Page 78 FT-950 OPERATING MANUAL
MESSAGE MEMORY PROGRAMMING
(
USING YOUR PADDLE
)
1. Press the
[
CW
]
button to set the operating mode to CW.
2. Be sure that Break-in is “Off” by pressing the
[
BK-IN
]
button.
3. Turn the internal Electronic Keyer “On” by pressing
the
[
KEYER
]
button, if necessary.
4. Press and hold the
[
SELECT
]
knob for one second to
activate the Contest Memory Keyer. One of following
indications will appear in the 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”.
5. Rotate the
[
SELECT
]
knob to select the CW Memory
Register (“
rEC1rEC1
rEC1rEC1
rEC1” through “
rEC5rEC5
rEC5rEC5
rEC5”)
that you wish to store the message in.
6. Press the
[
SELECT
]
knob momentarily. The “ ”
icon will appear in the display.
7. Send the desired message using your keyer paddle.
ADVICE:
If you do not key within ten seconds of pressing the
[
SELECT
]
knob, the memory storage process will be
cancelled.
8. Press the
[
SELECT
]
knob momentarily once more at
the end of your message. Up to 50 characters may be
stored in each of the five memories.
CONTEST MEMORY KEYER
The FT-950 is capable of automatically sending CW messages (as you might do in a contest). Two techniques for message
storage are available: you may either send the desired message contents using your keyer paddle (“Message Memory”), or
you may input the text characters using the Main Dial Tuning knob and
[
CLAR/VFO-B
]
knobs (“Text Memory”).
Message Memory
Five memory channels capable of retaining 50 characters each are provided (using the PARIS standard for characters and
word length).
Example: CQ CQ CQ DE W6DXC K (19 characters)
--
•
--
•
-- --
•
-- --
•
--
•
-- --
•
-- --
•
--
•
-- --
•
-- --
•• •
•
-- -- --
••••
--
••
--
••
-- --
•
--
•
--
•
--
(
C
) (
Q
) (
C
) (
Q
) (
C
) (
Q
) (
D
) (
E
) (
W
) (
6
) (
D
) (
X
) (
C
) (
K
)
CW CONVENIENCE FEATURES
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 selecting the message entry technique
for (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 “
tyP2tyP2
tyP2tyP2
tyP2”. If you want to use
your keyer paddle for message entry on all memories,
set all five Menu items (#019 ~ 023) to “
tyP2tyP2
tyP2tyP2
tyP2”.
4. Press and hold in the
[
MENU
]
button for one second
to save the new settings and exit.
TERMINOLOGY:
PARIS Word Length: By convention in the Amateur in-
dustry (utilized by ARRL and others), the length of one
“word” of CW is defined as the length of the Morse Code
characters spelling the word “PARIS”. This character (dot/
dash/space) length is used for the rigorous definition of
code speed in “words per minute”.
[
CLAR/VFO-B
]
Knob
[
MENU
]
Button
[
SELECT
]
Knob
[
BK-IN
]
Button
[
SELECT
]
Knob
[
MODE
]
Button
Multi-Display Window
NOTE:
You must exercise care in sending to ensure that the spaces
between letters and words are accurately done; if your tim-
ing is off, the spacing may not come out right in the stored
message. For ease in setting up the keyer memories, we
recommend you set Menu item “
037 A1A F-TYPE037 A1A F-TYPE
037 A1A F-TYPE037 A1A F-TYPE
037 A1A F-TYPE” and/
or “
039 A1A R-TYPE039 A1A R-TYPE
039 A1A R-TYPE039 A1A R-TYPE
039 A1A R-TYPE” to “
ACSACS
ACSACS
ACS” (Automatic Character
Spacing) while you are programming the keyer memories.
[
KEYER
]
Button
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