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FT-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.
M
ISCELLANEOUS
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ETTINGS
B
EACON
F
EATURE
