Yaesu FT-891 Manual

Front Panel Controis ——@
PWRILOCK Briefly press to lock the tuning dial. Toggles LOCK on and off.
MPV
QMB
RF/SQL
MULTI
CLAR
DIAL
When enabled, LOCK icon appears at left side of the screen.
Pressing for 1-second toggles the power on and off.
Pressing increases the dial’s tuning rate. While fast is enabled the FST
icon appears to the right of the VFO-B frequency.
Briefly press to bring up the band selection screen where you can
select the desired band by rotating the Dial knob. Note: The 5
MHz band is selected via recalling one of the ten 5 MHz channels in
the memory channel list.
Pressing for 1-second brings up the mode selection screen where you
can select the desired mode of operation.
Briefly pressing exchanges the operating parameters (mode & freq.)
of VFO’s A and B. (swaps the VFOs)
Toggles the receiver between VFO and Memory modes. If you tune
off a memory channel, pressing [V/M] again restores the memory freq.
Momentarily pressing displays the memory channel list, highlighting the
currently selected memory channel. Rotating [MULTI] allows you to
scroll through the memory to find an empty channel or a channel you
wish to overwrite. Pressing for 1 second (until double beep) copies
VFO-A data to the selected memory channel.
Press the key to copy a memory channel’s contents to the VFO.
Pressing displays the memory channel list, highlighting the currently
selected memory channel. Rotate [MULTI] to select the channel you wish
to copy from. Pressing for 1 second (until double beep) copies the
memory channel data to the VFO.
Pressing for l-second copies the current VFO operating parameters to
the Quick Memory Bank. Older entries are pushed off the bottom of
the 5 deep memory stack.
Repeated pressing cycles through the five frequencies and modes
previously saved in the Quick Memory Bank, sequentially recalling
them to the VFO.
RF Squelch knob. Rotating counterclockwise reduces the RF gain.
Fully clockwise is maximum gain. Typically this control is used to
reduce gain to a point where the background noise is slightly
reduced, and perhaps a touch more. Can also operate as a squelch
control by using Menu 05-05 RF/SQL VR to select the squelch function.
The MULTI knob is used to select memory channels, menu items and
adjust other settings.
Pressing the function key rotates through several groups of adjustable
parameters: FUNCTION 1, FUNCTION 2, CW SETTING in factory default
mode. These are the settings that would normally be front panel
controls on a base station with a large front panel.
Use the [MULTI] knob to point to » a desired function, then press the
[MULTI] knob to be able to change or adjust the setting. The individual
functions are described later during their relevant procedures.
Pressing [F] for l-second accesses the main menu system. Pressing
[F] again exits the menu system.
These are reprogrammable function keys. They can be left in the
factory. default condition, or be reassigned to any of functions
accessible with the [F] key: FUNCTION 1, FUNCTION 2, CW SETTING.
See the procedure on facing page for re-assigning these functions.
Pressing [CLAR] for l-second enables the [MULTI] knob to tune / offset
the receive frequency up to +9.99 kHz from the currently tuned
frequency, allowing you to fine tune a received signal without altering
the transmit frequency.
Momentarily pressing enables / disables clarifier operation.
Pressing the [MULTI] knob lsecond clears any clarifier offset back to
zero.
Rotating changes the frequency, and in certain cases selects functions.
The drag lever below the knob can be used to set the amount of friction.
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Yaesu FT-891 Specifications

General

Brand	Yaesu
Model	FT-891
Category	Transceiver
Language	English