91FT-857 Operating Manual
Beacon Transmission (On the Air)
1. Press and hold in the
[
FUNC
]
key for one second to enter the Menu mode.
2. Rotate the SELECT knob to select Menu Mode No-012
[
BEACON TIME
]
.
3. Rotate the DIAL to select the interval time (between repeats of the message) (1 ~ 255
seconds).
4. Press and hold in the
[
FUNC
]
key for one second to exit to normal operation.
5. Press the
[
FUNC
]
key momentarily, then rotate the SELECT knob, as needed, until
Multi Function Row “o”
[
PLY1, PLY2, PLY3
]
appears on the display.
6. Press the
[
A
]
(PLY1) key to activate the Beacon Feature.
1) When using the “beacon” feature, please disable the “VOX” feature.
2) If you press
[
B
](
PLY2
)
or
[
C
](
PLY1
)
, the message will be transmitted, after
which the transmission will halt. Operationally, these two keys function the same as a
traditional CW message keyer, while the
[
A
](
PLY1
)
key is used as the repetitive “bea-
con” text.
7. To stop a repeating beacon message, just press the
[
A
]
(PLY1) key momentarily.
8. To disable transmission from the Beacon, just repeat the above procedure, rotating the
DIAL to select “OFF” in step 3 above.
You may adjust the CW speed using Menu Mode No-030 [CW SPEED].
You may also send the Beacon Text manually. If this is done, all three “Beacon” messages
may be used as a traditional CW message keyer. To do this:
1. Press and hold in the
[
FUNC
]
key for one second to enter the Menu mode.
2. Rotate the SELECT knob to select Menu Mode No-012
[
BEACON TIME
]
.
3. Rotate the DIAL to select “OFF.”
4. Press and hold in the
[
FUNC
]
key for one second to exit to normal operation.
5. Press the
[
FUNC
]
key momentarily, then rotate the SELECT knob, as needed, until
Multi Function Row “o”
[
PLY1, PLY2, PLY3
]
appears on the display.
6. Press the
[
A
]
(PLY1) key momentarily to send the “BEACON TEXT 1” message. Alterna-
tively, pressing the
[
B
]
(PLY2) or
[
C
]
(PLY3) key will initiate the message at those re-
spective break points.
MISCELLANEOUS SETTINGS
BEACON FEATURE
