MISCELLANEOUS SETTINGS
BEACON FEATURE
Beacon Transmission (On the Air)
1.Press and hold in the [FUNC] key for one second to enter the Menu mode.
2.Rotate the SELECT knob to select Menu Mode
3.Rotate the DIAL to select the interval time (between repeats of the message) (1 ~ 255 seconds).
4.Press and hold in the [FUNC] key for one second to exit to normal operation.
5.Press the [FUNC] key momentarily, then rotate the SELECT knob, as needed, until Multi Function Row “o” [PLY1, PLY2, PLY3] appears on the display.
6.Press the [A](PLY1) key to activate the Beacon Feature.
1) When using the “beacon” feature, please disable the “VOX” feature.
2) If you press [B](PLY2) or [C](PLY1), the message will be transmitted, after which the transmission will halt. Operationally, these two keys function the same as a traditional CW message keyer, while the [A](PLY1) key is used as the repetitive “bea- con” text.
7.To stop a repeating beacon message, just press the [A](PLY1) key momentarily.
8.To disable transmission from the Beacon, just repeat the above procedure, rotating the DIAL to select “OFF” in step 3 above.
You may adjust the CW speed using Menu Mode No-030 [CW SPEED].
You may also send the Beacon Text manually. If this is done, all three “Beacon” messages may be used as a traditional CW message keyer. To do this:
1.Press and hold in the [FUNC] key for one second to enter the Menu mode.
2.Rotate the SELECT knob to select Menu Mode
3.Rotate the DIAL to select “OFF.”
4.Press and hold in the [FUNC] key for one second to exit to normal operation.
5.Press the [FUNC] key momentarily, then rotate the SELECT knob, as needed, until Multi Function Row “o” [PLY1, PLY2, PLY3] appears on the display.
6.Press the [A](PLY1) key momentarily to send the “BEACON TEXT 1” message. Alterna- tively, pressing the [B](PLY2) or [C](PLY3) key will initiate the message at those re- spective break points.
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