FT-2000
Operating Manual
Vertex Standard Co., Ltd.
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sending speed. This is the functional equivalent to the “VOX Delay” adjustment used
on voice modes; however, this is an independent adjustment used on CW, so you don’t
have to change the delay when changing from Voice to CW.
The delay may be varied anywhere between 0 seconds ([DELAY] knob set fully
counter-clockwise) to 5 seconds (fully clockwise).
1. Press the [BK-IN] button to enable CW transmission (Menu item “057 A1A BK-IN”
must be set to “SEni”).
2. Start sending, and adjust the [DELAY] knob so that the hang time is as you prefer
for comfortable operation.
Quick Point:
The CW Delay feature is the functional equivalent to the “VOX Delay” adjustment used
on voice modes; however, this is an independent adjustment used on CW, so you don’t
have to change the delay when changing from Voice to CW.
CW Pitch Adjustment
Rotation of the front panel’s [PITCH] knob will allow adjustment of the center
frequency of the receiver passband, as well as the pitch of your offset CW carrier, to the
tone you prefer. The tone may be varied between 300 Hz and 1050 Hz, in 50 Hz steps.
Terminology:
CW Pitch: If you tuned to an exact “zero beat” on an incoming CW signal, you could not
copy it (“Zero beat” implies a 0 Hz tone). Therefore, the receiver is offset several
hundreds of Hz (typically), so as to allow your ear to detect the tone. The BFO offset
associated with this tuning (that produces the comfortable audio tone) is called the CW
Pitch.
Contest Memory Keyer
The FT-2000 in capable of the automatic sending of CW messages (as you might do in a
contest). Two techniques for message storage are available: you may either send the
desired message contents using your keyer paddle (“Message Memory”), or you may
input the text characters using the Main Dial Tuning knob and [SUB VFO-B] knobs
(“Text Memory”).
Message Memory