Task #4:
Place the radio in operation & reduce HF power from 100W to 50W.
1. Place the radio in operation – Do steps 1 to 7 from Task#1.
Note:
HF, VHF, and UHF power levels (100W, 50W, 20W), are set independently. The
current band needs to be an HF band to start this training task.
2. Enter
MENU
operation - Press and hold the FUNC key for one second (Near lwr L corner of
display)(
Note:
No need to rush - no auto five second action will follow)
3. Move to Menu item #001 -Extended Menu, - Rotate the
Select Knob
either way until “MENU
MODE No-001 EXT MENU” shows in the top of the display. The current setting of this item,
ON or OFF, will be in large text on the display. (
Select Knob
-Lwr L corner of Fnt Panel)
4. Ensure
Extended Menu
is ON – Rotate the Large Main Tuning Knob L or Rt. to change the
current setting to
ON
. (R side of Fnt Panel)
5. Save the new setting and exit to normal operation- Press and hold the
FUNC
key for one
second (Near Lwr L corner of display)
Note:
Turning
Extended Menu
to
ON
ensures all 91 menu items will be displayed as the
Select Knob
is rotated. When
EXT MENU
is
OFF
, items tyou have previously
chosen to hide by pressing the
Skip
key are skipped over.
)
6. Re-enter Menu operation and Move to MENU item #075, – Press the
FUNC
key for one
second and rotate the
Select Knob
either way until “MENU MODE No-075 RF Power Set”
shows in the top of the display. The current value of this item, between 5 – 100, will be in
large text on the display. (
Select Knob
-Lwr L corner of Fnt Panel)
7. Adjust the HF power level – Rotate the large main tuning knob to change the large text display
value to 50. (R side of Fnt Panel)
8. Save the new setting and exit to normal operation - Press and hold the
FUNC
key for one
second (Near Lwr L corner of display)
Note:
Press and hold the
C
key for one second to exit without saving the new setting.)
(Additional details on exiting
MENU
mode and general operation can be found
starting on FT-857 Manual page 94.)
The sequence of:
FUNC
key for one second,
Select Knob
to select item, Large Main Tuning
knob to adjust the item, followed by
FUNC
key for ne second to save the change, (or
C
key for ne
second to exit without changing) is the key to operating “The Menu”.
