FT-2600M O
PERATING
M
ANUAL
43
ARTS
™
: Auto Range Transpond System
ARTS M
ODES
In the previous ARTS description, both transceivers were set to the “
TRX
” (transceive)
mode. There are two other ARTS modes available from M
ENU
#03, as outlined below:
RX
– Use this mode if you only want your radio to listen, and not poll the other station
(in which case their radio should be set to the “TX” mode). Here, your radio will
beep and flash “
ARTS
” icon to indicate the state of connection.
TX
– Likewise, this puts your radio into a
transmit-only
“beacon” mode where you
won’t hear the polling beeps (but you can still hear when the other station talks).
When activated, you have
no display of whether or not the other station is in
range
(“ARTS” icon do not appear). You should have your CW IDer enabled
when this mode is activated.
CW ID (M
ORSE
I
DENTIFIER
) S
ET
UP
The ARTS feature includes a CW identifier, as mentioned previously. The FT-2600M can
be instructed to send “DE (
your callsign
) K” in Morse code every nine minutes during
ARTS operation. The callsign field may contain up to 7 characters.
Here’s how to program the CW IDer:
(1) Press and hold in the [
MHz
] key for one second, then rotate the
Main Dial
knob to
select “
08 CWIDN
.”
(2) Press the [
MHz
] key. You will notice the first entry’s place blinking. This indicates the
CW ID Entry Mode. In this mode, rotate the
Main Dial
knob to select the numbers
and letters in the callsign, and press the [
D/MR
] key to move the character’s
entry
place
to the right.
(3) Rotate the
Main Dial
knob to select the first number or letter in the callsign, then press
the [
D/MR
] key to move the next character’s place.
(4) Repeat step (3) as many times as necessary to complete the callsign entry.
(5) Press and hold in the [
MHz
] key for one second to save the CW IDer entry and exit to
normal operation.
To activate the CW IDer:
(1) Press and hold in the [
MHz
] key for one second, then rotate the
Main Dial
knob to
select “
07 CWID
.”
(2) Press the [
MHz
] key, then rotate the
Main Dial
knob to change the display to “
ON
.”
(3) Press and hold in the [
MHz
] key for one second to save the new setting and exit to
normal operation.
To disable the CW IDer, select “
OFF
” in step (2) above.
