CW CONVENIENCE FEATURES

CW DELAY TIME SETTING

During semi-break-in (not QSK) operation, the hang time of the transmitter, after you have finished sending, may be adjusted to a comfortable value consistent with your sending speed. This is the functional equivalent to the “VOX Delay” adjustment used on voice modes, and the delay may be varied anywhere between 20 milli-seconds ([DELAY] knob set fully counter-clockwise) and 5 seconds (fully clockwise).

1.Press the [BK-IN] button to enable CW transmission (Menu item “058 A1A BK-IN” must be set to “SEni”).

2.Start sending, and adjust the [DELAY] knob so that the hang time is as you prefer for comfortable opera- tion.

[BK-IN] Button

[DELAY] Knob

CW PITCH ADJUSTMENT

Rotation of the front panel’s [PITCH] knob will allow adjustment of the center frequency of the receiver pass- band, as well as the pitch of your offset CW carrier, to the tone you prefer. The tone may be varied between 300 Hz and 1050 Hz, in 50 Hz steps.

ADVICE:

You may confirm the Spot tone frequency when turning the [PITCH] knob while pressing the [SPOT] button. Sub (VFO-B) frequency display will shows the Spot tone fre- quency.

TERMINOLOGY:

CW Pitch: If you tuned to an exact “zero beat” on an incoming CW signal, you could not copy it (“Zero beat” implies a 0 Hz tone). Therefore, the receiver is offset several hundreds of Hz (typically), so as to allow your ear to detect the tone. The BFO offset associated with this tuning (that produces the comfortable audio tone) is called the CW Pitch.

[PITCH] Knob

Sub (VFO-B) frequency display

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[SPOT] Button

FT-2000 OPERATING MANUAL

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