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How to Clone a Vertex Vx 160 Radio

Vertex Standards "Yaesu" designation is the amateur radio division brand. Yaesu products include the VX-170 which is a compact, high-performance FM hand-held radio. The device supplies five watts of radio frequency (RF) power. Programming the radios can be tricky and time-consuming, so if you have more than one VX-170, you can clone the original, thus saving time and the potential for introducing errors.

Things You'll Need

Cloning cable

Instructions

- 1
  Turn both radios off and connect the cloning cable between the two "MIC/SP" jacks on the radios. Then press and hold in the "Moni" switch while turning the radio on.
- 2
  Turn the dial knob on each radio so that "F6 CLONE" appears on the display and press the "F" key for a second. "CLONE" will appear on the displays.
- 3
  Press the "Moni" switch on the destination radio and "RX" will appear on the display. Then press the push-to-talk switch on the sending radio. "TX" will appear on that display and the cloning will start. The data will be sent from one radio to the other. When the cloning is complete, "CLONE" will reappear on both radios. Turn the radios off, disconnect the cable and check that radios have the same settings by scrolling through the programmed frequencies.

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