Yaesu FT-2400H User manual

FT= 2400
Η
2-
m , 50-Watt M ob il e
P
ag in g
Transceiver

Sρ ec i f τ cat
i o n s
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2
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Odd -S pli t
M e m or i es
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18
A ccessor
i es
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2
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N a
min g M e m or
i
es
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18
Co n t ro l s &
Co nn ecto
r s . . . . . .
. . 3
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CALL Ch a nn
e l M e m ory
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19
In sta
ll at i o n . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A n te
nn a Co n s id erat
i o n s
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8
M o
bil eInsta ll at i o n
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8
10
10
Mi cr o ph o
n es
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10
M
e
m or y Tunin g
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20
Hidin ga
ndEr as in g M e
m or i es
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21
Sca nnin g
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21
Pr og r a
mm a bl e S ubb
a nd Limi ts
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22
Operatio n
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Pri o ri t y Ch a
nn e l M on i tor
in g
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24
Pr elimin ary
Set up
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CTCSS
O p er at i o n
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S qu e l c h Set
up 12
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τιΤΜΣ P ag
in g & Code S qu e
l c h ( ω/ FR
C-6) 27
12
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In Case of
Pr ob l e m s
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13
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Me m ory B ac
kup
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36
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14
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Me
m o ry Clo nin g
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36
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Pac k et
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16
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In te rna l Ad j
ust m e n ts
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B ase Stat
i o n Insta ll at
i o n
Ex te rn a l Sp
ea k e rs
Fr e qu e
n c ySe l ect i o n M odes
Fr e qu e n c y
& Ste pSe l ect
i o n
T r an s mi tt
in g
R e p eate
r Spli ts
Au to m at ic
R e p eate r Shif t
S impl e M
emo ry Sto r age &
R eca ll
R eca llin g
M e m or i es
T
a
bl e o
f Con te
n ts
Se
pa r ate Tr
an s mi t
Fr e qu
e n c y M e m or
i es
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18
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I n sta
l lat i o nof Opt
i o n s
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FT-2400H F eat ur es
Th e FT -2400H i s α s p ec i
a l v e rs
i
o n o
fY
aes u 's
top-of-the-line prof ess i o n a l gra d e co mm erc i a l
ato r i s in c lu ded in Eur o pea n v e rs i o n s .
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iv
er s, inte nd e d for2- m ete r
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38-to n epr og r amma bl eC T
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n code r i s
FM o p er at i o n in t h e a m ate ur r ad i o ser vi ce .
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buil t- in as sta nda r d, a n d t h
e
FT
S- 17A
C T CSS
to α r e p eate r s ubb a nd . Α 1750- Hz to n e ge n er -
Wi t h i ts co mp a rt m e n ta liz e d o n e- pi ece di e-
cast c h ass i s, t h e
FT -2400H
pr ovid
es 3-step
u ser-se l ecta bl e p o w e r o u tput up to 50 w atts
eas il y wi t h
o
u
t f orce d coo lin g . B ac kli gh t in g f or
t h e l a r ge L C D (d i s pl a y), kn o b s a nd m a j or bu t-
to n s i s a u to m at i ca lly co n t ro ll ed by α ph otose n -

R e v o lu t i o n ar y DTMF (Du a l-T
o
n e, Mul t i-Fr e-
sor, a n d t h e l ess- u
se
d bu
tto
n
s h ave α fl ip-d o wn

que
n c y ) - b ase d se l ect iv e ca llin g a nd p r iv ate
p rotect iv e co ve r .

pag in g capabilities canb e eas ily a dd e d wi t h t h e
o p ti o na l FR C-6, co n tro ll e d e n t ir e ly f ro m t h e
Th e t hir t y -o n e fr ee ly t un a bl e m e m
or
i
es can
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fr o n t pa n e l . You ca n se l ect a ny of 999 3- di g i t ID
eac h b ep rog ra m me d wi t h α 4-c h aracter c h a n-

co d es f or y o ur t r an sce iv e r, and t h e nha ve y our
n e l n a m e, whi c h ca n t henb
e di s pl ay e d in pl ace

r ece iv ersta y quiet
un t il y our code i s r ece iv e d
of fr e qu e n cy, as d es ir e d . E ac h m e m ory offe rs
com pl ete pr ogra mm
a
bili
t y a nd sca nnin g fun c-

