Specifications

VX-5R OPERATING MANUAL 13
If you’re operating in an area of high RF pollution, you may need to con-
sider “Tone Squelch” operation using the built-in CTCSS Decoder. This fea-
ture will keep your radio quiet until a call is received from a station sending
a carrier which contains a matching (subaudible) CTCSS tone. Or if your friends have
radios equipped with DCS (Digital Coded Squelch) like your VX-5R has, try using that
mode for silent monitoring of busy channels.
SELECTING THE OPERATING BAND
The VX-5R covers an incredibly wide frequency range, over which a number of different
operating modes are used. Therefore, the VX-5R’s frequency coverage has been divided
into different operating bands, each of which has its own pre-set channel steps and operat-
ing modes. You can change the channel steps and operating modes later, if you like (see
pages 22 and 23).
To Change Operating Bands

Press the
[
BAND
(
SET
)
AR] key repetitively.
You will see the LCD indication change as
you press the
[
BAND
(
SET
)
AR] key.

The VX-5R uses a dual VFO system (ex-
plained in detail on page 20). To switch from
the “Main” VFO (VFO-A) to the “Sub”
(VFO-B) VFO instantly, press the
[
VFO
(
DW
)
SC
]
key momentarily. Pressing
the
[
VFO
(
DW
)
SC
]
key once more will re-
turn the VX-5R to VFO-A.

Once you have selected the desired band, you
may initiate manual tuning (or scanning) per
the discussions below.
Operation
BAND Frequency Range
BC Band 0.5 ~ 1.8 MHz
SW Ban d 1 .8 ~ 16 MHz
FM BC 59 ~ 1 08 MHz
TV Ban d 174 ~ 222 & 4 70 ~ 7 29 MHz
50 MHz Ham 48 ~ 59 MHz
14 4 MHz Ham 1 37 ~ 1 74 MHz
43 0 MHz Ham 4 20 ~ 4 70 MHz
AIR Ban d 1 08 ~ 1 37 MHz
Actio n Ba nd 1 222 ~ 4 20 MHz
Actio n Ba nd 2 800 ~ 9 99 MHz