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Re: getting a continuous tone for tuning an antenna with the Ts480
From:
Steve Dresser <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:59:07 -0400
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Tom,

I think he meant the push-to-talk on the microphone.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 19:29
Subject: Re: getting a continuous tone for tuning an antenna with the Ts480


>    But where's the transmit button on the TS480?
>
> I always have either used the internal keyer for CW, or the ptt on the 
> mic.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 3:03 PM
> Subject: Re: getting a continuous tone for tuning an antenna with the 
> Ts480
>
>
>> That'll work too.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 13:37
>> Subject: Re: getting a continuous tone for tuning an antenna with the
>> Ts480
>>
>>
>>>I just put mine in RTTY mode and press the transmit button.
>>>
>>> ----- 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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