FT-950
Operating Manual
Vertex Standard Co., Ltd.
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One-touch selection of each Amateur band between 1.8 and 50 MHz is
provided.
The FT-950 utilizes a triple band-stack VFO selection technique, which permits
you to store up to three favorite frequencies and modes onto each band’s VFO
register. For example, you may store one frequency each on 14 MHz CW, RTTY,
and USB, then recall these VFOs by successive, momentary presses of the [14]
MHz band button. Each Amateur band button may similarly have up to three
frequency/mode settings applied.
If you press the [BAND] button (imbedded LED will glow orange) located in the
left of the [CLAR/VFO-B] knob, the [CLAR/VFO-B] knob may be used as a band
selection knob.
If you press the [MHz] button (imbedded LED will glow orange) located in the
left of the [CLAR/VFO-B] knob, rotation of the [CLAR/VFO-B] knob allows
frequency navigation in 1 MHz steps.
7. Press the [ANT 1-2] button to select the appropriate antenna for the band in use.
Two TX/RX antennas may be connected, or one RX-only antenna.
Advice: Once you have made your antenna selection, that antenna is
“remembered” by the microprocessor in conjunction with the VFO register in use
when you chose that particular antenna.
8. Press the appropriate [MODE] button to select the desired operating mode.
Pressing the [SSB] button toggles the LSB and USB mode, and also pressing the
[SSB] button toggles the AM and FM mode.
Advice:
By convention in the Amateur bands, LSB is used on the 7 MHz and lower
bands (with the exception of 60 meters), while USB is utilized on the 14 MHz
and higher bands.
When changing modes from SSB to CW, you will observe a frequency shift on
the display. This shift represents the BFO offset between the “zero beat”
frequency and the audible CW pitch (tone) you can hear (the pitch is
programmed via the Menu item “045 A1A PITCH”), even though the actual
tone that you hear is not changing. If you do not want this frequency shift to
appear when changing modes from (for example) USB to CW, use the Menu
item “047 A1A FRQDISP,” described on page ??.
When operating on the FM mode, rotate the [SQL] (Squelch) knob clockwise to
the point where the background noise is just silenced. This is the point of
maximum sensitivity to weak signals. Excessive advancement of the [SQL]
