Summary of Contents for Yaesu FT-450 - CAT OPERATION REFERENCE BOOK
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PERATION OMPUTER IDED RANSCEIVER FT-450 CAT O PERATION EFERENCE FT-450 CAT O PERATION EFERENCE...
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PERATION OMPUTER IDED RANSCEIVER CAT J VERVIEW The CAT (Computer Aided Transceiver) System in the FT-450 provides control of frequency, VFO, memory, and other settings such as dual-channel memories and diver- sity reception using an external personal computer. This allows multiple control operations to be fully automated as single mouse clicks or keystroke operations on the com- puter keyboard.
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PERATION OMPUTER IDED RANSCEIVER ONTROL OMMAND Parameters A computer control command is composed of an alpha- betical command, various parameters, and the terminator Parameters are used to specify information necessary to that signals the end of the control command. implement the desired command. Example: Set the VFO-A frequency to 14.250000 MHz.
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PERATION OMPUTER IDED RANSCEIVER ONTROL OMMAND OMMAND UNCTION OMMAND UNCTION ANTENNA TUNER CONTROL MEMORY WRITE AF GAIN NARROW AUTO INFORMATION NOISE BLANKER BAND DOWN NOISE REDUCTION BREAK-IN OPPOSITE BAND INFORMATION MANUAL NOTCH OFFSET (REPEATER SHIFT) BAND SELECT PRE-AMP (IPO) BAND UP PLAY BACK BUSY POWER CONTROL...
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PERATION OMPUTER IDED RANSCEIVER ONTROL OMMAND ABLES A A A A A C C C C C ANTENNA TUNER CONTROL P1 0: Fixed P3 0: Tuner “OFF” P2 0: Fixed 1: Tuner “ON” P1 P2 P3 2: Tuning Start Read Answer P1 P2 P3 A A A A A G G G G G...
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PERATION OMPUTER IDED RANSCEIVER ONTROL OMMAND ABLES CHANNEL UP/DOWN P1 0: Memory Channel “UP” 1: Memory Channel “DOWN” Read Answer CTCSS TONE FREQUENCY P1 0: Fixed P2 00 - 49: Tone Frequency Number (See Table 1) P1 P2 P2 Read Answer P1 P2 P2 CONTOUR...
PERATION OMPUTER IDED RANSCEIVER ONTROL OMMAND ABLES ABLE ABLE MY BAND MY MODE FUNCTION FUNCTION FUNCTION FUNCTION 1.8 MHz “OFF” 1.8 MHz “ON” LSB “OFF” LSB “ON” 3.5 MHz “OFF” 3.5 MHz “ON” USB “OFF” USB “ON” 7 MHz “OFF” 7 MHz “ON”...
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PERATION OMPUTER IDED RANSCEIVER ONTROL OMMAND ABLES F F F F F A A A A A FREQUENCY VFO-A P1 30000 - 60000000 (Hz) P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 Read Answer P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 FREQUENCY VFO-B P1 300000 - 60000000 (Hz) P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 P1...
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PERATION OMPUTER IDED RANSCEIVER ONTROL OMMAND ABLES QMB STORE Read Answer QMB RECALL Read Answer QUICK SPLIT Read Answer RF ATTENUATOR P1 0: Fixed P2 0: OFF P1 P2 1: ON Read Answer P1 P2 R R R R R C C C C C CLAR CLEAR Read Answer...
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PERATION OMPUTER IDED RANSCEIVER ONTROL OMMAND ABLES READ METER P1 0: Depends of the Front Panel’s METER Switch 1: S Meter 4: ALC Meter Read 5: PO Meter 6: SWR Meter Answer P2 000 - 255 P1 P2 P2 P2 RESET POWER ON Resetting the Microprocessor (Full Reset) Read...
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PERATION OMPUTER IDED RANSCEIVER ONTROL OMMAND ABLES [ V/M ] KEY FUNCTION Toggles frequency control between the VFO and Memory System. Read Answer VOICE P1 0: VOICE “OFF” 1: VOICE 1 “ON” 2: VOICE 2 “ON” Read Answer VFO SELECT P1 0: VFO-A 1: VFO-B Read...
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PERATION OMPUTER IDED RANSCEIVER Copyright 2007 VERTEX STANDARD CO., LTD. All rights reserved No portion of this manual may be reproduced without the permission of VERTEX STANDARD CO., LTD. FT-450 CAT O PERATION EFERENCE...