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FT-450 O
PERATION
M
ANUAL
CW P
ITCH
A
DJUSTMENT
You may adjust the center frequency of the receiver passband, as well as the pitch of your offset CW carrier via
the Menu Item “
CWPITCH
”. Available tone selections are 400 Hz through 800 Hz, in 100 Hz step.
CW M
ODE
O
PERATION
1. Press and hold the [
F
] button for one second to
enter the Menu mode. The “
” icon will ap-
pear on the display.
2. Rotate the [
DSP/SEL
] knob to select the menu
item “
CWPITCH
”.
3. Press the [
DSP/SEL
] knob to enable adjustment
of this menu item. The “
” icon will be blink-
ing.
4. While pressing and holding the [
METER/DIM
] but-
ton, rotate the [
DSP/SEL
] knob to set the desired
pitch frequency.
(You may press the [
HOME/RCL
] button to reset
the pitch frequency to the factory default.)
5. Press the [
DSP/SEL
] knob. The “
” icon re-
turns to appear continuously.
6. Press and hold the [
F
] button for one second to
save the new setting and return to normal opera-
tion.
CW T
RAINING
F
EATURE
The
FT-450
provides a unique CW Training feature, which sends random Morse Code five-character groups via
the sidetone (heard in the speaker), so you can improve your CW proficiency whether or not the bands are open.
1. Press and hold the [
F
] button for one second to
enter the Menu mode. The “
” icon will ap-
pear on the display.
2. Rotate the [
DSP/SEL
] knob to select the menu
item “
CWTRAIN
”.
3. Press the [
DSP/SEL
] knob to enable adjustment
of this menu item. The “
” icon will be blink-
ing.
4. Rotate the [
DSP/SEL
] knob to select the training
mode:
N
: Numeric character only
A
: Alphabet character only
M
: Numeric and Alphabet characters (Mixed)
5. Press the [
F
] button to begin generation of the
five character code groups (CW sidetone only,
does not key the transmitter).
6. When the code group is completed, the “Answer”
will appear on the display.
7. Press the [
DSP/SEL
] knob. The “
” icon re-
turns to appear continuously.
8. Press the [
F
] button to generate another code
group, as above.
9. To disable the CW Training feature, press and
hold the [
F
] button for one second to return to
normal operation.
N
OTE
:
You may adjust the Morse Speed via Menu Item
“
CWSPEED
”.
You may adjust the sidetone volume level via
Menu Item “
CWSTONE
”.
[
F
] button
[
DSP/SEL
] knob
[
HOME/RCL
] button
[
F
] button
[
METER/DIM
] button
[
DSP/SEL
] knob
