CW CONVENIENCE FEATURES

CONTEST MEMORY KEYER

CHECKING THE CW MEMORY CONTENTS

1.Be sure that Break-in is still turned Off by the [BK-IN] button.

2.Press the [MONI] button to enable the CW monitor.

3.Press the [F1(CH1)] ~ [F4(CH-4)] button to check

your work. You will hear the results in the sidetone, but no RF energy will be transmitted.

NOTE:

Adjust the monitor level using the [MONI] knob.

ON-THE-AIR CW MESSAGE PLAYBACK

1.Press the [BK-IN] button to enable transmission. Ei- ther Full- or Semi-break-in will be engaged, depend- ing on the setting of Menu item “058 A1A BK-IN.”

2.Press the [F1(CH1)] ~ [F4(CH-4)] button to transmit the programmed message.

NOTE:

If you subsequently decide to use the “Text Memory” technique for memory storage, please note that the contents of a message stored using keyer paddle input will not be transferred over when you select “Text Memory technique” on a particular memory register (the Menu Mode Setting is set to “tyP1”).

[BK-IN] Button

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

[BK-IN] Button

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

Transmitting in the Beacon Mode

It is possible to transmit, repetitively in a “Beacon” mode, any message programmed either via paddle input or via the “Text” input method. The time delay between message repeats may be set anywhere between 0 and 255 seconds via Menu item “017 tEy BEACON.” If you do not wish the message to repeat in a “Beacon” mode, please set this Menu item to “off.” Press the [F1(CH1)] ~ [F4(CH-4)] button, depending on the register into which the Beacon message is stored. Repetitive transmission of the Beacon message will begin. Press one of these keys once more to halt the Beacon transmissions.

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