Vertex Standard FT-2000 User Manual

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HF/50 MH

FT-2000

PERATING

RANSCEIVER

ANUAL

VERTEX STANDARD CO., LTD.

4-8-8 Nakameguro, Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 153-8644, Japan

VERTEX STANDARD

US Headquarters

10900 Walker Street, Cypress, CA 90630, U.S.A.

YAESU EUROPE B.V.

P.O. Box 75525, 1118 ZN Schiphol, The Netherlands

YAESU UK LTD.

Unit 12, Sun Valley Business Park, Winnall Close Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 0LB, U.K.

VERTEX STANDARD HK LTD.

Unit 5, 20/F., Seaview Centre, 139-141 Hoi Bun Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong

VERTEX STANDARD (AUSTRALIA) PTY., LTD.

Normanby Business Park, Unit 14/45 Normanby Road Notting Hill 3168, Victoria, Australia

ABOUT THIS MANUAL . . .

The FT-2000 is a leading-edge transceiver with a number of new and exciting features, some of which may be unfamiliar to you. In order to gain the most enjoyment and operating efficiency from your FT-2000, we recommend that you read this manual in its entirety, and keep it handy for reference as you explore the many capabilities of your new transceiver.

Before using your FT-2000, be sure to read and follow the instructions in the “Before You Begin” section of this manual.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Congratulations on the purchase of your Yaesu amateur transceiver! Whether this is your first rig, or if Yaesu equipment is already the backbone of your station, rest assured that your transceiver will provide many hours of operating pleasure for years to come.

The FT-2000 is an elite-class HF transceiver providing exceptional performance both on transmit and receive. The FT- 2000 is designed for the most competitive operating situations, whether you primarily operate in contest, DX, or digital-mode environments.

Built on the foundation of the popular FT and carrying the proud tradition of the FT-1000 series, the FT-2000 provides up to 100 Watts of power output on SSB, CW, and FM (50 Watts AM carrier). Digital Signal Processing (DSP) is utilized throughout the design, providing leading-edge performance on both transmit and receive.

Available as an option for the FT-2000 is the Data Manage- ment Unit (DMU-2000), which provides extensive display capabilities via a user-supplied computer monitor. Included are Band Scope, Audio Scope, X-Y Oscilloscope, World Clock, Rotator Control, and extensive transceiver status displays, in addition to station logging capability.

For exceptional protection from strong nearby incoming signals, the Yaesu-exclusive VRF (Variable RF Front-End Filter) serves as a high-performance Preselector-ideal for multioperator contest environments. This filter is manually tuned, allowing the operator to optimize sensitivity or signal rejection with the twist of a knob. And for then ultimate in receiver RF selectivity, the optional RF µTuning Kits may be connected via the rear panel, providing extraordinarily sharp selectivity to protect your receiver from close-in interference on a crowded band.

In addition to the contribution of the VRF Preselector, superb receiver performance is a result of direct lineage from the legendary FT may select, in the front end, one of two RF preamplifiers, or IPO (Intercept Point Optimization) utilizing direct feed to the first mixer, and/or three levels of RF attenuation in 6-dB steps.

Dual Receive is built into every FT-2000. The Main receiver utilizes DSP filtering, incorporating many of the features of

DX9000, such as Variable Bandwidth, IF Shift, and

the FT Passband Contour tuning. Digital Noise Reduction and Digital Auto-Notch Filtering are also provided, along with a manually-tuned IF Notch filter. The Sub receiver, used for monitoring within the same band as the Main band, is an analog type ideal for watching both sides of a pile-up, or keeping an ear on a DX station working stations by call area, etc.

On the transmit side, the Yaesu-exclusive Three-Band Parametric Microphone Equalizer allows precise and flexible adjustment of the wave-form created by your voice and microphone. The Amplitude, Center Frequency, and Bandwidth of equalization may be adjusted independently for the low-frequency, mid-range, and high-audio-frequency spectra, and the transmitted bandwidth may also be adjusted, as well.

