Help & Advice

Hi Alf,

I don't know the mAT-30 tuner, but from its name I assume it may be similar to the Yaesu FC-30. Is the tuner connected to the CAT connector at the back of the radio?

The FT-897 manual describes the procedure for setting up the FC-30 as follows:

1) Press and hold the [F] key (to the left of the main VFO knob & at the bottom right of the display) for one second to enter the menu.
Rotate the MEM/VFO CH knob to select menu no. 001 [EXT MENU] and check that the extended menu is enabled.

2) Then select menu no. 020 [CAT/LIN/TUN]. The default setting for this menu is "CAT". Rotate the VFO knob to change this value to "TUN".
(Note: The manual warns not to set up the tuner and radio before changing the menu mode to "TUN", but doesn't say why.)

3) Then select Menu no. 085 [TUNER/ATAS]. The default setting for this menu is "OFF". Available options are: OFF / ATAS(HF) / ATAS(HF&50) / ATAS(ALL) / TUNER.
Rotate the main VFO knob until the value in the display is set to "TUNER".

4) Press and hold the [F] key for one second to save the new setting and exit the menu to normal operation.
You will then see a small symbol saying "TUNR" in the display to indicate that a tuner is active.

5) To use the tuner, short press the [F] key, then rotate the [MEM/VFO CH] knob until the bottom row of the display shows [TUNE / DOWN / UP] above the three multi function keys underneath the display.
Press and hold the left button (now labelled [TUNE]) for one second to initiate the tuner.

Hope this helps!
73 George M0URB

Thanks George (M0URB) all sorted now 

73 Alf (M7FFI)