CW CONVENIENCE FEATURES

CONTEST MEMORY KEYER

The FT-2000in capable of the automatic sending of CW messages (as you might do in a contest). Two techniques for message storage are available: you may either send the desired message contents using your keyer paddle (“Message Memory”), or you may input the text characters using the Main Dial Tuning knob and [SUB VFO-B] knobs (“Text Memory”).

Message Memory

Five memory channels capable of retaining 50 characters total are provided (using the PARIS standard for characters and word length).

Example: CQ CQ CQ DE W6DXC K (19 characters)

--•--

• ----•--

--•--

• ----•--

--•--•

----•--

--•• •

•----

--••••

--••

--••--

--•--•

--•--

(C)

(Q)

(C)

(Q)

(C)

(Q)

(D)

(E) (W)

(6)

(D)

(X)

(C)

(K)

STORING A MESSAGE INTO MEMORY

1.Press the [MENU] button to enter the Menu mode.

2.Rotate the Main Tuning Dial knob to select the CW Memory Register into which you wish to store the message; for now, we are just selecting the message entry technique (Keyer entry).

020 tEy CW MEM1

021 tEy CW MEM2

022 tEy CW MEM3

023 tEy CW MEM4

024 tEy CW MEM5

3.Rotate the [SUB VFO-B] knob to set the selected Memory Register to “tyP2.” If you want to use your keyer paddle for message entry on all memories, set all five Menu items (#020 ~ 024) to “tyP2.”

4.Press and hold in the [MENU] button for two seconds to save the new settings and exit.

MESSAGE MEMORY PROGRAMMING (USING YOUR PADDLE)

1.Set the operating mode to CW.

2.Set the [BK-IN] button to Off.

3.Turn the internal Electronic Keyer On by pressing the [KEYER] button, if necessary.

4.Press the [F5(MEM)] button on the front panel.

5.Press the [F1(CH1)] ~ [F4(CH-4)] button to begin the memory storage process.

6.Send the desired message using your keyer paddle.

7.Press the [F5(MEM)] button once more at the end of your message. Up to 50 characters may be stored among the five memories.

NOTE:

You must exercise care in sending to ensure that the spaces between letters and words are accurately done; if your timing is off, the spacing may not come out right in the stored message.

For ease in setting up the keyer memories, we recommend you set Menu item “051 A1A F-TYPE” and/or “053 A1A R-TYPE” to “ACS” (Automatic Character Spacing) while you are programming the keyer memories.

[MENU] Button

Main Tuning Dial Knob [SUB VFO-B] Knob

[KEYER] Button

[BK-IN] Button

[F5(MEM)] Button

[F1(CH-1)] ~ [F4(CH-4)] Button

TERMINOLOGY:

PARIS Word Length: By convention in the Amateur industry (utilized by ARRL and others), the length of one “word” of CW is defined as the length of the Morse Code characters spelling the word “PARIS.” This character (dot/ dash/space) length is used for the rigorous definition of code speed in “words per minute.”

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