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TRANSMITTER OR USED AS A CODE PRACTICE OSCILLATOR.  PUTTING IT TOGETHER  ON
THE BREADBOARD RADIO WEBSITE, YOU CAN FIND THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL,
ADDITIONAL PICTURES, AND A DEMONSTRATION VIDEO.  IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO
UNPACK THE PARTS ON A TRAY THAT HAS SIDES, SO THEY DONT ROLL AWAY.  SOME OF
THEM ARE VERY TINY.  DONT DISCARD THE BAGS THE PARTS CAME IN UNTIL YOU
FINISH ASSEMBLY.  EVEN WITH TRANSPARENT PLASTIC BAGS, IT IS VERY EASY TO
OVERLOOK ONE OF THESE PARTS.  I SORTED T

AUTOMATIC POWER OFF, BUSY CHANNEL LOCKOUT, VOICE COMPANDING, AND CLONING.
THATS A LOT OF FEATURES FOR SUCH A SMALL PACKAGE.  FREQUENCY NAVIGATION AND
PROGRAMMING THE UNIT WILL BE INITIALLY OPERATING IN THE VFO MODE.  THERE
ARE THREE BASIC FREQUENCY NAVIGATION METHODS PROVIDED.  PRESSING THE UP OR
DOWN ARROWS WILL CHANGE THE FREQUENCY ACCORDINGLY.  THE DESIRED FREQUENCY
CAN BE ENTERED DIRECTLY ON THE KEYPAD.  THERE ARE ALSO A MANUAL VFO SCAN
MODE AND A PROGRAMMED VFO SCAN MODE.  THE SET MODE IS WHERE YOU CONFIGURE
THE PARAMETERS OF THE RADIO.  THERE ARE 39 DIFFERENT PARAMETERS YOU CAN SET
IF YOU PREFER SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM THE FACTORY DEFAULTS.  TO ENTER THE
SET MODE, PRESS AND HOLD THE F KEY ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RADIO.  PRESS
THE UP OR DOWN ARROW KEYS TO SELECT THE DESIRED PARAMETER TO BE ADJUSTED.
PRESS THE F KEY MOMENTARILY TO ENABLE ADJUSTMENT OF THE SELECTED PARAMETER.
PRESS THE UP OR DOWN ARROW KEYS TO CHOOSE THE DESIRED SETTING OF THE
SELECTED PARAMETER.  PRESS THE PTT KEY TO SAVE THE NEW SETTING AND RETURN
TO NORMAL OPERATION.  THERE ARE SEVERAL SET MODE FUNCTIONS THAT REQUIRE
MORE BUTTON PUSHING THAN THE PROCEDURE DESCRIBED ABOVE, SO ITS A GOOD IDEA
TO DOWNLOAD THE ADVANCE MANUAL TO READ THE FULL DETAILS OF THESE ADDITIONAL
STEPS.  MEMORIES AND SCANNING  THE FT 25R OFFERS A WIDE VARIETY OF MEMORY
SYSTEM RESOURCES INCLUDING 200 STANDARD MEMORY CHANNELS, TWO HOME CHANNELS

ON EACH OPERATING BAND, 10 SETS OF BAND EDGE PMS MEMORIES, 10 MEMORY BANKS
THAT CAN BE ASSIGNED UP TO 200 CHANNELS FROM THE STANDARD AND PMS MEMORY
CHANNELS, AND 10 WEATHER BROADCAST CHANNELS.  PROGRAMMING A MEMORY CHANNEL
IS DONE IN THE METHOD COMMON TO MOST YAESU RADIOS.  THE DESIRED FREQUENCY,
TONE, AND POWER LEVEL ARE SET UP IN THE VFO MODE.  PRESSING AND HOLDING THE
MR KEY BRINGS UP THE NEXT AVAILABLE MEMORY CHANNEL.  THE SETTINGS CAN BE
STORED THERE OR THE CHANNEL CAN BE CHANGED USING THE UP OR DOWN ARROW KEYS.
A TAG LABEL CAN ALSO BE ADDED TO THE CHANNEL, IF DESIRED.  PRESSING AND
HOLDING THE MR KEY AGAIN STORES THE SETTINGS INTO THE SELECTED CHANNEL.
THE AUTOMATIC REPEATER SHIFT ARS FEATURE GREATLY SIMPLIFIES THIS PROCESS.
THE RADIO HAS THE ABILITY TO STORE TWO HOME CHANNELS, ONE IN THE 2 METER
BAND AND ONE FOR THE FM BROADCAST BAND.  BY DEFAULT, THE FREQUENCIES ARE
144R0 AND 95R0 MHZ, BUT THEY ARE EASILY CHANGED.  THE FT 25R VERSION SOLD
IN THE US COMES WITH 10 CHANNELS THAT ARE PREPROGRAMMED AT THE FACTORY FOR
ACCESS TO NOAA WEATHER INFORMATION STATIONS.  ONCE THE WEATHER BROADCAST
MEMORY BANK HAS BEEN ACTIVATED, THE 10 CHANNELS CAN BE ACCESSED
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