Page 91FT-450D OPERATION MANUALI NSTALLATION OF O PTIONAL ACCESSORIESOperation1. Press the [TUNE] button briefly to activate theAutomatic Antenna Tuner.The “ ” icon will appear in the display.If the transceiver frequency is out of the amateurband, the “ ” icon will not appear.2. Press and hold the [TUNE] button for one secondto begin automatic tuning. The transmitter will beengaged, and the “ ” icon will blink while tun-ing is in progress.3. Tuning will stop automatically when a low SWR isachieved. You may Press and hold the [TUNE]button for one second while tuning is in progress,to cancel the automatic tuning.4. To disable the Automatic Antenna Tuner, pressthe [TUNE] button briefly again.AUTOMATIC-M ATCHING 200-M EMORY ANTENNA T UNER FC-40 O PERATIONNote Please connect a good earth ground to the GND terminal of FC-40. The carrier signal transmits continuously while tuning is in progress. Please monitor the operating frequencybefore beginning the tuning process. Be sure you are not interfering with others who may already be usingthe frequency. It is normal to hear the sound of the relays while tuning is in progress. If the impedance cannot be matched by the FC-40 better than 2:1, and the “ ” icon will blink, the micropro-cessor will not retain the tuning data for that frequency, as the FC-40 presumes that you will want to adjust orrepair your antenna system to correct the high SWR condition.[TUNE] button