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GENERAL DESCRIPTIONThe VX-6E is a dual band heavy duty submersible transceiver with extensive receivefrequency coverage, providing local-area two-way amateur communications along withunmatched monitoring capability.The VX-6E’s small size allows you to take it anywhere - hiking, skiing, or while walkingaround town - and its operating flexibility brings the user many avenues of operating enjoyment.Its incredibly compact FNB-80LI Rechargeable Lithium Ion Battery Pack providesup to 5 Watts of transmit power on 144 MHz and 430 MHz Amateur Bands. Besides144- and 430-MHz transceive operation, the VX-6E provides receive coverage of the AM(MF) and FM broadcast bands, HF Shortwave Bands, VHF and UHF TV bands, the VHFAM aircraft band, and a wide range of commercial and public safety frequencies!New and exciting features of the VX-6E are the Emergency Automatic ID (EAI) function,that will automatically cause your VX-6E to transmit your callsign and engage your rig’smicrophone, even if you are disabled and unable to press the PTT switch; EnhancedPaging and Code Squelch (EPCS), that allows you to page a particular station and onlyreceive calls from that station, if desired; and a security Password feature, that will allowyou to turn on and operate your transceiver only after you enter your Password.Additional features include a convenient access key for Vertex Standard’sWIRES (Wide-coverage Internet Repeater Enhancement System), a transmitTime-Out Timer (TOT), Automatic Power-Off (APO), Automatic RepeaterShift (ARS), Yaesu’s exclusive ARTS (Auto-Range TransponderSystem) which “beeps” the user when you move outof communications range with another ARTS equipped station,plus provision for reduction of the TX deviation in areasof high channel congestion. And an RF squelch circuit allowsthe owner to set the squelch to open at a programmable settingof the S-Meter, thus reducing guesswork in setting thesquelch threshold.We appreciate your purchase of the VX-6E, and encourageyou to read this manual thoroughly, so as to learn about themany exciting features of your exciting new Yaesu hand-heldtransceiver!: IPX7 Specification for submersibility:3 ft. for 30 minutesAttention in case of useThis transceiver works on frequencies whichare not generally permitted.As for the actual usage, the user has to possessan amateur radio licence.Usage is allowed only in the frequency bandswhich are allocated for amateur radios.List of the practicable areaAUT BEL CYP CZE DNKEST FIN FRA DEU GRCHUN ISL IRL ITA LVALIE LTU LUX MLT NLDNOR POL PRT SVK SVNESP SWE CHE GBR -VX-6E OPERATING MANUAL 1