Fc-50 External Automatic Antenna Tuner; Interconnections To Ft-891; Setup The Ft-891 - Yaesu FT-891 Advance Manual

FC-50 External Automatic Antenna Tuner

The optional FC-50 Automatic Antenna Tuner provides automatic tuning of a coaxial line
so as to present a nominal 50 Ω impedance to the FT-891's HF/50 MHz antenna port.
Please see the FC-50 Installation Manual for detailed information.

Interconnections to FT-891

Connect the cables from the FC-50 to the ANT and TUN/LIN jacks on the rear panel of
the FT-891 Transceiver.
Control Cable
Coaxial Cable

Setup the FT-891

Before operation can begin, the FT-891 microprocessor must be setup to accommodate
the FC-50 automatic tuner. This is done using the Menu Mode:
1. Press and hold in the [ F ] key for one second
to activate the Menu mode.
2. Rotate the MULTI function knob to select
Menu Mode "16-15 [ TUNER SELECT ]" .
3. Press the MULTI function knob, and then
rotate it to set this Menu item to "EXTER-
NAL".
4. Press the MULTI function knob to save the
new setting.
5. Press the [ F ] key to exit the Menu mode and
resume normal operation.
TUN/LIN
ANT
CONTROL
TRX
To HF/50 MHz Antenna
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