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5.
CW MESSAGES
A. Control Character
The Control Character
9900
should be entered before the actual CW characters when
building a CW message. If a message does not begin with a Control Character, the
Message Handler will assume that the message should be sent in CW. Therefore, a CW-
only message would not require the
9900
. However, a message could be made up of
mixed types, such as a series of beeps followed by CW characters. In that case, the
Control Character
9900
is needed before the CW portion of the message.
B. Format
Enter the Control Character
9900
. Then enter the various CW character codes described in
the "CW Character Set" to create the desired message. You may end the CW message
with the
*
character, or you may enter another Control Character (99xx) and continue with
another message type.
C. Delay Character
A special pre-message delay character,
54
, can be programmed after the Control Character
9900
but before the CW characters. The
54
causes the Message handler to pause for 1
second before sending the CW message. Any additional
54
s found after the first one will
be ignored. If the CW message was preceded by another message, the
54
will be ignored.
D. Wordspace
The wordspace character,
40
, should be placed between the words in a CW message.
The Message Handler will automatically place a wordspace at the end of a CW message,
so you won't have to remember to do so. This feature prevents two adjacent CW
messages from being run together.
Wordspace characters can be used as pauses during a CW message. However, the length
of the pause will depend upon the current sending speed of the CW (words-per-minute).
E. Frequency Change
The CW frequency (pitch) may be changed before, or during a CW message. This feature
allows you to draw attention to a certain message (or part of a message). A 6-digit
character,
59xxxx
, should be entered ahead of the CW characters that which are to be sent
at the new frequency. The four digits following the
59
, shown as
xxxx
, represent the new
frequency and are taken from the Tone Code Table.
The frequency may be changed as often as desired within a CW message (even between
each character).
