Beacon Text Sending (On The Air) - Yaesu FT-857 Operation Manual

Beacon Transmission (On the Air)
1. Press and hold in the [ FUNC ] key for one second to enter the Menu mode.
2. Rotate the SELECT knob to select Menu Mode No-012 [ BEACON TIME ] .
3. Rotate the DIAL to select the interval time (between repeats of the message) (1 ~ 255
seconds).
4. Press and hold in the [ FUNC ] key for one second to exit to normal operation.
5. Press the [ FUNC ] key momentarily, then rotate the SELECT knob, as needed, until
Multi Function Row "o" [ PLY1, PLY2, PLY3 ] appears on the display.
6. Press the [ A ] (PLY1) key to activate the Beacon Feature.
1) When using the "beacon" feature, please disable the "VOX" feature.
2) If you press [ B ]( PLY2 ) or [ C ]( PLY1 ) , the message will be transmitted, after
which the transmission will halt. Operationally, these two keys function the same as a
traditional CW message keyer, while the [ A ]( PLY1 ) key is used as the repetitive "bea-
con" text.
7. To stop a repeating beacon message, just press the [ A ] (PLY1) key momentarily.
8. To disable transmission from the Beacon, just repeat the above procedure, rotating the
DIAL to select "OFF" in step 3 above.
You may adjust the CW speed using Menu Mode No-030 [CW SPEED].
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. Press and hold in the [ FUNC ] key for one second to enter the Menu mode.
2. Rotate the SELECT knob to select Menu Mode No-012 [ BEACON TIME ] .
3. Rotate the DIAL to select "OFF."
4. Press and hold in the [ FUNC ] key for one second to exit to normal operation.
5. Press the [ FUNC ] key momentarily, then rotate the SELECT knob, as needed, until
Multi Function Row "o" [ PLY1, PLY2, PLY3 ] appears on the display.
6. Press the [ A ] (PLY1) key momentarily to send the "BEACON TEXT 1" message. Alterna-
tively, pressing the [ B ] (PLY2) or [ C ] (PLY3) key will initiate the message at those re-
spective break points.
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