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CW Mode Operation
FT-891 Advance Manual
Selecting the Keyer Operating Mode
The configuration of the Electronic Keyer may be customized independently for the rear
panel KEY jack of the FT-891. This permits utilization of Automatic Character Spacing
(ACS), if desired.
1. Press and hold in the [
F
] key for one second
to activate the Menu mode.
2. Rotate the
MULTI
function knob to select
Menu Mode “
04-01
[
KEYER TYPE
]”.
3. Press the
MULTI
function knob, and then ro-
tate it to set the keyer to the desired mode.
The available selections are:
OFF:
The built-in Electronic Key-
er is turned off (“straight key”
mode).
BUG:
Dots will be generated au-
tomatically by the keyer, but
dashes must be sent manually.
ELEKEY-A: A code elements (“Dot” or
“Dash”) are automatically
transmitted upon pressing ei-
ther side of the paddle.
Morse
“E” & “T”
Morse
“E” & “T”
ACS
OFF
ACS
ON
Inter-character
Spacing too short
ELEKEY-B: Pressing both sides of the paddle transmits the currently generated
“Dash” followed by the “Dot” (or reverse order).
ELEKEY-Y: Pressing both sides of the paddle transmits the currently generated
“Dash” followed by the “Dot” (or reverse order). While transmitting the
“Dash”, the first transmitted “Dot” will not be stored.
ACS:
Same as “ELEKEY” except that the spacing between characters is pre-
cisely set by the keyer to be the same length as a dash (three dots in
length).
Default:
ELEKEY-B
4. When the Menu selection is satisfactory, press the
MULTI
function knob.
5. Press the [
F
] key to save the new setting and exit the Menu mode to normal operation.
