft-7100m is a ruggedly-built, high quality dual band fm transceiver providing 50 watts of power output on the 144 mhz amateur band, and 35 watts on the 430 mhz band. The high power output of the ft-7100m is produced by its 2sk3478 power mos fet amplifier, with a direc...

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    2 ft-7100m operating manual general frequency range: rx: 108.00 – 180.00 mhz 320 – 480 mhz 810 – 999.990 mhz (cellular blocked) tx: 144 – 146 mhz or 144 – 148 mhz 430 – 440 mhz or 430 – 450 mhz channel steps: 5/10/12.5/15/20/25/50 khz mode of emission: f3, f2, f1 antenna impedance: 50 Ω , unbalanced...

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    3 ft-7100m operating manual s upplied a ccessories microphone mh-48 a6j or mh-42 b6js (depending on transceiver version) ... 1 mobile mounting bracket mmb-36 .............................................................................. 1 dc power cord w/fuse t9021715 ..................................

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    4 ft-7100m operating manual i nstallation this chapter describes the installation procedure for integrating the ft-7100m into a typi- cal amateur radio station. It is presumed that you possess technical knowledge and concep- tual understanding consistent with your status as a licensed radio amateur....

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    5 ft-7100m operating manual i nstallation s afety i nformation the ft-7100m is an electrical apparatus, as well as a generator of rf (radio frequency) energy, and you should exercise all safety precautions as are appropriate for this type of device. These safety tips apply to any device installed in...

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    6 ft-7100m operating manual i nstallation a ntenna c onsiderations the ft-7100m is designed for use with antennas presenting an impedance of near 50 ohms at all operating frequencies. The antenna (or a 50 w dummy load) should be connected whenever the transceiver is turned on, to avoid damage that c...

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    7 ft-7100m operating manual i nstallation for reference, the chart below shows approximate loss figures for typically-available coaxial cables frequently used in vhf/uhf installations. Loss in db per 30 m (100 feet) for selected 50-ohm coaxial cables (assumes 50-ohm input/output terminations) a nten...

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    8 ft-7100m operating manual i nstallation m obile i nstallation the ft-7100m must only be installed in vehicles having a 13.8 volt negative ground electri- cal system. Mount the transceiver where the display, controls, and microphone are easily accessible, using the supplied mmb-36 mounting bracket....

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    9 ft-7100m operating manual i nstallation mobile power connections to minimize voltage drop and avoid blowing the vehicle’s fuses, connect the supplied dc power cable directly to the battery terminals. Do not attempt to defeat or bypass the dc cable’s fuse – it is there to protect you, your transcei...

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    10 ft-7100m operating manual i nstallation b ase s tation i nstallation the ft-7100m is ideal for base station use as well as in mobile installations. The ft-7100m is specifically designed to integrate into your station easily, using the information to follow as a reference. Ac power supplies operat...

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    11 ft-7100m operating manual i nstallation note that 9600 bps packet transmit-deviation adjustment is very critical to successful opera- tion, and can only be accomplished using a calibrated deviation meter (such as that found on an fm service monitor used in a communications service center). In mos...

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    12 ft-7100m operating manual f ront p anel c ontrols , s witches vol - sql (“main” band) controls the inner vol control adjusts the speaker audio level from the “main” band receiver (default: vhf is the upper band on the display). Clockwise rotation increases the audio level. The outer sql control i...

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    13 ft-7100m operating manual f ront p anel c ontrols , s witches [v/m] key: pressing this key switches frequency control on the “main” band between the vfo and memory systems. Press and hold in this key for 1/2 second to activate the memory write mode. [home] key: pressing this key recalls a favorit...

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    14 ft-7100m operating manual lcd digtal code squelch ctcss encode/decode 9600 bps data operation low tx power alert ringer enabled packet operation main band frequency sub band frequency am rx scan skip memory priority active apo timer time-out timer ptt lock keypad/dial lock memory channel number s...

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    15 ft-7100m operating manual r ear p anel c onnections 13.8v dc cable pigtail w/fuse this is the dc power supply connections for the transceiver. Use the supplied dc cable to connect this pigtail to the car battery or base station dc power supply (capable of at least 15 amperes, continuous duty). Ma...

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    16 ft-7100m operating manual ptt switch press this switch to transmit, and release it to receive. Keypad these 16 keys generate dtmf tones dur- ing transmission. In the receive mode, these 16 keys can be used for direct frequency entry and/or di- rect numeric recall of the memory channels. [p1]/[p2]...

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    17 ft-7100m operating manual mh-42 b6js m icrophone the mh-42 b6js is similar to the mh-48 a6j , but the mh-42 b6js does not include a dtmf keypad and its illumination switch. Ptt switch press this switch to transmit, and release it to receive. [acc]/[p]/[p1]/[p2] buttons [acc] button: this button r...

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    18 ft-7100m operating manual o peration b asic o peration /r eception turning the power on/off to turn the radio on, press and hold in the pwr switch for 1/2 second. To turn the radio off, again press and hold in the pwr switch for 1/2 second. Adjusting the volume and squelch volume and squelch are ...