Advanced features include Direct Keyboard Frequency En-

DX9000, FT-1000D, and FT-1000MP. You

DX9000 transceiver,

try and Band Change, Speech Processor, IF Monitor for Voice modes, CW Pitch control, CW Spot switch, Full CW QSK, adjustable IF Noise Blanker, and all-mode Squelch. Two TX/ RX antenna ports, plus a receive-only antenna port, are provided on the rear panel. Two key jacks are provided (one each on the front and rear panels), and they may be configured independently for paddle input or connection to a straight key or computer-driven keying interface. Both Digital Voice Recording and CW Message Memory are provided.

Frequency setup is extraordinarily simple on the FT-2000. Besides direct frequency entry for both the Main and Sub VFOs, separate keys are provided for band selection, and each band key accesses three independent VFO frequency/ mode/filter settings per band, so you can establish separate VFO settings for three different parts of each band. The two (Main and Sub) VFOs allow simultaneous reception and display of two different frequencies, even in different modes and with different IF bandwidths. Receiver audio can be completely or partially mixed, or monitored separately in each ear.

In addition, 99 memories are provided, each of which stores its own mode and IF filter selection, in addition to frequency, Clarifier offset, and scan-skip status. What's more, five quickrecall (“QMB”) memories can instantly store operational settings at the push of a button.

The built-in automatic antenna tuner includes 100 memories of its own, automatically storing antenna matching settings for quick automatic recall later.

Interfacing for digital modes is extremely simple with the FT-2000, thanks to dedicated AFSK and FSK connection jacks on the rear panel. Optimization of the filter passbands, DSP settings, carrier insertion point, and display offset are all possible via the Menu programming system.

The Yaesu CAT system provides a direct link to the transceiver CPU for computer control and customization of tuning, scanning, and other operating functions. The FT-2000 includes a built-in data level converter for direction connection to a personal computer serial port. Yaesu products are supported by most all of the leading contest and DX logging programs, and the extensive programming protocol is described in the CAT System Manual, supplied with this transceiver, if you wish to write your own software!

Advanced technology is only part of the FT-2000 story. Vertex Standard stands behind our products with a worldwide network of dealers and service centers. We greatly appreciate your investment in the FT-2000, and we look forward to helping you get the most out of your new transceiver. Please feel free to contact your nearest dealer, or one of Vertex Standard's national headquarters offices, for technical advice, interfacing assistance, or accessory recommendation. And watch Vertex Standard U.S.A.’s Home Page for late-breaking information about Vertex, Standard Horizon, and Yaesu products:

Please read this manual thoroughly, so as to gain maximum understanding of the full capability of the FT-2000, and we thank you again for your purchase!

http://www.vertexstandard.com.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

