Yaesu FT-65 User manual

Yaesu FT-65 User Manual pradiofun.com
October 30, 2021
This is a dual band (VHF & UHF) Amateur Radio with an FM radio built in
with an FCC ID K66 20665X20 granted on 2/13/17 under part 15B.
Receiver Ranges are: 65 –108 MHz FM Broadcast
136 –174 MHz VHF
400 –480 MHz UHF
Antenna connection
The antennas for this radio need to be SMA female. I suggest the Nagoya NA-702.
Special Note
The 0 SET button: SET has no function or purpose on this radio. This is confusing for
users of other Yaesu radios like the FT-60 where F/W & SET opens the menu.
VFO / CH mode
Press the *V/M button. This switches between VFO and Memory.
Switch bands
In VFO mode, press the #BAND button.
Pressing the #BAND button in memory mode switched to offset tunning. It is also a
way to see the frequency of the channel you are on. Press #BAND again to exit.
FM & WX & Flashlight
FM Broadcast In VFO mode, press the #BAND button to cycle to FM
Weather Press and hold the 1 button to turn on or off
Use the arrow buttons to cycle through the WX channels
Weather Alert Press and hold the FUNCTION key (bottom key with 2 lines)
Move to menu item 38 using the arrow buttons
Press the FUNCTION key
Use the arrow buttons to choose On or Off
Press the FUNCTION key
Press the PTT key to exit the menu system
Flashlight Press the orange button next to the volume knob to turn it On or Off

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Accessing the menu system
NOTE: Yaesu calls the menu system “Set Mode.”
The menu item list is in alphabetical order.
Press and hold the FUNCTION key (bottom key with 2 lines)
Move to menu item you want in the list by using the arrow buttons
Press the FUNCTION key
Use the arrow buttons to make your choice
Press the FUNCTION key to return to the menu item list
Press the PTT key to exit the menu system
Roger beep
This radio does not have this feature
Lock keys
Press and hold the number 6 button to lock or unlock the buttons
A lock icon will appear on the screen
Menu item 15 KEY LOCK allows you to change what gets locked out.
The front panel keypad, the PTT, or both.
Tuning
Tune to a frequency in the VFO (variable frequency oscillator) mode.
Cycle through the bands by pressing the #BAND button. VHF →UHF →FM
Directly input the frequency using the numbered keypad.
Adjust the frequency using the up and down arrows.
Menu item 30 STEP allows you to change the tuning steps.
Adjust the MHz step if it jumps away from the exact frequency you need.
This radio does not receive Air-Band so it does not need a 8.33kHz frequency step.
It does have 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz and AUTO settings.

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Repeater Shift + - ARS
FUNCTION KEY (bottom key with 2 lines) for navigating multi-selection menus.
•Press and hold the FUNCTION key
oEnters the menu list
oBacks out of the numbered menu item
•Press the FUNCTION key
oSelects an item in the menu list
oGoes into or out of the menu sub selection
Menu item 24 REPEATER allows you to change all repeater settings on one screen.
ARS : ON, OFF automatic repeater shift
MODE : SIMPLEX, +REP, -REP This is for manual setting of shifts
Mode is ignored if ARS is ON
SHIFT : Set the MHz shift for a repeater. It is a different number depending on
the band you are in.
VHF 0.600M
UHF 5.00M
Squelch Codes
The FT-65 does allow “split tones” to be set from one menu screen on the radio.
FUNCTION KEY (bottom key with 2 lines) for navigating multi-selection menus.
•Press and hold the FUNCTION key
oEnters the menu list
oBacks out of the numbered menu item
•Press the FUNCTION key
oSelects an item in the menu list
oGoes into or out of the menu sub selection
Bold is most common
8 CTCSS 11 DCS CODE 29 SQL TYPE
CTCSS TONE DCS CODE OFF
TX : 100.0Hz TX : OFF R-TONE
RX : 100.0Hz RX : OFF T-TONE no RX tone used
TSQL Both TX &RX used
The settings in menu items 8 and 11 are REV TN
activated by the setting in menu item 29. DCS Use the DCS codes
FUNCTION then P3 accesses menu item 29 SQL TYPE. PAGER

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Memory
There are 200 memory location.
10 memory banks that can be filled with any of the 200 memory channels.
In VFO mode, select the frequency and settings.
Press and hold the *V/M button
Use the up and down arrow buttons to go to the channel number you want to save
to.
TAG: Use the letter buttons to input the characters.
Press the FUNCTION key to move the cursor to the next character position.
Press and hold the *V/M button to store the frequency and settings
Saving memory name “Tag”
One nice feature of the FT-65 is that the process of saving to memory includes
naming it. (see above)
If you want to change the name, go to the memory channel, then use menu item 20
NAME TAG and follow the TAG process above.
Recall a memory
There are two ways to recall a channel when in Memory mode
1) Use up and down arrow buttons
2) Type in the memory channel number

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Memory Banks
The 10 memory banks that can be filled with any of the 200 memory channels.
Use (recall) Banks
Exit Banks
Add Memory
to Bank
Remove Memory
from Bank
In Memory mode
In Bank mode
In Memory mode
select the channel
Recall (go to) Bank
Press & Hold
#BAND
Press & Hold
#BAND
Press & Hold
#BAND
Select the channel
to remove
Select
BANK 1 thru 10
Select
NO BANK
Select
BANK 1 thru 10
Press & Hold
#BAND
Press *V/M
Press *V/M
Press & Hold
FUNCTION key
Press & Hold
FUNCTION key
Press PTT
Move Memory Frequency and settings to the VFO
This radio does not have this feature
Scan
Press and hold the up or down arrow button.
Press an up or down arrow button to stop scanning.
Menu item 25 RESUME sets how the scan resumes after stopping on a frequency.
This radio does not have a CTCSS/DCS scanning feature
Skip a memory on scan
NOTE: A skipped memory channel will have a M-in-an-arrow-box icon
Press and hold the FUNCTION key (bottom key with 2 lines)
Move to menu item 28 SKIP by using the arrow buttons
Press the FUNCTION key
Use the arrow buttons to move to the memory channel you want to skip
Press the FUNCTION key to cycle between skip and scan (skip is the highlighting)
Press and hold the FUNCTION key to return to the menu item list
Press the PTT key to exit the menu system