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    19 ft-7100m operating manual o peration b asic o peration /r eception frequency display and band change if the transceiver has not been used before, the display will look something like this: we call the upper frequency the “main” band, and the lower frequency the “sub” band. Transmission is possibl...

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    20 ft-7100m operating manual channel step selection tuning steps are factory preset to default increments which are appropriate for the country to which this radio is exported. Different steps may be present for vhf and uhf, as well, if appropriate for your area. For example, on the u.S. Version, th...

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    21 ft-7100m operating manual receiver muting the mute feature is useful in situations where it would be helpful to reduce the audio level of the “sub” receiver whenever you receive a signal on the “main” band. To activate the mute feature: 1. Press and hold in the [band] key for 1/2 second to activa...

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    22 ft-7100m operating manual o peration b asic o peration /r eception lock feature the lock function prevents accidental changes to the fre- quency setting and the key/button controls. 1. Press and hold in the [band] key for 1/2 second to acti- vate the “menu” mode. 2. Rotate the main dial knob to s...

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    23 ft-7100m operating manual o peration t ransmission to transmit, simply close the ptt (push to talk) switch on the microphone when the frequency is clear. Hold the microphone approximately 25 mm (1”) from your mouth, and speak into the microphone in a normal voice level. When your transmission is ...

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    24 ft-7100m operating manual o peration repeater splits this transceiver offers three methods of setting up split frequency operation on repeaters: ¦ automatic repeater shift (ars), providing automatic activation of repeater shifts during designated repeater frequency subbands; ¦ independently store...

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    25 ft-7100m operating manual o peration separate transmit frequency memories all memory channels can store independent receive and transmit frequencies; this allows the radio to accommodate occasional non-standard offsets with greater frequency resolu- tion than is available using the “standard” shi...

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    26 ft-7100m operating manual tone squelch system these systems allows silent monitoring until a call directed to you is received, and can offer listening privacy on an otherwise busy channel. ¦ ctcss (continuous tone coded squelch system): this system superimposes a con- tinuous, subaudible (low-fre...

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    27 ft-7100m operating manual o peration t ransmission tone search scanning in operating situations where you don’t know the ctcss or dcs code 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. To scan for t...

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    28 ft-7100m operating manual dtmf tone generation (mh-48 a6j only) the white keys (with numbers, letters, or the Ú/# characters printed on them) on the micro- phone may be used for manual sending of dtmf tones for autopatch or repeater control use. Just press the ptt switch, and hold it in, while pr...

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    29 ft-7100m operating manual o peration t ransmission to transmit the memorized telephone number, used the following procedure: 1. Press the ptt switch to begin transmission. 2. While holding in the ptt switch, rotate the main dial knob to select the dtmf autodialer memory channel you wish to send, ...

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    30 ft-7100m operating manual transmitter time-out timer (tot) the “time-out timer” (tot) feature is designed to force the transceiver into the “receive” mode after a preset time period of continuous transmission (the default is 6 minutes). This feature prevents your transceiver from transmitting a “...

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    31 ft-7100m operating manual m emory o peration m emory s torage 1. Select the desired frequency, while operating in the vfo mode. Be sure to set up any ctcss or dcs tones as well as any desired repeater offset. The power level may also be set at this time, if you wish to store it at a particular le...

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    32 ft-7100m operating manual r ecalling m emories from the vfo mode, momentarily press the [v/m] key to activate the “memory” mode. When more than one memory has been stored, use the main dial knob to select a memory for operation. Alternatively, the microphone’s [up]/[dwn] buttons may be used to se...

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    33 ft-7100m operating manual memory offset tuning once you have recalled a particular memory channel, you may easily tune off that channel, as though you were in the “vfo” mode. 1. With the ft-7100m in the “mr” (memory recall) mode, select the desired memory channel. 2. Now press the [mhz] key momen...

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    34 ft-7100m operating manual t ransferring m emory c hannels there are 262 programmable memory channels in the ft-7100m. These consist of 120 regular memories and 11 special-purpose memories (l1 - l5, u1 - u5, and home) for each band. However, if you need more memories on a particular band, you can ...

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    35 ft-7100m operating manual s canning f eatures s canning o peration the ft-7100m’s microprocessor-based scanning feature allows quick scanning of the memory channels, or sweeping of a band, looking for activity. Before activating the scanner, make sure that the sql control is set to silence the ba...

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    36 ft-7100m operating manual s canning f eatures m emory s kip s canning when you have some continuously-active channels in memories, you may wish to skip them for scanning, but still have them available for manual selection using the main dial. To mark a memory to be skipped during scanning, use th...

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    37 ft-7100m operating manual p rogrammable b and -s can l imits this feature allows you to set sub-band limits for either scanning or manual vfo operation. For example, you might wish to set up a limit (in north america) of 144.300 mhz to 148.00 mhz so as to prevent encroachment into the ssb/cw “wea...

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    38 ft-7100m operating manual s canning f eatures p riority c hannel o peration the priority function allows automatic checking for activity on a designated “priority” memory channel every five second while operating on the vfo, a home channel, or an- other memory channel. Vfo priority 1. Recall the ...

