ABOUT THIS MANUAL
Yaesu FT-8800R Operating Manual (courtesy of W5JCK) Page 5 of 83
About this Manual
LATEST UPDATE: 15 November 2006
I made the following improvements to the Yaesu FT−8800R Operating Manual:
• Reformatted the material to make it easier to read and locate information
• Reworded some of the more difficult to understand passages and key terminology
• Greatly expanded the Hyper Memory section
• Clarified and expanded the Scanning section
• Reorganized the material into a more logical order
• Updated some of the artwork to make it more presentable
• Added cross-references
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Conventions are used in this manual
• The "Main band" is the side of the FT−8800R on which you can transmit. This band is
indentifed on the FT−8800R's LCD screen by the symbol.
• The "Sub band" is the side of the FT−8800R on which you can receive only.
• The " DIAL knob" is the DIAL knob on the side of the FT−8800R currently set as
the Main band.
• Menu items and key terms are shown in bold Arial text, and menu names (functions)
and menu options or shown in monospace text.
For example: "Menu #21 LOCK can be set to OFF or ON."
• Notes are presented as below:
This is a sample note. Notes typically contain extra information designed to
clarify the information presented in a topic. Sometimes they contain
CAUTIONs or WARNINGs.