Firmware Version 1.21
2/2/2010
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Using the Buttons
The six illuminated function/memory buttons along the top of the keyer give you instant
access to the currently selected bank of six message slots. Using the buttons you can
record a message, review it, play it back, and use the pause/resume feature. You can also
access a number of functions as detailed in the following sections.
Memory Recording & Playback
Recording:
To record a message, press and hold the button corresponding to the message slot you
wish to record. After a two second delay, the button will illuminate red and the keyer
will send a question mark “?” via the sidetone speaker. At this point you can record a
new message, review the message associated with this button, or perform some limited
editing of the current message.
1.
Send ‘P’ from the paddle to play the current message, via the internal sidetone
speaker only. The
KEY OUT
jack will not be active.
2.
Send ‘R’ from the paddle to begin recording the message. Any existing message
in the selected slot will be erased. When you are finished entering the message,
tap the button to stop recording.
3.
Send ‘C’ from the paddle to edit and add to the message. The existing message
will be played, and you will then be able to add to the message. You can stop
playback at any time by tapping the paddle, replacing the remainder of the
message with new text. You will not be able to insert or delete text in the middle
of a message, only delete or replace from the point that playback is stopped.
4.
Send the SK prosign (…-.-) to exit record/review mode, or simply tap the button
again to quit. The LED is extinguished and the keyer is once again in normal
operating mode.
Here is an example. Let’s say you want to have a message that will send your name,
QTH, and a signal report. You want the message to pause while you send the RST by
hand. You would store the message like this (note that in this example, we use ‘=’ for the
BT pause prosign):
1.
Press and hold the button you want to use for the message. After 2 seconds the
button will turn red, and you will hear a ‘?’ prompt in Morse code.
2.
Release the button.
3.
To record the message, send ‘R’ from the paddle. The keyer will respond with
‘R’.
4.
Send your message using the paddles Let’s say you send this:
NAME HR IS DALE DALE = QTH OMAHA, NI
