Transmitting In The Beacon Mode - Yaesu FT-950 Operating Manual

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HECKING THE EMORY
1. Be sure that Break-in is still turned "Off" by the
[ BK-IN ] button.
2. Press the [ MONI ] button to enable the CW monitor. A
" " icon will appear in the display.
3. Press and hold the [ SELECT ] knob for one second to
activate the Contest Memory Keyer. You will see one
of following indications in Multi-Display Window on
the display; "rEC1 rEC1", "rEC2 rEC2", "rEC3
rEC1 rEC1 rEC1 rEC2 rEC2 rEC2
"PLY1 PLY1", "PLY2 PLY2", "PLY3 PLY3", "PLY4
PLY1 PLY1 PLY1 PLY2 PLY2 PLY2 PLY3 PLY3 PLY3
4. Rotate the [ SELECT ] knob to select the CW Memory
Register ("PLY1 PLY1" through "PLY5
PLY1 PLY1
PLY1
in which you wish to check the mes-
sage.
5. Press the [ SELECT ] knob momentarily. You will hear
the results in the sidetone monitor, but no RF energy
will be transmitted.
[ MONI ] Button [ SELECT ] Knob
[ BK-IN ] Button
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Adjust the sidetone monitor level using the [ MONI ] knob.
It is possible to transmit repetitively in a "Beacon" mode, any message programmed either via paddle input or via
the "Text" input method. The time delay between message repeats may be set anywhere between 1 and 255 seconds
via Menu item "016 KEY BEACON 016 KEY BEACON". If you do not wish the message to repeat in a "Beacon" mode, please set this
016 KEY BEACON 016 KEY BEACON 016 KEY BEACON
Menu item to "OFF
OFF OFF OFF". OFF
To transmit the message:
1. Press and hold the [ SELECT ] knob for two sec-
onds to activate the Contest Memory Keyer. You
will see one of following indication in Multi-Dis-
play Window on the display; "rEC1
"rEC3 rEC3", "rEC4 rEC4", "rEC5
rEC3 rEC3 rEC4 rEC4
rEC3 rEC4
"PLY3 PLY3", "PLY4 PLY4", or "PLY5
PLY3 PLY3 PLY4 PLY4
PLY3 PLY4
2. Rotate the [ SELECT ] knob to select the CW
Memory Register ("PLY1
through "PLY5 PLY5") where the Bea-
PLY5 PLY5
PLY5
con message is stored.
3. Press the [ SELECT ] knob momentarily. Repeti-
tive transmission of the Beacon message will be-
gin. Press the [ SELECT ] knob once more to halt
the Beacon transmissions.
FT-950 O
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CW C
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ONTEST
C
ONTENTS
rEC3", "rEC4 rEC4", "rEC5
rEC3 rEC3 rEC3 rEC4 rEC4 rEC4 rEC5", rEC5 rEC5 rEC5
PLY4", or "PLY5
PLY4 PLY4 PLY4 PLY5 PLY5 PLY5". PLY5
PLY5 PLY5 PLY5")
PLY5
Multi-Display Window

Transmitting in the Beacon Mode

rEC1", "rEC2
rEC1 rEC1 rEC2 rEC2", rEC2
rEC1 rEC2
rEC5", "PLY1 PLY1", "PLY2
rEC5 rEC5 PLY1 PLY1 PLY2 PLY2", PLY2
rEC5 PLY1 PLY2
PLY5 PLY5 PLY5".
PLY5
PLY1 PLY1
PLY1 PLY1"
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ANUAL
ONVENIENCE
M K
EMORY EYER
O -T -A CW M
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1. Press the [ BK-IN ] button to enable transmission. Ei-
ther Full- or Semi-break-in will be engaged, depend-
ing on the setting of Menu item "043 A1A BK-IN
2. Press and hold the [ SELECT ] knob for one second to
activate the Contest Memory Keyer. You will see one
of following indications in Multi-Display Window on
the display; "rEC1 rEC1", "rEC2
rEC1 rEC1 rEC1
"PLY1 PLY1", "PLY2 PLY2", "PLY3
PLY1 PLY1 PLY1 PLY2 PLY2 PLY2
3. Rotate the [ SELECT ] knob to select the CW Memory
Register ("PLY1 PLY1" through "PLY5
PLY1 PLY1 PLY1
that you wish to transmit.
4. Press the [ SELECT ] knob momentarily. The pro-
grammed message will be transmited on the air.
[ SELECT ] Knob
[ MONI ] Button
[ BK-IN ] Button
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If you subsequently decide to use the "Text Memory" tech-
nique for memory storage, please note that the contents of
a message stored using keyer paddle input will not be trans-
ferred over when you select "Text Memory technique" on
a particular memory register (the Menu Mode Setting is
set to "tyP1
tyP1"). tyP1 tyP1 tyP1
[ SELECT ] Knob
F
EATURES
P
ESSAGE LAYBACK
043 A1A BK-IN 043 A1A BK-IN
043 A1A BK-IN 043 A1A BK-IN."
rEC2", "rEC3 rEC3", "rEC4 rEC4", "rEC5
rEC2 rEC2 rEC2 rEC3 rEC3 rEC3 rEC4 rEC4 rEC4
PLY3", "PLY4 PLY4", or "PLY5
PLY3 PLY3 PLY3 PLY4 PLY4 PLY4 PLY5". PLY5 PLY5 PLY5
PLY5 PLY5 PLY5") PLY5
Multi-Display Window
Multi-Display Window
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rEC5 rEC5", rEC5 rEC5