User's Manual

FT-950

Operating Manual

Vertex Standard Co., Ltd.

33. [MENU] Switch

This button is used for gaining access to the Menu system, for configuring various

transceiver characteristics. Menu operation is described in detail, in this manual,

beginning on page ??.

Important note: pressing this button momentarily activates the Menu, and the Menu

items will appear on the display; once you are finished, you must press and hold in the

[MENU] button for two seconds to save any configuration changes (momentarily

pressing the [MENU] button to exit will not save the changes).

38. Main Tuning Dial Knob

This large knob adjusts the operating frequency of the VFO-A or a recalled memory.

Clockwise rotation of this knob increases the frequency. Default tuning increments are

10 Hz (100 Hz in AM and FM modes); when the [FAST] button is pressed, the tuning

steps increase. The available steps are:

Operating Mode One Step* One Dial Rotation

LSB/USB/CW/RTTY/PKT(LSB) 10 Hz (100 Hz) 10 kHz (100 kHz)

AM/FM/PKT(FM) 100 Hz (1 kHz) 100 kHz (1 MHz)

* Numbers in parentheses indicate steps when the [FAST] button is “ON”.

Advice: The tuning steps for the Main Tuning Dial knob are set, at the factory, to 10 Hz

per step. Via Menu item “084 TUN DIALSTP,” however, you may change this setting

from 10 Hz to 1 Hz instead. When 1 Hz basic steps are selected, the action of the

[FAST] button will be changed to 1/10 of the values listed above.

39. [(VFO-A)TX] Indicator/Switch

When this button is pushed, the LED inside this button will glow red. The transceiver

transmits on the VFO-A frequency (subject to any Clarifier offset, of course) when press

the PTT switch.

Advice: If this indicator is not illuminated, it means that the [(VFO-B)TX]

Indicator/Switch has been selected (it will be glowing red). In this case, transmission

will be effected on the frequency and mode programmed for the VFO-B.

40. [FAST] Switch

Pressing this button will increase or decrease the tuning rate of the Main Tuning Dial

knob (for VFO-A frequency) and the [CLA/VFO-B] knob (for VFO-B frequency) a factor

of ten, as mentioned in the previous section.

When this function is activated, the “FAST” icon appears in the display.