Msg# TSP Size #Rd Date/Time MsgID From To 1949 BN 2133 4 0828/2115 45258_K6IYK KJ6NV ALL Sb: Yaesu FT-470 Crossband Repeater Function To: all@kd6th Yaesu FT470 owners...check this out! Well, since there's a lot of mod' req's floating around, I thought I'd mention something I discovered while attempting to perform a clone data dump on the Yaesu FT-470. The Yaesu Customer Service Rep' that I called today claimed that the FT-470 *does* have a cloning capability despite the lack of instructions in the manual. Supposedly, the way to get into Clone Mode is to turn on the radio with the F/M key depressed. HOWEVER! If you turn on the radio with the RPT key depressed, the radio becomes a crossband repeater. Try it! Dial up two frequencies you want to crosslink (be sure to pay attention to transmit offsets, if any), turn the radio off, depress the RPT key, and turn it back on. The tone encode/decode flags and the -+ flags will be flashing. When either band's squelch opens, the other band is moved into the primary frequency display and the transmitter keys. Note that the power output is decreased to Low power. One note: the crossband audio isn't great, probably because it's whatever comes out the speaker and gets fed back into the mike. I suppose if you got serious, you could create a short interface cable to plug into the top of the radio. And back to the data dump: I'm hoping to duplicate the efforts of another ham who posted on this network about his success in modifying the FT-411's dump. My problem was that I saw nothing coming out of the clone port when I hit the ^ key. Ideas? 73's & happy dual/crossbanding! Collier Chun NM7B @ WA7ARI Intel Corporation, OEM) Platforms Operation Hillsboro, Oregon And it does indeed work (I've tried it on mine). Larry KJ6NV @ K6IYK-4 0203z, 571 msgs, #2275 last @KD6TH-4 MailBox> From rfc Fri Aug 16 11:35:34 1991 To: mja@acd4.acd.com mods/ft470