Specifications

Page 45FT-450 OPERATION MANUAL
USING THE BUILT-IN ELECTRONIC KEYER
Before starting, connect your keyer paddle to the front panel KEY jack in the status that turned off the
[
POWER
(
ON/OFF
)]
switch.
1. Press the
[
BANDT
]
/
[
BANDS
]
buttons to select
the operating band.
By pressing the
[
BANDT
]
/
[
BANDS
]
buttons, the
operating band will change as follows.
7 Q 10 Q 14 Q 15 Q 18 Q 21 Q 21.4 Q
28 Q 50 Q 1.8 Q 3.5 Q 7
......
2. Press the
[
MODET
]
/
[
MODES
]
buttons to select
the CW mode.
3. Rotate the
[
MAIN DIAL
]
knob to adjust the oper-
ating frequency.
If you use the optional MH-31A8J or MD-100A8X,
you may adjust the operating frequency by the
[
UP
]
/
[
DWN
]
buttons on the microphone.
4. Press the
[
F
]
button followed by the
[
VOX/STO
]
button to engage automatic activation of the
transmitter when you close the CW key. The
“ ” icon will appear in the display.
5. Press the
[
KEYER
]
button to activate the built-in
Electronic Keyer. The “ ” icon will appear in
the display.
6. When you press either the “Dot” or “Dash” side
of your paddle, the transmitter will automatically
be activated and the CW carrier will be transmit-
ted. When your release the paddle, transmission
will cease after a brief delay. The delay time is
user-programmable, per the discussion on page
48.
CW MODE OPERATION
ADJUSTING THE KEYER SPEED
1. Press and hold the
[
F
]
button for one second to
enter the Menu mode. The “ ” icon will ap-
pear on the display.
2. Rotate the
[
DSP/SEL
]
knob to select the menu
item “
CWSPEEDCWSPEED
CWSPEEDCWSPEED
CWSPEED”.
3. Press the
[
DSP/SEL
]
knob to enable adjustment of
this menu item. The “ ” icon will be blinking.
4. Rotate the
[
DSP/SEL
]
knob while pressing either
the “Dot” or “Dash” side of your paddle, so as to
set the desired keyer speed (4 - 60 wpm).
Press the
[
F
]
button if you wish to select display
of “
cpmcpm
cpmcpm
cpm” (characters per minute) instead of “
wpmwpm
wpmwpm
wpm”
(words per minute). The “
cpmcpm
cpmcpm
cpm” selection is based
on the international “PARIS” standard, which
stipulates five characters per word.
(You may Press the
[
HOME/RCL
]
button to re-
set the keyer speed to the factory default.)
5. Press the
[
DSP/SEL
]
knob. The “ ” icon
returns to appear continuously.
6. Press and hold the
[
F
]
button for one second to save
the new setting and return to normal operation.
[
F
]
button
[
MAIN DIAL
]
knob
[
KEYER
]
button
[
BAND
TT
TT
T
]
/
[
BAND
SS
SS
S
]
button
[
MODE
TT
TT
T
]
/
[
MODE
SS
SS
S
]
button
[
VOX/STO
]
button
TERMINOLOGY:
PARIS Word Length: By convention in the Amateur
industry (utilized by ARRL and others), the length of
one “word” of CW is defined as the length of the
Morse Code characters spelling the word “PARIS.”
This character (dot/dash/space) length is used for
the standard definition of code speed in “words per
minute”.
[
HOME/RCL
]
button
[
F
]
button
[
DSP/SEL
]
knob
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You may enable the CW keying by the
[
UP
]
/
[
DWN
]
keys of the optional
MH-31A8J (while the built-
in electronic keyer is en-
gaged) via menu item “
CWCW
CWCW
CW
PADDLEPADDLE
PADDLEPADDLE
PADDLE”. See page 79 for
details.
DWN FST UP
Dash Dot