General Description ..................................................... 1

Accessories & Options ................................................. 4

Supplied Accessories ............................................... 4

Available Options ..................................................... 4

Before You Begin ......................................................... 5

Connecting AC Power .............................................. 5

AC Input Voltage Selection ................................ 5

Extending the Front Feet ..........................................6

Adjusting the Main Tuning Dial Torque .................. 6

Resetting the Microprocessor .................................. 7

Resetting Memories (Only) ................................ 7

Menu Resetting................................................... 7

Full Reset ............................................................ 7

Installation and Interconnections ............................... 8

Antenna Considerations ........................................... 8

About Coaxial Cable ................................................8

Grounding ................................................................ 9

Connection of Antenna and Power Cables ............. 10

Connection of Microphone and Headphone .......... 11

Key, Keyer, and Computer-Driven Keying

Interconnections ..................................................... 12

VL-1000 Linear Amplifier Interconnections.......... 13

Interfacing to Other Linear Amplifiers................... 14

Plug/Connector Pinout Diagrams ............................ 15

Front Panel Controls & Switches ............................. 16

Display Indications .................................................... 28

Rear Panel .................................................................. 32

Basic Operation: Receiving on Amateur Bands ......35

Operation on 60-Meter (5 MHz) Band

(U.S. version only) ................................................. 38

CLAR (Clarifier) Operation on Main (VFO-A) ..... 39

LOCK ..................................................................... 40

DIM ........................................................................ 40

Convenience Features................................................ 42

Dual Receive .......................................................... 42

Using Headphones for Dual Receive ............... 43

Sideband Diversity Reception .......................... 43

Bandwidth Diversity Reception ....................... 44

P.BACK (Audio Playback) from

Main (VFO-A) Receiver ........................................ 45

P.BACK feature from

the optional FH-2 Remote Control Keypad ..... 45

“MY Bands” Operation .......................................... 46

Band Stack Operation ............................................ 47

C.S (Custom Switch) .............................................. 47

Rotator Control Functions ...................................... 48

More Frequency Navigation Techniques ............... 49

Keyboard Frequency Entry .............................. 49

Using the [SUB VFO-B] knob ......................... 49

Using the UP/DOWN switches of

the supplied MH-31B8 Hand Microphone ....... 49

Receiver Operation (Front End Block Diagram) ... 50

IPO (Intercept Point Optimization) ........................ 51

ATT ........................................................................ 51

RF Gain (SSB/CW/AM Modes) ............................ 52

Advanced Interference-Suppression Features:

RF Front End ............................................................. 53

Using the VRF (Variable RF Front-end Filter) ...... 53

Interference Rejection

(Signals Off Frequency by Just a Few kHz) ............ 54

R.FLT (Roofing Filters) ......................................... 54

Interference Rejection (Signals within 3 kHz) ........ 55

CONTOUR Control Operation .............................. 55

IF SHIFT Operation ............................................... 56

WIDTH (IF DSP Bandwidth) Tuning .................... 57

Using IF Shift and Width Together ........................ 57

IF Notch Filter Operation....................................... 58

Digital Noise Reduction (DNR) Operation ............ 59

Digital Notch Filter (DNF) Operation ................... 59

NARROW (NAR) One-Touch IF Filter Selection . 60

IF Noise Blanker (NB) Operation .......................... 61

Tools for Comfortable and Effective Reception ...... 62

AGC (Automatic Gain Control) ............................. 62

SLOPED AGC Operation ...................................... 63

Mute Feature (Main (VFO-A) Band) ..................... 63

SSB/AM Mode Transmission .................................... 64

Using the Automatic Antenna Tuner ........................ 66

ATU Operation ....................................................... 66

About ATU Operation ............................................ 67

Lithium Battery Replacement ................................ 68

Enhancing Transmit Signal Quality ......................... 69

Using the Speech Processor ................................... 69

Adjusting the SSB Transmitted Bandwidth ........... 70

Parametric Microphone Equalizer ......................... 71

Transmitter Convenience Features ......................... 72

Voice Memory ........................................................ 72

Voice Memory Operation from

the optional FH-2 Remote Control Keypad ..... 73

VOX (Automatic TX/RX Switching using Voice Control) ............. 74

MONITOR ............................................................. 74

Split Operation Using the TX Clarifier .................. 75

Split-Frequency Operation ..................................... 76

VFO Tracking Feature ...................................... 76

Quick Split Operation ....................................... 77

CW Mode Operation ................................................. 78

Setup for Straight Key

(and Straight Key emulation) Operation ................ 78

Using the Built-in Electronic Keyer ....................... 79

Full Break-in (QSK) Operation ........................ 79

Setting the Keyer Weight

(Dot/Space:Dash) Ratio .................................... 80

Selecting the Keyer Operating Mode ............... 80

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CW Convenience Features ........................................ 81

CW Spotting (Zero-Beating) ..................................81

Using CW Reverse ................................................. 82

CW Delay Time Setting ......................................... 83

CW Pitch Adjustment ............................................. 83

Contest Memory Keyer .......................................... 84

Message Memory ............................................. 84

Transmitting in the Beacon Mode .............. 85

TEXT Memory ................................................. 86

Contest Number Programming ................... 87

Decrementing the Contest Number ............. 87

Contest Memory Keyer (Using the optional FH-2 Remote Control Keypad)

