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FT
DX
5000 O
PERATING
M
ANUAL
U
SING
THE
B
UILT
-
IN
E
LECTRONIC
K
EYER
Connect the cable from your keyer paddle to the front or rear panel
KEY
jack.
1. Press the [
CW
] mode button
to engage CW operation.
The “
” and “
”
icons will appear in the dis-
play, and the CW monitor
will be activated.
A
DVICE
:
The operating mode
is selected using the
[
MODE
] button.
The (A or B) VFO to
which the selection
is applied, is se-
lected by the [
A
] or
[
B
] button, located to the upper left of the Main
Tuning Dial knob. Usually, the [
A
] button glows
red, signifying VFO-A is being adjusted. Alter-
nately, pressing the [
B
] button will cause its indi-
cator to glow orange, signifying VFO-B adjustment.
Therefore, press the [
A
] or [
B
] button to select the
desired VFO, then press the [
CW
] button to select
the CW mode.
After initially selecting CW, If you press the [
CW
]
button once more you will engage the “CW Re-
verse” mode (see page 92), whereby the “oppo-
site” sideband injection is used. Normally, the up-
per sideband (USB) is used in conjunction with CW.
In reverse CW the lower sideband (LSB) is used.
The “
” and “
” icons will appear if you
select CW Reverse.
2. Rotate the Main Tuning Dial knob to select the desired
operating frequency.
3. Press the [
KEYER
] button.
The “
” icon will ap-
pear in the display, confirm-
ing that the built-in Elec-
tronic Keyer is now active.
4. Rotate the [
SPEED
] knob to
set the desired sending speed
(4 ~ 60 wpm). Clockwise ro-
tation of the [
SPEED
] knob will in-
crease the keying speed.
A
DVICE
:
The keying speed will show for 3
seconds in the lower right corner of the Main Dis-
play whenever the outer [
SPEED
] knob is turned.
Alternately, the 3-second display feature may be
changed to show in the
SUB DISPLAY-
III
win-
dow via Menu item “
018 DISP INDI
”. Addition-
ally, you may disable the 3-second display feature
via Menu item “
017 DISP LVL IND
” See page
122 for details.
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
] button briefly, “semi-break-
in” operation (discussed previously) will be engaged.
6. CW operation utilizing your paddle may now com-
mence.
A CW sidetone sounds from a speaker
in accordance with your keying. Ad-
just the [
MONI
] knob for a comfort-
able listening level of the CW
sidetone.
Main Tuning Dial knob
[BK-IN] Button
[B] Button
[MONI] Button
[MODE] Buttons
[MONI] Knob
[A] Button
[RF PWR] Knob
[KEYER] Button
[SPEED] Knob
CW M
ODE
O
PERATION
