The
MENU
on the other hand is a list of 91 single items that you may need to access less
frequently. It is accessed by pressing and holding the
FUNC
key for one second Also, some
Multi
Function Keys
will jump to a MENU item.
Place the radio in operation and use the
Multi Function Keys
.
1. Place the radio in operation – Do steps 1 to 7 from Task#1
Note:
Display should show
VFOa
or
VFOb
.
2. Enable Multi function Key Menu Row Selection – Briefly Press and release the
FUNC
key
and within five seconds begin rotating the
Select Knob
(Near lwr L corner of display)
Change
A
,
B
,
C
key assignments to enable switching VFOs – Rotate the
Select Knob
either way
until Mfa [
A/B
,
A=B
,
SPL
] shows in the display.– (
Select Knob
-Lwr L corner of Fnt Panel)(
Note: Select Knob
must be rotated within five seconds of pressing
FUNC
key or the
Select
Knob
will revert back to its previous operation, e.g. – rapid tuning. If this happens,
press the
FUNC
key again before doing this step)
1. Copy the contents of the current VFO to the VFO not being displayed – Press the
B [A=B]
key. (Below display center)
Note:
The radio remembers the VFO settings last used for each band and will return to the
last active VFO on that band. Some operators will set one VFO for CW and the other
for SSB.
2. Verify both VFOs are now the same & leave VFOa on display – Press the
A [A/B
] key to
toggle between VFOs and make VFOa the current VFO.
Note:
The above 2 steps should make you ready to try the next step
3. Now try
Split Frequency Operation
described in FT-857 manual pg# 67. (When done, be sure
to exit split frequency mode by pressing the C key)
The
DNS
button (next to
Pwr ON/OFF
) is a convenience key to instantly set the
A
,
B
,
C
keys to
Multi Function row
p
. Pressing the
DNS
button a second time will return the ,
B
,
C
keys to their
previous row. Try this a few times to become familiar with it.
A handy reference for
Multi Function Key Menu
rows and item detail can be found in Pages 24-30
of the FT-857 manual. Some
Multi Function
keys will jump to the
MENU
, so be sure to go on to
Task#4 and cover entering and exiting the
MENU
.
The
MENU
is a list of 91 single items that you may need to access to adjust operational
parameters or to customize the radio. It is accessed by pressing and holding the
FUNC
key for
one second We learned in Task#3 that some
Multi Function Keys
will jump to a
MENU
item.
Recognizing how the display looks when in the
MENU
and how to exit with or without changing
the setting is a helpful skill that is introduced in Task#4.