(f
ro
m a ny sta nd ar d D T MF -e quipp ed t r a n s-
too n s, s u c h as inde p e n de n t tx/r x fr e qu e n c i
es,
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ce iv e r) .
W h
e n α call i s r ece iv e d , t h e FT-2400H
d
i s pl ay s t h e
ca ll e r 's co d e, a nd α pag in gb ee p er
in
de p e nd e
n
t re p eater offset a nd C TCSS to n e,

b e set to so und
a nd e v e n to r es p o n d to t h e
pr og r amma bl e sca n li mi ts,
se
l ecta
bl e sca n r e-

can
s um e m odes a nd memory

call
au to m at i
ca
lly
. Se ve n DT MF co d e m e m or i es
or y s kip, p r i or i t y m o ni-

store y our ID plu
s t h ose of si x ot h e r frequently-
channel . Ch a nn e l ste p s are u se r -se l ecta
bl e

ca
ll e d stat i o n s or g ro
up s y o u w i s h to m on i to r .
d eco d e r uni t ca n b e in sta ll e d to pr ov id e to n e
s qu e
l
c h edp r iv ate c h an n e l s andα C T CSS p ag i ng
b e ll f
eat ur e to sou nd αp ag in g a l e rt to n e wh e n
t h e to n e s qu e l c h
o p e n s .
fr o m 5 to 50 kHz, a nd Au to m at i c R e p eate r S hi ft
ca n set sta nd a rd re p eate rs hif ts wh e ny o u t un
e
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f
am ili a r wi t h t h e FT-2400H .
Pl ease r ead t hi s m
a nu a l ca r ef ully to
b
eco m e

Ge n e r a l
Receiver
Fr e qu e n c y R a n ge :
144 -- 146 o r 148 MHz, o r
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Cir c ui t
T yp e :
140
-- 150
MHz Τχ , 140 - 174 M HzRx
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D o ubl e Co nv e r sio
nSup e rh ete ro dyn e
Ch a nn e l Ste p s : 5,
10, 12 .5, 15, 20, 25 & 50
k Hz

IF s : 21 .4 M Hz &
455 kHz
Fr e qu
e n c y Sta bili t y : < 10 ppm
(-20 to +60 °C)

Se n s i t iv it y (fo r 12d
B
5
ΙΝΆ D ) :
F 3

b ette r than 0 .2
μ V
M ode of
Emi ss i o n :
Selectivity
e
l ect ivi t y (-6/-60 dB) : 12/30
kHz
Imp ed
an ce : 50 o hm s, unb a
l
a
n ced
IF Re j ect
i o n : b ette r t h a n 70 d B
S upply vo
l tage : 13 .8 VD C ± 10%,
n egat iv e
gro und

Im age R e j ect i o n : b ette r t
h a n 70 d B
Cu r r e n t Co n s ump t i o
n (t ypica l) :

M a ximu
mA F Ou t pu t :
R x : 400 m A, Τχh i/ m ed/1 οω : 12/9/5
Α
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2W in
to 8 o hm s @10% ο ΤΗ D
Op er at ing T e mp e r atu
r
e
R a n ge : -20 to +60 °C
Case S iz e (W H D) :
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Sp ec i ficat i ons
subj ect to change w i t h o u t
n ot i ce o r ob li g α -
160
χ
50
χ180 mm (w/o k n o b s)

t i on .
W e i gh t : 1 .5 k g (3
.31 b )
T r a ns m itte
r
Ou t pu t P o w er
( hi gh/ m ed/1 οω ) : 50/25/5
W
M
odul
at i o n Ty pe : Var
i
a
bl e R eacta n ce
M a ximum
D
ev
i at i o n : ± 5 kHz
Spu r i o u s
R ad i at i o n : l ess than -60 dB
M i c r o ph o n e Imp e da n ce :
2k Ω
S p
ec ifi catio
n s
Accessor
i es
F T S- 17A CT CSS Uni t

