Very cool, Steve. ... Thanks!
73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 9:57 PM
Subject: Re: getting a continuous tone for tuning an antenna with the Ts480
> Tom,
>
> Setting Menu 48 to 67 will program the PF1 key so that you'll get a
> carrier
> when you press it.
>
> Now, here's a bonus tip: You can still have the PF key programmed for
> another function. When you're in the menus, pressing the VFO A/B button
> (the third one down in the group immediately to the right of the tuning
> knob), you can switch between one of two sets of menu settings. You'll
> hear
> a single beep for one set and a double beep for the other. By default,
> you're in the single beep set, and if I were you, I'd leave 48 unchanged
> in
> that set. In the double-beep set, change Menu 48 to 67. Then, you can
> just
> switch between the two sets of menus to change the function of the PF1
> key.
> I find this a very convenient way to change the PF1 key function without
> having to remember which menu controls it. You could give your radio a
> very
> different "personality" by changing other menus in the alternate setting.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 19:27
> Subject: Re: getting a continuous tone for tuning an antenna with the
> Ts480
>
>
>> Yeah, Steve. ... Let me know how that can be done.
>>
>> It'll save me from having to look it up in the manual.
>>
>> I just may do that too, since I have the one PF button free on the home
>> Shack ts480.
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 1:33 PM
>> Subject: Re: getting a continuous tone for tuning an antenna with the
>> Ts480
>>
>>
>>> Tom,
>>>
>>> I think either one will work. Try them both; you won't hurt anything.
>>> Howard is right about programming the button. I do that, and I'll look
>>> up
>>> how I do it if you're interested.
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 09:14
>>> Subject: Re: getting a continuous tone for tuning an antenna with the
>>> Ts480
>>>
>>>
>>>> Steve:
>>>>
>>>> I do this in CW, rather than RTTY with the TS480, right?
>>>>
>>>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 12:09 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: getting a continuous tone for tuning an antenna with the
>>>> Ts480
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Tom,
>>>>>
>>>>> Just put the radio in CW and press the key (or alternatively, the PTT
>>>>> on
>>>>> your mic). You'll have a nice continuous carrier as long as you keep
>>>>> the
>>>>> key down. That's why they call it CW.
>>>>>
>>>>> Steve
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 22:20
>>>>> Subject: getting a continuous tone for tuning an antenna with the
>>>>> Ts480
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi, again, folks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sorry for all these questions, but I want to ask them now that they
>>>>>> have
>>>>>> come to mind, and before I forget them.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Does anyone know how to generate a continuous tone in the TS480 for
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> purpose of tuning an antenna?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I can't seem to find the instructions for doing so in the manual,
>>>>>> although
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> may just be missing them.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 73 from Tom behler: KB8TYJ
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
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