Message Memory ............................................. 88

TEXT Memory ................................................. 90

FM Mode Operation ................................................. 92

Basic Operation ...................................................... 92

Repeater Operation ................................................ 93

Memory Operation .................................................... 94

Convenient Memory functions ............................... 94

QMB (Quick Memory Bank) ................................. 95

Standard Memory Operation .................................. 96

Memory Storage ............................................... 96

Memory Channel Recall ...................................96

Checking a Memory Channel's Status .............. 97

Erasing Memory Channel Data ........................ 97

Moving Memory Data to

the Main Band (VFO-A) .................................. 98

Memory Tune Operation .................................. 98

Memory Groups ..................................................... 99

Memory Group Assignment ............................. 99

Choosing the Desired Memory Group ............. 99

Operation on Alaska Emergency Frequency:

5167.5 kHz (U.S. Version Only) .............................. 100

...... 88

VFO and Memory Scanning ...................................101

VFO Scanning ......................................................101

Memory Scan ....................................................... 102

PMS ........................................................................... 103

Packet Operation ..................................................... 104

Packet Setup (Including Subcarrier Frequency) .. 104

Basic Setup .......................................................... 104

RTTY (Radio Teletype) Operation......................... 105

Setting Up for RTTY Operation ........................... 105

Basic Setup .......................................................... 105

Miscellaneous AFSK-Based Data Modes .............. 106

About the Transverter Output Terminal ............... 107

Menu Mode .............................................................. 108

Using the Menu .................................................... 108

Menu Mode Reset ................................................ 108

AGC Group .......................................................... 112

DISPLAY Group .................................................. 112

DVS Group .......................................................... 113

KEYER Group ..................................................... 113

GENERAL Group ................................................ 114

S IF SFT Group .................................................... 116

MODE-AM Group ............................................... 116

MODE-CW Group ............................................... 117

MODE-DAT Group ............................................. 118

MODE-FM Group ............................................... 119

MODE-RTY Group .............................................. 119

MODE-SSB Group .............................................. 120

RX AUDIO Group ............................................... 120

RX DSP Group .................................................... 121

SCOPE Group ......................................................122

TUNING Group ................................................... 123

TX AUDIO Group ............................................... 124

TX GNRL Group ................................................. 125

Specifications ............................................................ 126

Installation of the Optional Filter

(YF-122C & YF-122CN) ......................................... 128

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ACCESSORIES & OPTIONS

SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES

Hand Microphone (MH-31B8 AC Power Cord 1 pc T9017882: USA

Spare Fuse (10 A) 1 pc Q0000099 4-pin DIN Plug 1 pc P0091004 5-pin DIN Plug 1 pc P0091006 1/4-inch 3-contact Plug 1 pcs P0090008

3.5 mm 3-contact Plug 1 pcs P0091046

3.5 mm 2-contact Plug 1 pcs P0090034 RCA Plug 2 pcs P0091365 Operating Manual 1 pc CAT Reference Book 1 pc Warranty Card 1 pc

MD-200A8X Ultra-High-Fidelity Desk-Top Microphone MD-100A8X Desk-Top Microphone YH-77STA Lightweight Stereo Headphone SP-2000 External Speaker with Audio Filter VL-1000/VP-1000 Linear Amplifier/AC Power Supply DMU-2000 Data Management Unit RF µTuning Kit A For 160 m Band RF µTuning Kit B For 80/40 m Bands RF µTuning Kit C For 30/20 m Bands FH-2 Remote Control Keypad YF-122C Collins® CW Filter (500 Hz/2 kHz: –6 dB/–60 dB) YF-122CN Collins® CW Filter (300 Hz/1 kHz: –6 dB/–60 dB)

)

1 pc A07890001

T9013285: Europe T9013283A: Australia

AVAILABLE OPTIONS

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BEFORE YOU BEGIN

CONNECTING AC POWER

Before connecting the AC power, check the label on the rear panel which indicates the AC mains voltage for which your transceiver is currently set. If the voltage on this label does not match your AC mains voltage, a switch on the internal power supply in the transceiver must be moved. This requires only a screwdriver and is not difficult (see below), but you should make sure the power supply is set up correctly before connecting power. Always use a 10Amp fuse in the fuse holder, whether operating on 100 120 VAC or 200 - 240 VAC. Do not use an improper fuse. If you have any doubts about the procedure, contact your dealer for assistance.