ρ / η - Α 03700002
FR C-6 DTMF P age
r Uni t
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Α 03740001
ΜΗ
-26G8i
H a ndMi c
wBur st
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Α
04290001
ΜΗ -27 Α 8 α
DTMF K e ypad Mi c
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Α 04270001
S
P -7 Ex te rn a l L o ud s pea
k
er
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Α 03590001

Co n t r o l s & Co nn
ecto r s
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© 0 (D©
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(1)

P O WER
Bu tto n
(3)

SQ L Co n t r o l
Pr ess th i s bu tto n to t urn
on t
h
e tr a n sce iv e r .
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Thi
s co n t ro l sets t h e t hres h
o
ld l
ev e l at whi c h
Pr ess a nd h o l d i t f or 1 /2-seco nd
to t urn i t off .
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α r ece iv e d
s
i g
n a l (o r n o i se) o p e n s t h e s qu e l
c
h
a nd
canb e h ea rd . F or m axi
mum s qu e l c h
(2)

Mi c ro ph o n
e J ac k
se n s i t ivi t y set t hi s co n
t
ro
l fr o m co un te r -
c
l oc kwi se j u st un t il n o i se i
s s
il
e n ced(a nd t h e
Thi s 8-co n
tact m o du l a r j ac k acce p ts t r an
s-

" BU SY"
indi cator on t h e di s pl ay i s off) wh
e n
mi t
audio, to n e call (bur st) or di al/ m
emo ry
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t h e c ha nn
e
li
s c l ea r .
se l ectio
n a nd sca nn in g co n t ro l fr o m
t h e mi-
cro ph
o n e, a n d pr ovides r ece iv eraudi
o f or α
(4)

V O L Co n tro
l
s p ea ke r/ mi
c . M e m or i es ca n be co pi e d
to a nd
fr om an
ot
h
er FT-2400H t hro u g h t hi s j ac k ,
a nd αp ac k et t n c ca n
be co nn ecte d .
Thi s co n t r o l a dj u
sts t h evo l u m e o f t h e re-
ce iv eraudio a nd of t h e
bu tto n bee p er .

Fun ctio n Bu
tto n s (be hind f li p- d ow nd oo r)
To open
t h e
flip-down
d oor, p r y t he ri g h t edge (nex t to the selecto
r
knob)
out ge n t ly w i t h α
fingertip . To
c l ose t h e d oo r , p r ess u p w a rd s on the b πtt οητ edge of t h e
d
oo
r at its cente r . D o n ot
try to c l ose t h e d oo r by p u s hin g front t h .e fro n t
.
Th e
f i ve bu tto n s behind t h e doo r control m ost of t h e ρ rο gr
ατιιιτια
b1e
feat
ur
es . If t h e beepe r Is
ena bl ed, o n e or m o r ebeep s will s ουτι d w
h
e
n α bu tto n is presse d , i f t h e resulting command is
acce p ted . T he wh ite la b e l s h o w s t h e p ri mar y
fιιτι
ct
ίοη o f eac h button . H o w eve r , if you press t
h e
F / W b u tto n first, t h ese butto n s w i l l ρ e rf or τ n
alternate fu nctio n s . On t hr ee o f t h ese, t h e a l te rn ate
fun
ct
i
on is
in d i cate d by t h e blue labe l on o r beneath t
h e button . Th ese a r edesc ri be d in t
h
e
Ope r at i on c h a p te r .
For descriptions in t hi s manual, we refer to alte r nate bu
tto n fun ctio n s by preceding t h e button
n a m e wi t h " Σ / W -~" to r ετηίηd y o u to
p r ess t h
e
F
/W
button fir st . For e x ample, " F
/W
ιΟ C Κ
indicates
t h at yo u s h ould pr ess the
F/W
bu
tto n fo ll o w ed b y t h e
ι
Low button (w it h i n f i ve secon ds)_
(5)

