Yaesu: FT-8900R Hyper Memories Question

[spdfile1]

Fellow RadioReferencer's,
I recently purchased the Yaesu FT-8900R. For anyone who is familiar with the hyper memories and how they work please explain them to me in a nut shell. I have poured over several articles on line about it but not sure if it'll do what I want it to. I'm gathering that the FT-8900R does not have channel banks like some earlier yeasu models. This is what I want to do and please let me know if the hyper memories will allow it. Memory Channels 1-20 will have my local 2-meter repeaters, 21-40 will have my local 70cm repeaters, 41-60 will have Treasure Coast repeaters, 61-80 will have Lake Okeechobee repeaters, 81-100 will have Broward County 2-meter repeaters, 101-120 will have Broward County 70cm repeaters, 121-140 will have Miami-Dade county 2 meter repeaters & 141-160 will have Miami-Dade county 70cm repeaters (yes I live in south florida). So say I take a trip to the Treasure Coast instead of locking out everything other than channels 41-60 can I make Hypermemory 2 all the Treasure Coast repeaters only. So I would set it up where Hyper Memory 1 would be 2m & 70cm local repeaters, Hyper Memory 2 would be Treasure Coast repeaters, Hyper Memory 3 would be Lake Okeechobee repeaters, Hyper Memory 4 would be Broward Co. repeaters & Hyper Memory 5 would be Miami-Dade Co. Repeaters.That way as I travel to the different areas all I have to do is hit the respective Hyper Memory buttons.

 

[FKimble]

Read thru the memory and Hyper section of the manual after only one cup of coffee. You can setup a "Preferential Priority" scan which would be good for your local everyday freq, but I think the Hyper mem is more for the general setting, not freq channels. The Hyper Mems sound more like a PC where you can switch "users" and each user has their own screen setups and backgrounds etc. My Kenwood has something that sounds like your Hyper mem. It also just saves various operational settings as best I can Tell. Suggest you try setting up a couple channels and save to a Hyper mem 1, then setup a couple different ones to another Hyper chan. I wouldn't do more than one or two until you decide if it will work. Too bad it's not like the Yaesu FT60r. 1000 mem channels which can then be assigned to one or more scannable bands(10) with no limit on channels per band! Good luck

Frank KK4YTM

 

[popnokick]

The Yaesu FT-8900 is the same as the TYT TH-9800 and here is how HyperChannel / Hypermemory works-
There are six "memory banks"... one assigned to each of the six front panel buttons A, B, C, D, E, and F. The manual for the radio explains that you can copy everything from one of these channel banks .... all frequencies, tones, etc. .... into any of the other banks, and then recall it with the simple push of the letter button. The intent is to permit the user of the radio to quickly change the entire profile of the radio setup. It's a quick way to get all of your settings into another bank of memories, then go into CHIRP and modify whatever you like. I couldn't figure out how to make use of HyperChannel in CHIRP, or whether it is supported. But if you follow the instructions in the FT-9800 manual and copy from one letter button to another, then read into CHIRP, make your changes, and write it back to the radio.... it's all there.

 

[N4KVE]

Read thru the memory and Hyper section of the manual after only one cup of coffee. You can setup a "Preferential Priority" scan which would be good for your local everyday freq, but I think the Hyper mem is more for the general setting, not freq channels. The Hyper Mems sound more like a PC where you can switch "users" and each user has their own screen setups and backgrounds etc. My Kenwood has something that sounds like your Hyper mem. It also just saves various operational settings as best I can Tell. Suggest you try setting up a couple channels and save to a Hyper mem 1, then setup a couple different ones to another Hyper chan. I wouldn't do more than one or two until you decide if it will work. Too bad it's not like the Yaesu FT60r. 1000 mem channels which can then be assigned to one or more scannable bands(10) with no limit on channels per band! Good luck

Frank KK4YTM

It's like my Dad's fancy car. He gets in, & pushes the memory 1 button. Suddenly the seats, mirrors, pedals, etc are adjusted for him. My mom goes to drive the car, & pushes the memory 2 button. Now the seats, mirrors, pedals, etc are adjusted for her. Got it?

 

[spdfile1]

Ok thank you all for the good info. Much appreciated!!!!!

 

[DaveNF2G]

It's a lot easier with software. I have a 7900 and I use FTB7900 by G4HFQ. I'm sure there is a version for your model also.

G4HFQ Radio Programming Software

 

[wcrosman]

The Yaesu FT-8900 is the same as the TYT TH-9800 and here is how HyperChannel / Hypermemory works-
There are six "memory banks"... one assigned to each of the six front panel buttons A, B, C, D, E, and F. The manual for the radio explains that you can copy everything from one of these channel banks .... all frequencies, tones, etc. .... into any of the other banks, and then recall it with the simple push of the letter button. The intent is to permit the user of the radio to quickly change the entire profile of the radio setup. It's a quick way to get all of your settings into another bank of memories, then go into CHIRP and modify whatever you like. I couldn't figure out how to make use of HyperChannel in CHIRP, or whether it is supported. But if you follow the instructions in the FT-9800 manual and copy from one letter button to another, then read into CHIRP, make your changes, and write it back to the radio.... it's all there.

So chirp doesn’t support hypermemory but the british $15 software does. To do what you I think you will require multiple programming cycles. First download from the radio then set up just the memories you want for one area. Then upload to the radio. The set the hypermemory by long pressing one of the buttons mentioned above. Download again, that hypermemory will now appear in the software UI. Set up your next freqs and upload. Long press the next hypermem button. Now you have two stored. And repeat


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[wyShack]

Yes hyper memories store the 'state' of the entire radio (I have an 8800). If you set up the memories to be 'skipped', you can save the situation in a hyper memory, then set up the memories with different 'skip' or 'preferential' and save to another hyper memory. The situation you have of different areas (or different operators) is exactly what Yaesu had in mind.

With my 8800, I use my left for amateur radio and the right side for scanning. I have a couple of hyper memories set up for different scanning (one air, one federal band, ect).

Works great.