Yaesu FT DX 9000 CONTEST - 2, Operation Manual, Page: 87 / 168

Page 85 FT
DX
9000 C
ONTEST
O
PERATION
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ANUAL
CW M
ODE
O
PERATION
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SING THE
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LECTRONIC
K
EYER
Connect the cable from your keyer paddle to the front or rear panel KEY jack.
1. Press the CW mode switch
(# ) to engage CW operation.
If you press the CW key once
more, after initially selecting CW,
you will engage the “CW Reverse”
mode (see page 88), whereby the
“opposite” sideband injection is
used, compared to the “normal” side-
band. The CW LED will blink for
three seconds if you select CW Re-
verse.
2. Rotate the Main Tuning Dial
knob (# ) to select the desired operating frequency.
3. Press the KEYER switch (# ).
The LED imbedded in the
switch will light up, con-
firming that the built-in
Electronic Keyer is now
active.
4. Rotate the SPEED con-
trol (# ) to set the desired sending speed. Clock-
wise rotation of the SPEED control will increase
the keying speed.
When you press either the “Dot” or “Dash” side of your paddle,
the transmitter will automatically be
activated.
5. If you press the BK-IN/SPOT
key (# ) momentarily, “semi-
break-in” operation (discussed
previously) will be engaged.
6. CW operation utilizing your paddle may now com-
mence.
When you utilize your keyer paddle, the transmitter will auto-
matically be activated, and the CW characters (or a strong of
dots and dashes) will be transmitted. When you release the
keyer paddle contacts, transmission will cease after a brief
delay; the delay time is user-programmable, per the discus-
sion on page 89.
Advice
If you reduce power using the RF PWR control (# ),
the ALC meter reading will increase; this is normal and
does not indicate any problem whatsoever (because in-
creased ALC voltage is being used to lower the power).
Main Tuning Dial
KEYER swich
SPEED knob MODE key
Full Break-in (QSK) Operation
As shipped from the factory, the FT
DX
9000 Con-
test TX/RX system for CW is configured for “Semi-
break-in” operation. However, using Menu item
“
MODE-CW 047 CW BK-IN ,” you may change
this setup for full break-in (QSK) operation, whereby
the switching is quick enough to hear incoming sig-
nals in the spaces between the dots and dashes of
your transmission.
1. Press the MNU key (# ) to open the Menu.
2. Rotate the Main Tuning Dial (# ) to select
Menu item “ MODE-CW 047 CW BK-IN .”
3. Rotate the CLAR/VFO-B knob (# ) to set
this Menu item to “FULL.”
4. Press and hold in the MNU key for two sec-
onds to save the new setting and exit.
A number of interesting and useful features are avail-
able during Electronic Keyer operation.
BK-IN/SPOT swich