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station responds with its own ARTS polling signal, the display will change to “
IN.RNG
”
to confirm that the other station’s polling code was received in response to yours.
7. Press the “
Main
” band
DIAL
knob momentarily to exit ARTS operation and resume
normal functioning of the transceiver.
CW Identifier Setup
The ARTS feature includes a CW identifier, as discussed previously. Every ten minutes
during ARTS operation, the radio can be instructed to send “DE (your callsign) K” if this
feature is enabled. The callsign field may contain up to 6 characters.
Here’s how to program the CW Identifier:
1. Press the [
SET
] key momentarily to enter the Set mode.
2. Rotate the “
Main
” band
DIAL
knob to select Menu #8 (
CWID W
).
3. Press the “
Main
” band
DIAL
knob momentarily.
4. Press the “
Main
” band
DIAL
knob momentarily again to enable entry of your callsign.
5. Rotate the “
Main
” band
DIAL
knob one click clockwise to begin entry of the letters and
numbers in your callsign.
6. Press the “
Main
” band
DIAL
knob momentarily to set the first letter or number in your
callsign.
7. When the correct character has been selected, Press the “
Main
” band
DIAL
knob mo-
mentarily to move on to the next character.
8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 as many times as necessary to complete your callsign.
9. Press the “
Main
” [
SCN
] key to delete all data after the cursor that may have been previ-
ously stored (erroneously).
10. When you have entered your entire callsign, press the “
Main
” band
DIAL
knob momen-
tarily to confirm the callsign.
11. Press the [
SET
] key momentarily, then rotate the “
Main
” band
DIAL
knob one click
counter-clockwise to select the Menu #7 (
CWID
).
12. Press the “
Main
” band
DIAL
knob momentarily, then rotate the “
Main
” band
DIAL
knob
to select “
TX ON
” (to enable the CW identifier).
13. Press the “
Main
” band
DIAL
knob momentarily to save the setting and exit to normal
operation.
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