Yaesu FT-950 Operating Manual page 23

F
RONT
[ MENU ] Switch
This button is used to access the Menu system. The
various transceiver characteristics may be configured.
Menu operation is described in detail, in this manual,
beginning on page 104.
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MPORTANT OTE
Pressing this button momentarily, activates the Menu.
The Menu items will appear on the display; once you
have changed the parameters, you must press and hold
in the [ MENU ] button for one second to save any con-
figuration changes (momentarily pressing the [ MENU ]
button to exit will not save the changes).
Main Tuning Dial Knob
This large knob adjusts the operating frequency of the
VFO-A or a recalled memory. Clockwise rotation of
this knob increases the frequency. Default tuning in-
crements are 10 Hz (100 Hz in AM and FM modes);
when the [ FAST ] button is pressed, the tuning steps
increase. The available steps are:
O M
PERATING ODE
LSB/USB/CW/RTTY/PKT ( LSB )
AM/FM/PKT ( FM )
Numbers in parentheses indicate steps when the [ FAST ] button is On.
A :
DVICE
The tuning steps for the Main Tuning Dial knob are
set, at the factory, to 10 Hz per step. Via Menu item
"084 TUN DIALSTP 084 TUN DIALSTP", however, you may change this
084 TUN DIALSTP 084 TUN DIALSTP
084 TUN DIALSTP
setting from 10 Hz to 1 or 5 Hz instead. When 1 Hz
basic steps are selected, the action of the [ FAST ] but-
ton will be changed to 1/10 of the values listed above.
[( VFO-A ) TX ] Indicator/Switch
When this button is pushed, the LED inside the button
will glow red; and, when the PTT switch is pressed,
the transceiver will transmit on the VFO-A frequency
(subject to any Clarifier offset, of course).
A :
DVICE
If this indicator is not illuminated, it means the [( VFO-
B ) TX ] Indicator/Switch has been selected (it will be
glowing red). In this case, transmission will be on the
frequency and mode programmed for VFO-B.
[ FAST ] Switch
Pressing this button will increase or decrease the tun-
ing rate of the Main Tuning Dial knob (VFO-A) or the
VFO-B Tuning Knob ([ CLAR/VFO-B ] knob ) , by a
factor of ten, as mentioned in the previous section.
When this function is activated, the "
pears in the display.
A :
DVICE
This switch affects VFO-A and VFO-B independently.
FT-950 O
PERATING
P
ANEL
1 S 1 D R
TEP IAL OTATION
10 Hz ( 100 Hz ) 10 kHz ( 100 kHz )
100 Hz ( 1 kHz ) 100 kHz ( 1 MHz )
" icon ap-
M
ANUAL
C
ONTROLS
[ LOCK ] Switch
This button toggles locking on/off for the Main Tun-
ing Dial knob (VFO-A) or the VFO-B Tuning Knob
([ CLAR/VFO-B ] knob ) . With "Lcok" on, the Main
Tuning Dial knob or [ CLAR/VFO-B ] knob can still
be turned, but the frequency will not change, and the
" " icon appears in the display.
A :
DVICE
This switch locks VFO-A and VFO-B independently.
[ A B ] Switch
Press this button momentarily to transfer the frequency
or memory channel data, from VFO-A to VFO-B, over-
writing any previous contents in VFO-B. Use this key
to set both VFO-A and VFO-B to the same frequency
and mode.
[ A B ] Switch
Pressing this button momentarily, exchanges the fre-
quency or memory channel data, of VFO-A and VFO-
B.
[ V/M ] Switch
This button toggles frequency control between VFO-
A and the memory system. In memory mode, either
" " or " " icon will be shown under the frequency
Display field to indicate the current selection. If you
have tuned the frequency off the Memory channel, the
" icon will be displayed. Pressing the [ V/M ] but-
"
ton returns the display to the original memory fre-
quency, and the "
Pressing it once more returns frequency operation to
the VFO-A, and the icon will no longer be displayed.
[ M A ] Switch
Pressing this button momentarily, will display the con-
tents of the currently-selected memory channel for 10
seconds.
Holding [ M A ] button in for one second copies the
data from the selected memory to VFO-A, and two
beeps sound. Previous data in VFO-A will be over-
written.
[ A M ] Switch
Pressing this button momentarily, displays the contents
of the currently-selected memory channel for 10 sec-
onds.
Pressing and holding in this key for one second (until
the double beep) copies the current operating data into
the currently selected memory channel, overwriting any
previous data stored there.
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WITCHES
" icon will again be displayed.
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