RP T Bu tto n
Thi s bu tto n togg l es r e p eate
rshif t : + (up), -
(d o wn) or off . Th e a
l te rn ate fun ct i o nd i s pl ay s
s hif t offset a nd
AR
S
stat u s .
(7)

PAG EB
u tto n
(6)

ΤΟΝΕ Bu tto n

CODE
17 Α T o n e S qu e
l c h Uni t is n ot insta ll e d, o nly
e n co d e a nd off m o d es a re ava
il able . Th e al-
ternate fun ct i o n di s pl ay s t h e CTCSS to
n e fre-
qu
e n c y a nd bu tto n b ee p e r stat u s .
Thi s bu tto n togg l es t h e CT CSS (s
uba udibl e
Thi s bu tto n act iv ates DTMF p ag
ing (o r code
to n e) f eatu res : e n co d e (on
t r a n s mi ss i o n

s qu e l c h) if t h e FR C-6 P ag in g/Code Squ e l c
h
o nly), e n cod e/deco de (on b ot
h
t
r
a
n s mi ss i o n

op t
i
o
n i s insta ll e d . Th e a l te rn ate fun ct i o n
a nd r ece p
t i
o
n ), a nd off . If t h e o p t i o n a l FT S-

di s pl ay s D ΤΜ F Cod e M e m o ri es .

( 8 )

B A LL
B
u tto n
Pr ess th i s bu tto n to j ump
to a nd f rom y o ur
C ALL c ha nn e l m e m or y .
Th e a l te rn ate fun c-
t i on togg l es t heCT CSS p ag in g
be ll, d escr i be d
l ate r .
(9)

ΑΤ
Ρ
Butto n
Whil e r ece ivin g onα m e m or y , press
in g t hi s

Thi
s bu tto n a ll o w s t unin g in 1- MHz ste p s
bu tto n togg l es
4-1,

d i s p
1a
y
bet w ee n fr
e

e-
qu
e
n
c y and alph a num e ri c n a m e . Th
e a l te r
-
n ate fun ct i
o
n
di s pl ay s (a nd a ll o w s c h a n g ing)
t h e t unin g
ste p s iz e, a nd t h e sca n - res um e
m ode, as desc rib
e d l ate r .
(t h
e kHz di g i ts bl an k on t h e di s pl a y) . If r e-
ce ivin gon α
m e m ory, press in g t hi s bu tto n
t h
ef ir st t im e act iv ates t h e M e m o r y T un e
(MT)
m od e, a nd pr ess in g it aga in e na
bl es
1- MHz
ste p s . Th e a l ter n ate
fun ct i o n of t hi s bu tto n
(10) Se l ecto r Kn
ob

act iv ates pr i or i t y m on i
to rin g, descr ib ed in
t h e Operat i on c h a p
te
r (" Ρ"
di s pl ayed in stea d
T h i
s
24- p
os i t i o n dete n te d r ota ry sw i tc h is

of
t h e m e m ory numb e r to t h
e
upp e r l eft
of
u se df or t unin g, m
e m or y se l ect i o n a nd m ost

t
h e fr e qu e n c y) .
fun ct i o n sett in gs . Th
eDW N a nd UP bu tto n s on
t h e mi cr o ph o n e dupli
cate t h e fun ct i o n s of
t hi s kn o b .

