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Best we can figure out from the Yaesu web site, the name "Yaesu" has been relegated to the amateur radio division, the name "Vertex / Standard" is the new name for the commercial radio division (replacing "Vertex"), and the marine division is now "Standard / Horizon".   Of course, things may change next week.

The equipment branded as "Standard" that was made by Standard Radio Communications Co. / Standard Radio Co. is on the "Standard" page at this web site. Only the information that is applicable to equipment manufactured after the merger of Yaesu/Vertex with Standard is on this page.

Contact Information:   Yaesu USA
10900 Walker Street
Cypress, CA 90630 USA
Voice Tel: 714-827-7600     Fax: 714-827-8100
Email: customerservice -at- vxstdusa -dot- com
   http://www.yaesu.com
http://www.vertexstandard.com
http://www.standardhorizon.com

Manuals and parts are available from the company, contact them at the above phone number.   Pricing on manuals is usually less than half the cost of copying a manual, since there are usually a number of fold-out schematics in color.   Go to http://www.vertexstandard.com for more information.

Repeater-Builder is looking for articles and information on the older Standard RP-series (for the "Standard" page), the older Yaesu FTR-series repeaters, the current VXR series, and other Yaesu / Vertex / Standard / Horizon land mobile equipment.


Amateur Radio:

If you need help on a Yaesu amateur product, well as of May 2005 (the time of this writing), there are over 100 "Yaesu" groups on Yahoo Groups alone, plus there are a number of other web sites that cater to the Yaesu enthusiast, so there is no point in covering here what can be found elsewhere...

However there isn't much out there on using Yaesu/Vertex/Standard commercial equipment in the amateur radio world... The information below either can't be found elsewhere, or it is interesting enough that it's worth including below.

FT-23R Technical Supplement   Donated by A. Nony Mous   2.5 MB PDF file
This is what Yaesu calls a service manual. Here are some notes and comments on the unit. The speaker/microphone is a model MH-12A2B. Here's the speaker-mic pinout.
FT-857/857D Technical Supplement Manual   Donated by A. Nony Mous   14 MB PDF file
Yaesu VX-10 Owners Manual   Donated by A. Nony Mous   371 KB PDF file
VX-150 Operating Manual   Donated by A. Nony Mous   450 KB PDF file

Yaesu FT-1500 2m 50w single-band mobile: This radio is popular with the Packet / APRS community due to price and durability.
The 6 pin data connector used on the rear is the same connector as an S-video cable. You can pick up a 3 foot S-video cable and cut one end off, add a more common connector to the stub, and use it to interface your TNC to the FT-1500.
To enable out-of-ham-band receive (such as NOAA weather) just turn the radio off and then press and hold down the D / MR button down while you turn the radio on. One disadvantage is the microphone is specific to this model. It's part number MH-48A6J, and is both DTMF and backlit.
The original catalog brochure   503 KB PDF file
A zip file of six files that make up the FT-1500 2m mobile schematic set   5.4 MB ZIP file
A 4-page PDF of the FT-1500 2m mobile schematic set   1.2 MB PDF file
FT-1500 2m mobile Users manual   2.8 MB PDF file
Anybody have the FT-1500 service manual?


Land Mobile Radio (commercial 2-way):

Instruction manual for the FTR-710A, FTR-2410 and FTR-5410A repeaters   128 pages, 27MB PDF file donated by A. Nony Mous
This manual also covers the FL-750, FL-2450and FL-5450 Power Amplifiers.
VX2000 Accessory Connector and interfacing to a CAT300DXL controller   Provided by Dave Wood KB8SCR

The VXR series is Yaesu's current commercial (LMR) repeater product line.
There is a Yahoogroup for the VXR-5000 series at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VertexVX5000.
VXR-5000 Repeater Mods   Courtesy Southeast Iowa Technical Society (SEITS)
VXR-5000 UHF Repeater Service Manual (the chapters marked with a "U" are UHF-specific, the chapters marked "C" are common to the UHF and VHF).
The UHF manual is no longer available from Vertex. The VHF Service Manual is in stock at Vertex-Standard Parts Department, at about $20 plus tax and shipping. Its part number E04091003.
Chapter 1, General Information   U   1.4 MB
Chapter 2, Description   U   380 KB
Chapter 3, Programming  C   1.9 MB
Chapter 4, Alignment   U   404 kB
Chapter 5, Chip Repair   C   113 kB
Chapter 6, Block Diagrams   U   202 kB
Chapter 7A, CNTL 1 Unit   C   2.8 MB
Chapter 7B, CNTL 2 Unit   C   3.1 MB
Chapter 7C, TX Unit   U   2.3 MB
Chapter 7D, RX Unit   U   2.8 MB
Chapter 7E, TX VCO Unit   U   227 kB
Chapter 7F, RX VCO Unit   U   249 kB
Chapter 7G, PA Unit   U   1.5 MB
Chapter 7H, REG Unit   C   1.9 MB
Chapter 7I, DSUB Unit   C   132 kB
Chapter 7J, MOD Jack Unit   C   160 kB
Chapter 7K, CAPA Unit   C   672 kB
Chapter 8, Mechanical   C   134 kB

All of the above 18 files as one ZIP file   18.4 MB
After the download is finished you will need to create a new, empty directory and then unzip the file into it.
VXR-7000 Repeater Brochure   Donated by A. Nony Mous   1.24 MB PDF file
VXR-7000 Repeater Information   By Dave Fortenberry NA6DF (offsite link)
VXR-7000 Repeater Operating Manual   Donated by A. Nony Mous   1 MB PDF file
VXR-7000 VHF Repeater Service Manual   Donated by A. Nony Mous   10 MB PDF file
VXR-7000 UHF Repeater Service Manual   Donated by A. Nony Mous   10 MB PDF file
VXR-7000 Repeater Programming Adapter   By Matt Krick K3MK   23 KB GIF
VXR-7000 CE27 EEPROM Programming Software Reference Manual   258 KB PDF
Interfacing a Vertx 7000 Repeater to a external repeater controller   Computer Automation Technology makes repeater controllers. This link goes to the VXR-7000 page in their interfacing notes library.

VXR-9000 Brochure / Specifications Sheet   604 KB PDF
VXR-9000 Operators Manual   460 KB PDF dated 2004
VXR-9000 VHF Repeater Service Manual   By A. Nony Mous   5.7 MB PDF
VXR-9000 UHF Repeater Service Manual   By A. Nony Mous   5.6 MB PDF


Miscelaneous:

Yaesu YC-355D Frequency Counter Instruction Manual     5.5 MB PDF   Donated by A. Nony Mous
At one point Yaesu made a few pieces of test equipment. This is an older Nixie™ display based TTL frequency counter.
Note from WA6ILQ: I still have a YC-355D - it was the first really useful counter that I had that wasn't full of tubes... I had built a counter that used RTL logic, but it couldn't even get up to 1500kHz. I traded a Moto all-tube dynamotor mobile for the YC-355D... I think I got the better deal.
VX-1700 HF mobile users manual   858 KB PDF file

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