After making certain the AC voltage for which the transceiver is set matches your mains voltage, connect the AC power cord to the 3-pin AC jack on the rear panel. Wait until all other transceiver interconnections have been made before connecting the other end of the power cord to the wall outlet.

CAUTION

Permanent damage will result if improper AC

supply voltage is applied to the transceiver. Your warranty does not cover damage caused by application of improper supply voltage, or use of an improper fuse.

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AC Input Voltage Selection

 Make certain that all cables are disconnected from the

transceiver.

 Remove the three screws from each side of the trans-

ceiver, and three screws from the top edge of the rear panel. Slide the top cover toward to the rear about 1/2 inch (1 cm), then remove the top cover.

 Locate the voltage selector switch on the power sup-

ply unit at the left side of the transceiver (just behind the Main [POWER] switch).

 Move the AC range switch to the “115” position for

operation from 100 - 120 VAC, or to the “230” position for operation from 200 - 240 VAC.

 Replace the top cover and its nine screws.  Always use the 10-Amp fuse in the fuse holder, whether

operating on 100 - 120 VAC or 200 - 240 VAC.

 Change the voltage marking on the label on the rear

panel to match the new voltage setting.

100-120 VAC200-240 VAC

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BEFORE YOU BEGIN

EXTENDING THE FRONT FEET

In order to elevate the front panel for easy viewing, the front left and right feet of the bottom case may be extended.

 Pull the front legs outward from the bottom panel.  Rotate the legs counter-clockwise to lock them in the

extended position. Be sure the legs have locked securely in place, because the transceiver is quite heavy and an unlocked leg could result in damage, should the transceiver move suddenly.

Retracting the Front Feet

 Rotate the legs clockwise, and push them inward while

rotating to the right.

 The front feel should now be locked in the retracted

position.





ADJUSTING THE MAIN TUNING DIAL TORQUE

The torque (drag) of the Main Tuning Dial knob may be adjusted according to your preferences. Simply hold down the rear skirt of the knob, and while holding it in place rotate the knob itself to the right to reduce the drag or to the left to increase the drag. Available adjustment range is 120°.

Hold the Skirt

TIGHTEN





LOOSEN

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BEFORE YOU BEGIN

RESETTING THE MICROPROCESSOR

RESETTING MEMORIES (ONLY

)

Use this procedure to reset (clear out) the Memory channels previously stored, without affecting any configuration changes you may have made to the Menu settings.

1. Press the front panel’s [POWER] switch to turn the transceiver off.

2. Press and hold in the [A



M] button; while holding it

in, press and hold in the front panel’s [POWER] switch to turn the transceiver on. Once the transceiver comes on, you may release the [AM] button.

MENU RESETTING

Use this procedure to restore the Menu settings to their factory defaults, without affecting the memories you have programmed.

1. Press the front panel’s [POWER] switch to turn the transceiver off.

2. Press and hold in the [MENU] button; while holding it in, press and hold in the front panel’s [POWER] switch to turn the transceiver on. Once the transceiver comes on, you may release the [MENU] button.

[

POWER] button

[

POWER] button



[

M] button

[

MENU] button

FULL RESET

Use this procedure to restore all Menu and Memory settings to their original factory defaults. All Memories will be cleared out by this procedure.

1. Press the front panel’s [POWER] switch to turn the transceiver off.

2. Press and hold in the [FAST] and [LOCK] buttons; while holding them in, press and hold in the front panel’s [POWER] switch to turn the transceiver on. Once the transceiver comes on, you may release the other two switches.

