Vertex Standard FT-857 Manual Do Utilizador

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 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.