Yaesu: Disable Wires

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The Yaesu WIRES (Wide-coverage Internet Repeater Enhancement System) proprietary Internet Connection feature operates by transmitting a short (~ 0.1 second) DTMF (Dual Tone Multi Frequency) tone burst each time the Push-to-Talk button is pressed.

This feature causes problems if turned on accidently. It sends a DTMF Tone when the PTT is keyed. Thus blanking out the 1st second or two of your transmission and can confuse the controller of your local Repeater.

In most of the Yaesu manuals this is listed as Internet Connection Feature.

Disabling Yaesu Wires

Wires is turned ON/OFF by pressing:

FT-60 HT: Momentarily press the 0 key.

FT-8800/8900 Mobile: Momentarily press the LEFT volume knob.

The WIRES function can be disabled so that it cannot accidentally be turned on using the following steps:

FT-60 (Manual page 49)

1. Press the F/M key then immediately press the 0 key to enter the menu mode.

2. Rotate the Dial knob to menu 23 – INT MR.

3. Press the F/M key then rotate the Dial knob to select a memory (d1 through d9) that is empty, i.e. it contains •••••• (six dots) = no tone.

4. Press the F/M key to store the setting.

5. Rotate the Dial knob to menu 21 – I NET.

6. Press the F/M key then rotate the Dial knob to select INT.MEM.

7. Press the F/M key to store the setting.

8. Press the PTT button to exit the menu mode.

To re-enable the WIRES mode, select INT.COD in menu 21.

VX-170 & VX-177 (Manual page 48)

1. Press the F/M key then immediately press the 0 key to enter the menu mode.

2. Rotate the Dial knob to menu 24 – INT MR.

3. Press the F/M key then rotate the Dial knob to select a memory (d1 through d9) that is empty, i.e. it contains •••••• (six dots) = no tone.

4. Press the F/M key to store the setting.

5. Rotate the Dial knob to menu 22 – I NET.

6. Press the F/M key then rotate the Dial knob to select INT.MEM.

7. Press the F/M key to store the setting.

8. Press the PTT button to exit the menu mode.

To re-enable the WIRES mode, select INT.COD in menu 22.

FT-8800/8900 (Manual page 50 or 48)

1. Press the SET key momentarily to enter the set mode.

2. Rotate the Main band Dial knob to select menu 15 – DTMF W.

DISABLING WIRES

1. Press the Main band Dial knob momentarily then rotate the Main band Dial knob to select a memory (d1 through d16) that is empty, i.e. it contains •••••• (six dots) = no tone.

2. Press the Main band Dial knob momentarily to store the setting.

3. Rotate the Main band Dial knob to select menu 17 – INET.

4. Press the Main band Dial knob momentarily then rotate the Main band Dial knob to select INT.MEM.

5. Press the Main band Dial knob for ½ second to store the setting and exit the menu mode.

6. Rotate the Main band Dial while pressing and holding the left VOL knob to select the same memory selected in step 3 above. To re-enable the WIRES mode, select INT.COD in menu 17.