Operation Manual

FT-60R/E OPERA TING MANUAL 1
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The FT-60R/E is a dual band FM transceiver with extensive receive frequency coverage,
providing local-area two-way amateur communications along with unmatched monitor-
ing capability.
The FT-60R/E’s small size allows you to take it anywhere - hiking, skiing, or while walk-
ing around town - and its operating flexibility brings the user many avenues of operating
enjoyment. Its incredibly tiny FNB-83 Rechargeable Nickel-Metal Hydride Battery Pack
provides up to 5 Watts of transmit power on 144 MHz and 430 MHz Amateur Bands.
Besides 144- and 430-MHz transceive operation, the FT-60R/E provides receive cover-
age of the VHF and UHF TV bands, the VHF AM aircraft band, and a wide range of
commercial and public safety frequencies!
New and exciting features of the FT-60R/E are the Emergency Automatic ID (EAI) func-
tion, that will automatically cause your FT-60R/E to transmit your callsign and engage
your rig’s microphone, even if you are disabled and unable to press the PTT switch;
Enhanced Paging and Code Squelch (EPCS), that allows you to page a particular station
and only receive calls from that station, if desired; and a security Password feature, that
will allow you to turn on and operate your transceiver only after you enter your Password.
Additional features include a convenient access key
for Yaesu’s WiRES™ (Wide-coverage Internet Re-
peater Enhancement System), a transmit Time-Out
Timer (TOT), Automatic Power-Off (APO), Auto-
matic Repeater Shift (ARS), Yaesu’s exclusive
ARTS™ (Auto-Range Transponder System) which
“beeps” the user when you move out of communica-
tions range with another ARTS™ equipped station,
plus provision for reduction of the TX deviation in
areas of high channel congestion. And an RF squelch
circuit allows the owner to set the squelch to open at a
programmable setting of the S-Meter, thus reducing
guesswork in setting the squelch threshold.
We appreciate your purchase of the FT-60R/E, and
encourage you to read this manual thoroughly, so as
to learn about the many exciting features of your
exciting new Yaesu hand-held transceiver!