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    39 ft-7100m operating manual the smart search feature may be used to load - automatically with no operator intervention - a special bank of up to 50 memory channels (per band) based on activity. Smart search will sweep either the entire band or the portion of the band within the programmable band-sc...

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    40 ft-7100m operating manual this system uses dcs signaling to inform you when you and another arts-equipped station are within communications range. Both stations must first select dcs operation using the same dcs code. Whenever you press the ptt switch, or every 30 seconds after arts is activated,...

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    41 ft-7100m operating manual cw id (morse identifier) set up the arts feature includes a cw identifier, as mentioned previously. The radio can be instructed to send “de (your callsign) k” in morse code every nine minutes during arts operation. The callsign may contain up to 6 characters. Here’s how ...

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    42 ft-7100m operating manual s ub -d isplay o ptions the sub-display can be set to one of four modes using the menu. 1. Press and hold in the [band] key for 1/2 second to activate the “menu” mode. 2. Rotate the main dial knob to select menu #11 (disp). 3. Press the [band] key momentarily to enable c...

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    43 ft-7100m operating manual m iscellaneous s ettings p rogramming the m icrophone b utton f unctions default ft-7100m button functions have been assigned (at the factory) to the microphone’s buttons*. These may be changed by the user, if you wish to define another function for a particular button o...

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    44 ft-7100m operating manual dcs c ode i nversion the dcs system was first introduced in the commercial lmr (land mobile radio) service, where it is now in widespread use. Dcs uses a codeword consisting of a 23-bit frame, transmitted (subaudibly) at a data rate of 134.4 bps (bit/sec). Occasionally, ...

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    45 ft-7100m operating manual e xternal s peaker s election you can select the audio output configuration for the speakers when an external speaker is connected to the ext sp jack on the rear panel. To select the speaker to be used on a particular band: 1. Press and hold in the [band] key for 1/2 sec...

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    46 ft-7100m operating manual r reset for all memories press and hold in the [v/m] and [rev] keys while turning the transceiver on. R reset for menu settings (except following menu) press and hold in the [low] and [rev] keys while turning the transceiver on. Menu #8 (dcs c ), 19 (pckt), 26 (shift), 2...

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    47 ft-7100m operating manual you can transfer all data stored in one ft-7100m to another ft-7100m by utilizing the handy “cloning” feature. This requires a user-constructed cloning cable which connects the data jacks on the two transceivers, as shown below. To clone from one transceiver to another, ...

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    48 ft-7100m operating manual the ft-7100m’s menu system allows a number of transceiver operating parameters to be custom-configured for your operating requirements. The menu is easy to active and set, using the following basic procedure: 1. Press and hold in the [band] key for 1/2 second to activate...

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    49 ft-7100m operating manual m enu s ystem item # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 menu item apo ars arts beep cwid cwidw dim dcs c dcs s dcsnr disp dtmfd dtmfs dtmfw lock lockt mic mute pckt pg p1 pg p2 pg p3 pg p4 rfsql scan shift step sp...

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    50 ft-7100m operating manual m enu s election d etails menu item 1 [apo] function: enables/disables the automatic power off feature. Available values: 0.5 ~ 12.0 hours (0.5 hour steps), or off default setting: off menu item 2 [ars] function: enables/disables the automatic repeater shift function. Av...

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    51 ft-7100m operating manual menu item 8 [dcs c] function: setting the dcs code number. Available values: 104 standard dcs codes default setting: 023 note: this menu item can be set indepen- dently for each band, and independently in each memory. Menu item 9 [dcs s] function: activates the dcs code ...

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    52 ft-7100m operating manual m enu s ystem m enu s election d etails menu item 14 [dtmfw] function: loading of dtmf autodial memory register(s). Menu item 15 [lock] function: enables/disables the key/button lock. Available values: on/off default setting: off menu item 16 [lockt] function: enables/di...

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    53 ft-7100m operating manual m enu s election d etails m enu s ystem menu item 21 [pg p2] function: programming the microphone’s [p2]/[p] button assignment. Available values: sql off, tcall, rptr, pri, low, tone, mhz, rev, home, band, vfo/mr default setting: vfo/mr note: [p2] button for mh-48 a6j , ...

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    54 ft-7100m operating manual m enu s ystem m enu s election d etails menu item 27 [step] function: setting the synthesizer steps. Available values: 5.0/10.0/12.5/15.0/20.0/25.0/50.0 khz default setting: depends on transceiver version. Note: this menu item can be set independently for each band. Menu...

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    55 ft-7100m operating manual menu item 32 [txnar] function: reducing the mic gain (and deviation) available values: on/off default setting: off (normal deviation) note: this menu item can be set independently for each band. Menu item 33 [vfotr] function: enables/disables the vfo tracking feature. Av...

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    1. Changes or modifications to this device not expressly approved by vertex standard could void the user’s authorization to operate this device. 2. This device complies with part 15 of the fcc rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions; (1) this device may not cause harmful interfer...

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    Copyright 2001 vertex standard co., ltd. All rights reserved. Printed in japan 0103u-cy no portion of this manual may be reproduced without the permission of vertex standard co., ltd. E h 0 0 3 m 1 0 1.