Specifications
Page 80 FT-950 OPERATING MANUAL
TEXT Memory
The five channels of CW message memory (up to 50 characters each) may also be programmed using a text-entry tech-
nique. This technique is somewhat slower than sending the message directly from your keyer paddle, but accuracy of
character spacing is ensured.
Example 1: CQ CQ CQ DE W6DXC K (20 characters)
The sequential Contest Number (“Countup”) feature is another powerful feature of the CW Memory Keyer,.
Example 2: 599 10 200 # K (15 characters)
CONTEST MEMORY KEYER
STORING A MESSAGE INTO MEMORY
1. Press the
[
MENU
]
button to enter the Menu mode.
2. Rotate the
[
SELECT
]
knob to select the CW Memory
Register into which you wish to store the message; for
now, we are just setting the message entry technique to
(Keyer entry).
019 KEY CW MEM1019 KEY CW MEM1
019 KEY CW MEM1019 KEY CW MEM1
019 KEY CW MEM1
020 KEY CW MEM2020 KEY CW MEM2
020 KEY CW MEM2020 KEY CW MEM2
020 KEY CW MEM2
021 KEY CW MEM3021 KEY CW MEM3
021 KEY CW MEM3021 KEY CW MEM3
021 KEY CW MEM3
022 KEY CW MEM4022 KEY CW MEM4
022 KEY CW MEM4022 KEY CW MEM4
022 KEY CW MEM4
023 KEY CW MEM5023 KEY CW MEM5
023 KEY CW MEM5023 KEY CW MEM5
023 KEY CW MEM5
ADVICE:
Press the
[
SELECT
]
knob momentarily to toggle the
Menu item display between “Menu Item Number &
Group Name” and “Menu Function”.
3. Rotate the
[
CLAR/VFO-B
]
knob to set the selected
CW Memory Register to “
tyP1tyP1
tyP1tyP1
tyP1”. If you want to use
your keyer paddle for message entry on all memories,
set all five Menu items (#019 ~ 023) to “
tyP1tyP1
tyP1tyP1
tyP1”.
4. Press and hold in the
[
MENU
]
button for one second
to save the new settings and exit.
CW CONVENIENCE FEATURES
TEXT MESSAGE PROGRAMMING
1. Press the
[
CW
]
button to set the operating mode to CW.
2. Be sure that the Break-in is “Off” by pressing the
[
BK-IN
]
button, if necessary.
3. Press and hold the
[
SELECT
]
knob for one second to
activate the Contest Memory Keyer. You will see one
of following indication in Multi-Display Window on
the display; “
rEC1rEC1
rEC1rEC1
rEC1”, “
rEC2rEC2
rEC2rEC2
rEC2”, “
rEC3rEC3
rEC3rEC3
rEC3”, “
rEC4rEC4
rEC4rEC4
rEC4”, “
rEC5rEC5
rEC5rEC5
rEC5”,
“
PLY1PLY1
PLY1PLY1
PLY1”, “
PLY2PLY2
PLY2PLY2
PLY2”, “
PLY3PLY3
PLY3PLY3
PLY3”, “
PLY4PLY4
PLY4PLY4
PLY4”, or “
PLY5PLY5
PLY5PLY5
PLY5”.
4. Rotate the
[
SELECT
]
knob to select the Memory Reg-
ister (“
rEC1rEC1
rEC1rEC1
rEC1” through “
rEC5rEC5
rEC5rEC5
rEC5”), in
which you wish to program the text.
5. Press the
[
SELECT
]
knob momentarily.
6. Use the Main Tuning Dial knob to set the cursor posi-
tion and use the
[
CLAR/VFO-B
]
knob to choose the
letter/number to be programmed in each slot of the
memory. In the case of the second example above, the
“#” character designates the slot where the Contest
Number will appear.
7. When the message is complete, add the “}” character
at the end to signify the termination of the message.
8. Press and hold in the
[
SELECT
]
button for one sec-
ond to exit, once all characters (including “}”) have
been programmed.
[
CLAR/VFO-B
]
Knob
[
MENU
]
Button
[
SELECT
]
Knob
CW Memory Register Number
Message Cursor
ADVICE:
Momentarily pressing the
[
SELECT
]
button will cancel
the programming.
[
BK-IN
]
Button
[
SELECT
]
Knob
[
MODE
]
Button
Multi-Display Window
[
CLAR/VFO-B
]
Knob
Main Tuning Dial Knob