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MFJ-418 Pocket Morse Code Tutor 

Instruction Manual  

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 1996-2006 MFJ Enterprises, Inc. 

 

Contents 

 

THE BASICS 

Introduction .................................................................................................. 1 
Battery .......................................................................................................... 1 
Getting Started:  How to Use the Menu System ........................................... 2 
Fast Start:  Using the MFJ-418 ..................................................................... 3 
Learning Morse Code ................................................................................... 5 
Interface Components and Accessories ........................................................ 6 

 
 

THE MENUS 

Setup Mode................................................................................................... 7 

On-the-Fly Speed: ................................................................................. 7 
Play Format: .......................................................................................... 7 

Overall Speed Menu ..................................................................................... 7 
Farnsworth Menu.......................................................................................... 8 
Tone Menu.................................................................................................... 8 
Set Menu....................................................................................................... 9 

Beginner Sets......................................................................................... 9 

The Combine Menu:..................................................................... 10 
The Group Menu: ......................................................................... 10 

Advanced Sets ..................................................................................... 10 

The QSO Tone Menu: .................................................................. 11 

Custom Sets ......................................................................................... 12 

Custom Characters: ...................................................................... 12 
Custom Words:............................................................................. 13 

Interactive Menu......................................................................................... 13 
New Play Menu .......................................................................................... 14 
Repeat Play Menu....................................................................................... 14 

 
 

APPENDICES 

Factory Defaults ......................................................................................... 15 
Self Test...................................................................................................... 15 
Troubleshooting.......................................................................................... 16 
Technical Assistance .................................................................................. 16 
Morse Code Character Set .......................................................................... 17 
Some CW Abbreviations ............................................................................ 18 

Summary of Contents for MFJ-418

Page 1: ...ial Park Road Starkville MS 39759 USA Tel 662 323 5869 Fax 662 323 6551 Model MFJ 418 COPYRIGHT 2006 MFJ ENTERPRISES INC VERSION 3C Pocket Morse Code Tutor CAUTION Read All Instructions Before Operati...

Page 2: ...MFJ E MFJ Enterp month 1 T c w M d e 2 M o p o 3 T c F 4 T 5 W a c re 6 U o 7 O p R 8 T 9 M m p 10 A a y 11 T st...

Page 3: ...6 THE MENUS Setup Mode 7 On the Fly Speed 7 Play Format 7 Overall Speed Menu 7 Farnsworth Menu 8 Tone Menu 8 Set Menu 9 Beginner Sets 9 The Combine Menu 10 The Group Menu 10 Advanced Sets 10 The QSO...

Page 4: ...MFJ 418 Pocket Morse Code Tutor Instruction Manual ii 1996 2006 MFJ Enterprises Inc Meaning of Q Signals 19 Menus System Chart 20 Schematic 22...

Page 5: ...Practice or demonstrations for groups via either its built in speaker or by feeding its audio output to a Public Address system Battery The Code Tutor uses a nine volt battery not included MFJ recomm...

Page 6: ...hings when held down longer than one second The menus are arranged in a wrap around structure so that pressing the Next or Previous button will bring up another menu or submenu item in a sequence Figu...

Page 7: ...turn on the unit using the Off Volume control and press the Next button until you reach the first menu mentioned then follow the instructions Overall Speed Menu Enter this submenu by pressing Select...

Page 8: ...advanced sets and four custom sets you may program yourself As you step through these options the contents of the sets are displayed on the LCD When you have selected the second or higher Beginner Se...

Page 9: ...acter set then words and QSOs this unit can take you from no code skills at all up to the ranks of high speed CW contesters Over the years many different programs for building code proficiency have be...

Page 10: ...acy Use of headphones will disable the internal speaker An optional foam earpiece earphone the MFJ 291I is available from MFJ Enterprises Inc WARNING To prevent suffering hearing damage when using hea...

Page 11: ...to avoid accidentally changing the speed during a session Play Format This selects the order in which the character is sent to the display and the speaker You may choose to have the character sent to...

Page 12: ...ween characters to slow down the overall sending speed The advantage of this is that by hearing the characters sent at a faster speed you learn to recognize each character by its distinctive rhythm ra...

Page 13: ...include letters numerals punctuation marks and prosigns procedural signals used on the air When a single Beginner set is selected each playback will begin with the characters in that set sent in the s...

Page 14: ...o character displayed The Group Menu When sending from character sets rather than words callsigns or QSOs the unit sends the characters in groups with word spacing between groups You may select either...

Page 15: ...Os FCC testing requirement consists the 26 letters the 10 numerals the period the comma the question mark AR SK BT and fraction bar DN The QSO Tone Menu The QSO Tone menu allows you to select the audi...

Page 16: ...rs required for the FCC exam at which point you can switch to copying words and QSOs For full details on the Koch Method of code training see the book Morse Code Breaking the Barrier MFJ 3400 availabl...

Page 17: ...ound words such as ham radio and code tutor may be used You may include prosigns in the Custom Words set by using and to build the prosigns A custom prosign must begin with end with and contain at lea...

Page 18: ...d hold Select for one second During playback the sending is also displayed on the LCD The length of a session that can be repeated is unlimited Repeating a session allows you to recopy the same code t...

Page 19: ...f test you may stop the test by turning off the unit however this should NOT be done during the memory test or the memory could be corrupted The self test can be completed in approximately 30 seconds...

Page 20: ...ed before HALT appears If so the on the fly speed feature can be disabled in the Setup mode Q Why can t I change the speed on the fly A This feature is disabled go to the Setup mode and enable it Q Wh...

Page 21: ...equest for Repetition di di dah dah di dit IMI Fraction Bar or Slash Bar dah di di dah dit DN End of Message Plus Sign or Cross di dah di dah dit AR End of Work di di di dah di dah SK Double Dash Equa...

Page 22: ...tation RITE Right CUL See you later RST Readability strength tone report CU See you SIGS Signals DE From SKED Schedule DEG Degree STN Station DX Distance rare station TEMP Temperature ES And TKS Thank...

Page 23: ...or you QRX I will call again at wait QRZ Who is calling me I am QSB Your signal is fading QSD Your keying is defective QSK I can hear you between my signals QSL I am acknowledging receipt QSU Reply on...

Page 24: ...ER 67890 OVERALL SPEED 80 WPM TONE 488 Hz SET BEGINNER FARNSWORTH ON SPEED 80 WPM SET BEGINNER _ TONE 1006 Hz SET BEGINNER K SET ADVANCED LETTERS SET ADVANCED NUMBERS SET ADVANCED PROSIGNS SET ADVANCE...

Page 25: ...CHAR QSO TONE 335 Hz INTERACTIVE ON EVERY 2 WORDS GROUP 3 CHAR QSO TONE 366 Hz INTERACTIVE ON EVERY 3 WORDS GROUP 4 CHAR QSO TONE 396 Hz INTERACTIVE ON EVERY 4 WORDS GROUP 5 CHAR QSO TONE 427 Hz GROUP...

Page 26: ...MFJ 418 Pocket Morse Code Tutor Instruction Manual 22 1996 2006 MFJ Enterprises Inc Schematic...

Page 27: ...rvice Department at 662 323 0549 or the MFJ Factory at 662 323 5869 4 This warranty does not apply to kits sold by or manufactured by MFJ Enterprises Inc 5 Wired and tested PC board products are cover...

Page 28: ...MFJ 418 Manual Version 3C Printed In U S A 12 2006 300 Industrial Park Road Starkville MS 39759 MFJ ENTERPRISES INC...

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