Specifications

Page 51FT-450 OPERATION MANUAL
CW MODE OPERATION
BEACON TRANSMISSION
(
ON THE AIR
)
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 menu item
“
PNL-C.SPNL-C.S
PNL-C.SPNL-C.S
PNL-C.S”.
3. Press the
[
DSP/SEL
]
knob to enable adjustment
of this menu item. The “ ” icon will be blink-
ing.
4. Rotate the
[
DSP/SEL
]
knob to select “
PLAY1PLAY1
PLAY1PLAY1
PLAY1”.
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 opera-
tion.
7. Set the operating mode to CW.
8. Press the
[
VOICE/C.S
]
button to activate the Bea-
con Feature (transmit the CW Beacon).
The “
PLAY1PLAY1
PLAY1PLAY1
PLAY1” notation appears on the display
while sending the beacon, and the “
BEACONBEACON
BEACONBEACON
BEACON”
notation appears on the display between trans-
missions.
To disable the transmission from the Beacon, press
the
[
VOICE/C.S
]
button again.
MANUAL BEACON TRANSMISSION
You may also send the Beacon text manually. If this
is done, all three “Beacon” messages may be used
as a traditional CW message keyer. To do this:
1. Repeat the “Set the Beacon Interval Time” pro-
cedure described previously, rotating the
[
DSP/
SEL
]
knob to select “
offoff
offoff
off” in step 10.
2. Repeat the “Beacon Transmission (On the Air)”
procedure, rotating the
[
DSP/SEL
]
knob to se-
lect “
PLAY2PLAY2
PLAY2PLAY2
PLAY2” if you wish to send the message
manually which is stored in bank “
22
22
2”, or “
PLAY3PLAY3
PLAY3PLAY3
PLAY3”
if you wish to send the message manually which
is stored in bank “
33
33
3” in step 4.
3. Press the
[
VOICE/C.S
]
button to activate the Bea-
con Feature (transmit the CW Beacon).
BEACON FEATURE
[
VOICE/C.S
]
button
[
F
]
button
[
DSP/SEL
]
knob
[
VOICE/C.S
]
button