User's Manual

FT-950
Operating Manual
Vertex Standard Co., Ltd.
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When you are through exercising rotator control, press the [ENT] button momentarily.
The frequency display will return to the main display field.
Important Note:
 Set to match the starting point of your rotator control indicator needle via the
Menu item “011 DISP RTR STU”. The default setting is zero (north). If your
controller starting point is south, the Menu item “011 DISP RTR STU” must be set
to “180”. If not set properly the FT-950 display will not show the correct direction.
 When the rotator control indicator needle does not indicate the precise antenna
direction, adjusts the indicator needle precisely to the antenna direction via the
Menu item “012 DISP RTR ADJ”.
More Frequency Navigation Techniques
Keyboard Frequency Entry
You may enter operating frequencies directly into the current VFO, using the front
panel [BAND] buttons.
Example: Enter 14.250.00 MHz
1. Press the [ENT] button to engage the direct frequency entry process. Now,
beginning with the “10 MHz” digit of the frequency (the leftmost digit), we will
enter the required digits of the frequency.
2. Press, in order, the digits of the operating frequency, using the [BAND] buttons
(which have the frequency-entry digit or decimal point on the right side of the
slash bar). In this example, enter
[1.8/1]
 [10/4] [GEN/.]  [3.5/2]  [14/5]  [50/0]  [50/0]  [50/0]  [50/0]
The decimal point after the “MHz” portion of the frequency must be entered, but
no decimal point is required after the “kHz” portion.
3. Press the [ENT] button once more. A short “beep” will confirm that the frequency
entry was successful, and the new operating frequency will appear on the display.
Advice: If you attempt to enter a frequency outside the operating range of 30 kHz ~ 56
MHz, the microprocessor will ignore the attempt, and you will be returned to your
previous operating frequency. If this happens, please try again, taking care not to
repeat the error in the frequency entry process.
Using the [CLAR/VFO-B] knob
You may change the current VFO frequency in 1 MHz steps. If you press the [BAND]
button located in the bottom left of the [CLAR/VFO-B] knob, the 1 MHz steps will be