Using The Built-In Electronic Keyer - Yaesu FT-991 Operating Manual

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Connect the cable from your keyer paddle to the front panel KEY jack.
Press the MODE button, then touch [ CW-USB ] on
1.
the LCD. The "USB CW"
display. The "MONI" icon will appear in the TFT
display; and the CW monitor is activated.
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If you press the "CW" mode, you will engage the
"CW Reverse" mode, whereby the "opposite" side-
band injection is used, compared to the "normal"
sideband. The "LSB CW"
display if you select CW Reverse.
2. Rotate the Main Tuning Dial knob to select the de-
sired operating frequency.
3. Press the F(M-LIST) button,
on the LCD to select "ON". The "KEYER" will ap-
pear in the display, confirming that the built-in Elec-
tronic Keyer is now active.
4. Touch [ SPEED ] on the LCD repeatedly to set the
desired sending speed (4 ~ 60 WPM).
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 The display will show the keying speed for 3 sec-
onds whenever [ SPEED ] on the LCD is touched.
 When you press either the "Dot" or "Dash" side
of your paddle, the CW keying tone will auto-
matically be generated.
5. Touch [ BK-IN ] on the LCD to engage automatic ac-
tivation of the transmitter when you press either the
"Dot" or "Dash" side of your paddle.
icon will appear in the TFT display.
6. CW operation utilizing your paddle may now com-
mence.
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When you utilize your keyer paddle, the transmit-
ter will automatically be activated, and the CW
characters (or a string of dots and dashes) will be
transmitted. When you release the keyer paddle con-
tacts, transmission will cease, and reception will be
restored after a brief delay. The delay time is user-
programmable, per the discussion on page ##.
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[ BK-IN ] displayed by pressing the F(M-
 If you set
button to Off, you may practice sending CW
LIST)
with the sidetone only, without having the signal go
out over the air.
 If you reduce power via [ PROC ] displayed by press-
ing the F(M-LIST) button, the ALC meter reading
will increase; this is normal and does not indicate
any problem whatsoever (because increased ALC
voltage is being used to lower the power).
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