(13)
SKIP
Button
(11)
Low
LOCK
Bu tto n
Pr ess t hi s bu tto n while r
ece ivin g to togg l e
hi gh/ m e dium a nd l o w t r an s mi tte r p
o
w
e r
(50/25 a nd 5 w atts, r es p ect iv e ly ) . Th
e di s-
pl ay
s
h
o w s "LOW" (a b ove t h e S- m ete r ) wh e n
e it h er l o w o r m e dium p o w er i s
se
l ecte d . Th
e
a l te rnate fun ct i
o n ofth i s bu tto n di sa bl es t h e
se l ecto r kn o band m ost o f t h e fr o n t pa n e l
b u
tto
n
s (e x ce p t itse lf , F/ W a nd PO WER, a nd t h e
mi cro ph o n e bu tto n s) . Pr ess F/W and t hi s but-
ton aga in to u nl oc k t h e p a n e l .
(12)
ΡΗτ
Bu tto n
Durin g s pli
t- fr e qu e n c y o p erat i on , s u c h as
t hr o ugh
α r e p eate r , t hi s bu tto n reverses
t ra
n s mi t a nd r ece iv e fr e qu e n c i es . Durin g
m e m
o ry o p erat i o n , t h e a l te rn ate fun ct i o n
sets t h e c urr e n t m e m ory to be s kipp
e
d
dur-
in g sca nnin
g .

(14)
M
e
Bu tto n
Thi s bu tto n s wi tc h es o p erat i o n bet w ee n t h e
t w o m a in t unin g m o d es : di a l a nd m e m ory .
Th e a l te rn ate fun ct i o n m a rks t h e cur re n t
memor y to be s kipp edd
urin g
sca nnin g . Thi s
bu tto
n i s d upli
cate d by αb u tto
n
on t h e
mi-
cro ph o n e in
non-European
ve rs i o n s .
(15) F /W Bu tto n
Thi s bu tto n act iv ates t h e alternate fun ct i on s
(blu e la b e l s) of m ost of t h e ot h e r bu tto n s . I t
(16) Di s pl ay
P anel Loc k

M emory T un i n g

Alt . Key Fun cs .
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owe
r
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is a l so u sed to sto re c urr e n t o p er at in g d ata
in to α m e m or y (by h o ldin g it do wn fo r 1 /2-sec-
o
nd, r e l eas in g
and
pr ess in g aga in ), a nd to
togg l e se v e r a l p rog r a mm a bl e f eat ur es .
Th e d i s pl a y seg m e n ts a re as s h o wn b e l o w .
Th e m a in di g i ts on t h e di s pl ay m a y s h o w
o p erat
in g fr
e qu e
n c y, m
e
m
ory
na m e, o r a ny of
m a ny pa ra m eter s du r in g sett in g,
s u c h as
t unin g ste p s iz e, CTCSS to n e fr e qu e n c y, or
R e p eate r S h ift

DT
MF P agi n g

DT M F Code
/ E nabled

/ S q uel hc

(17) 13 .8 Υ DC Ca bl
ePi gta il ω / Fu se

Y aes u S P-3, S P -4,
S
P
-7 or S P -55 . In sert in gα
plu g in to t h e j ac k di
sa bl es t h e in terna l
s p
ea
k
er .
Thi s is t h
e p owe r s upply co nn
ect i o n fo r t h e
t r an sce i ve r . U se
t
h
e s uppli ed D C ca bl e to
co nn ect t hi s pi gta
il to t h e car b atte ry or
ot h er DC po w
er s upply ca pa bl e ofat least
12
Amp e r es (co n t inu
ous du t y) . M a k e ce
r ta in
t h at t h e r e d l ea d
co nn ects to t h e p os i t iv
e s id e
of t h e s upply
. Th e fu se is 15- Α , f ast- bl
o w
.
(18) ΕΧΤ S P Jack
Thi s 2-co n tact
mini ph o n e j ac k
acce p ts α 4-
to 16-o hm
e x te rn a l s p ea k er s u c h as t h
e
(19) ΑΝΤ Coa xi a l Soc k
et
Con n ect α
144- MHz a n ten n a to t hi
s
ty p
e- Μ
(SO-239) soc k
et u s in g 50-o hm coaxial ca
bl e
a ndα t yp e- M ( PL
-259) plu g . M ak e s ur e t he
a n te nn a is des i g
n e d s p ec ifi ca lly for u se
on
t h e o p e rat in g
fr e qu e n c y .

