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FT-450 O
PERATION
M
ANUAL
CW M
ODE
O
PERATION
B
EACON
T
RANSMISSION
(
O
N
THE
A
IR
)
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 menu item
“
PNL-C.S
”.
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 “
PLAY1
”.
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 operation.
7. Set the operating mode to CW.
8. Press the [
VOICE/C.S
] button to activate the Bea-
con Feature (transmit the CW Beacon).
The “
PLAY1
” notation appears on the display while
sending the beacon, and the “
BEACON
” notation
appears on the display between transmissions.
To disable the transmission from the Beacon, press
the [
VOICE/C.S
] button again.
M
ANUAL
B
EACON
T
RANSMISSION
You may also send the Beacon text manually. If this
is done, all three “Beacon” messages may be used
as a traditional CW message keyer. To do this:
1. Repeat the “Set the Beacon Interval Time” pro-
cedure described previously, rotating the [
DSP/
SEL
] knob to select “
off
” in step 11.
2. Repeat the “Beacon Transmission (On the Air)”
procedure, rotating the [
DSP/SEL
] knob to se-
lect “
PLAY2
” if you wish to send the message
manually which is stored in bank “
2
”, or “
PLAY3
”
if you wish to send the message manually which
is stored in bank “
3
” in step 4.
3. Press the [
VOICE/C.S
] button to activate the Bea-
con Feature (transmit the CW Beacon).
B
EACON
F
EATURE
[
VOICE/C.S
] button
[
F
] button
[
DSP/SEL
] knob
[
VOICE/C.S
] button
