ARTS
Yaesu FT-8800R Operating Manual (courtesy of W5JCK) Page 57 of 83
4. Press the DIAL knob momentarily, then rotate the DIAL knob to select the
desired ARTS beep option. The available options are:
• IN RNG: The beeps are issued only when the radio first confirms that you are
within range, but does not re-confirm with beeps thereafter.
• ALWAYS: Every time a polling transmission is received from the other station,
the alert beeps will be heard.
5. Press the DIAL knob momentarily. OUT.RNG is displayed on the LCD. ARTS
operation has now commenced.
6. Every 25 seconds, your radio will transmit a polling call to the other station. When
that station responds with its own ARTS polling signal, the display will change to
IN.RNG to confirm that the other station’s polling code was received in response to
yours.
7. Press the DIAL knob momentarily to exit ARTS operation and resume normal
operation. 0.
Set Up the CW Identifier
The ARTS feature includes a CW Identifier. Every ten minutes during ARTS operation, the
radio can be instructed to send DE your-callsign K if this feature is enabled. The callsign
field may contain up to 6 characters.
To program the CW Identifier:
1. Press the SET key momentarily to enter the Set mode.
2. Rotate the DIAL knob to select Menu #8 CWID W.
3. Press the DIAL knob momentarily.
4. Press the DIAL knob momentarily again to enable entry of your callsign.
5. Rotate the DIAL knob one click clockwise to begin entry of the letters and
numbers in your callsign.
6. Press the DIAL knob momentarily to set the first letter or number in your
callsign.
7. When the correct character has been selected, press the DIAL knob momentarily
to move on to the next character.
8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 as many times as necessary to complete your callsign.
9. Press the Main key to delete all data after the cursor that may have been
previously stored (erroneously).
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