Thi s c hap te r descr ib es in
sta ll at i on o f t h e F T-

Al so f or b est p er fo rm an ce u se t
h e s h o r test
2400 Η wi t h typi ca l s uppli
e d accessor i es . In sta l-

p
oss ibl e l e n gt h of t hi c
k, to p-qu a li t y coa xi a l ca-
l at i o n of in terna
l op t i o n s (t h e FR C-6
DTMF

bl e f or y o ur f ee
dlin
e .
B e s u re to u se α m atc
hin g
P ag in g/Se l Ca ll
Uni t a nd t he FT S- 17A C
T CSS
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ty p e- Μ plu g f o r t
h
e j
ac k on t he t r an sce iv e r .
D ecode r Uni t) a
re d escr ib e d at t h e b ac k of t
hi s
m a nu a
l . If you h a ve a ny of t h ese o p t i o n s, t
urn
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Mobi l e In sta ll atio
n
to Insta
ll at i o n of Opt i o n s at t h e b ac
k b e f ore
Th e FT-2400H mu st o
nly b e in sta ll e d in ca r s
in sta
llin g t h e tr a n sce iv e r as d escr ib e
db e l o w .
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h av in gα n egati ve g
ro un d e l ectr i ca l s y ste m .
M o un t t h e t r a n sce
iv
er
wh ere t h e di s pl a y, co n -
t r o l s a ndmi cro ph
o n e, a r e eas ily access
ibl e, u s
in g t h e s uppli e d
ΜΜΒ -48 m o bi le m o un t
in g
br ac
k et . Th e t r a n sce iv er m ay b
e in stal l e d in
any
position, bu t s h o uld n ot be
n ear α h eate r
v e n t or wh ere i t co uld
i n ter fere wi t h d r ivin g .
M a k e s ur e to provide pl
e n t y of s p ace at t
h
e to p
a nd r ear
so t h at a ir ca n flo w fr ee ly
t hr o ugh t h e
h
eats i n k . R e fe r to t h e di ag ra
m s on t h e n ex t
p age f o r in sta ll at i o n .
An te nna Co n s ide
r atio n s
Th e ET-2400H
i s d es i g n e d fo r u se on ly wi
t h
an an ten na
h av in g an imp e da n ce n ear50 o
hm s
on t
he 2- m eter ba nd . F o r op t i m um p erfo
rm a n ce
u se α hi g h qu a li t y, ca r e
fully des i g n e d a n ten na .
Th e an te nn a s h o uld a
l wa y s b e co nn ecte d wh e n
op erat in g t
h
e
t r an sce iv e r , to av o id da m age
t h at
co uld ot
h er wi se res ul t if t r a n sm
i
ss
i o n occ ur s
acc id e
n ta lly wi t h o u t an a n te nn a .
Ο D ec id e t h e m o un t in g l ocat
i o n w i t h s u ff i c i e n t
c l ea r a n ce f or t h e t r a n sce
iv
er
, plu s s p ace f or
ve n t i lat i o n ab o v e a
n d b ehind t h e set . U se
F or b
est p er fo rm an ce a nd saf et
y in m o bil e

t h e m o un t in g brac
k
et
as α te mpl ate to m a
rk
in sta ll at i o n s, m o un t t h e a n te nn a
in t h e ce n te r

t h e l ocat i o n s of t h e m o
un t in gh o l es . U se α
of α flat s u r f ace, o u t of
r eac h o f hum a n h a nd s :

4 .8-mm (
3
/ ι 6")
bi t to drill t h e h o l es, a
n d se-
50 w atts can ca u se an
RF burn to a ny on e to u c h -

cure t h e brac k et wi t h t h e f o ur s uppli e
d l o n g
in g t h e antenna du
r in g tra n s mi ss i o n!

scre w s, w as h er s a nd nu ts
(see d i ag r a m ) .
M a k e s ur eyo ur a n te nn
a i s des i gn ed to h a n-
d l e 50 w atts co n t inuous
tr an s mi tte r p o w e r .
In sta ll at i on