Yaesu FT-857D Operating Manual
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91FT-857 Operating ManualBeacon 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 ~ 255seconds).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, untilMulti 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, afterwhich the transmission will halt. Operationally, these two keys function the same as atraditional 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 theDIAL 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” messagesmay 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, untilMulti 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 SETTINGSBEACON FEATURE |
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