[

POWER] button

[

FAST] button

[

LOCK] button

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INSTALLATION AND INTERCONNECTIONS

ANTENNA CONSIDERATIONS

The FT-2000 is designed for use with any antenna system providing a 50 Ohm resistive impedance at the desired operating frequency. While minor excursions from the 50-Ohm specification are of no consequence, the transceiver’s Automatic Antenna Tuner may not be able to reduce the impedance mismatch to an acceptable value if the Standing Wave Ratio (SWR) present at the Antenna jack is greater than 3:1.

Every effort should, therefore, be made to ensure that the impedance of the antenna system utilized with the FT-2000 be as close as possible to the specified 50-Ohm value.

Note that the “G5RV” type antenna does not provide a 50-Ohm impedance on all HF Amateur bands, and an external widerange antenna coupler must be used with this antenna type.

Any antenna to be used with the FT-2000 must, ultimately, be fed with 50 Ohm coaxial cable. Therefore, when using a “balanced” antenna such as a dipole, remember that a balun or other matching/balancing device must be used so as to ensure proper antenna performance.

The same precautions apply to any additional (receive-only) antennas connected to the RX ANT jack; if your receive-only antennas do not have an impedance near 50 Ohms at the operating frequency, you may need to install an external antenna tuner to obtain optimum performance.

ABOUT COAXIAL CABLE

Use high-quality 50-Ohm coaxial cable for the lead-in to your FT-2000 transceiver. All efforts at providing an efficient antenna system will be wasted if poor quality, lossy coaxial cable is used. This transceiver utilizes standard “M” (“PL-259”) type connectors, except for the “RX OUT” BNC connector.

1/16''

Adapter

3/4''

1 1/8''

1/8''

5/8''3/8''

TYPICAL PL-259 INSTALLATION

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INSTALLATION AND INTERCONNECTIONS

GROUNDING

The FT-2000 transceiver, like any other HF communications apparatus, requires an effective ground system for maximum electrical safety and best communications effectiveness. A good ground system can contribute to station efficiency in a number of ways:

 It can minimize the possibility of electrical shock to the operator.  It can minimize RF currents flowing on the shield of the coaxial cable and the chassis of the transceiver; such currents

may lead to radiation which can cause interference to home entertainment devices or laboratory test equipment.

 It can minimize the possibility of erratic transceiver/accessory operation caused by RF feedback and/or improper cur-

rent flow through logic devices.

An effective earth ground system may take several forms; for a more complete discussion, see an appropriate RF engineering text. The information below is intended only as a guideline.

Typically, the ground connection consists of one or more copper-clad steel rods, driven into the ground. If multiple ground rods are used, they should be positioned in a “V” configuration, and bonded together at the apex of the “V” which is nearest the station location. Use a heavy, braided cable (such as the discarded shield from type RG-213 coaxial cable) and strong cable clamps to secure the braided cable(s) to the ground rods. Be sure to weatherproof the connections to ensure many years of reliable service. Use the same type of heavy, braided cable for the connections to the station ground bus (described below).

Inside the station, a common ground bus consisting of a copper pipe of at least 25 mm (1”) diameter should be used. An alternative station ground bus may consist of a wide copper plate (single-sided circuit board material is ideal) secured to the bottom of the operating desk. Grounding connections from individual devices such as transceivers, power supplies, and data communications devices (TNCs, etc.) should be made directly to the ground bus using a heavy, braided cable.

Do not make ground connections from one electrical device to another, and thence to the ground bus. This so-called “DaisyChain” grounding technique may nullify any attempt at effective radio frequency grounding. See the drawing below for examples of proper grounding techniques.

Inspect the ground system - inside the station as well as outside - on a regular basis so as to ensure maximum performance and safety.

Besides following the above guidelines carefully, note that household or industrial gas lines must never be used in an attempt to establish an electrical ground. Cold water pipes may, in some instances, help in the grounding effort, but gas lines represent a significant explosion hazard, and must never be used.

Transceiver

PROPER GROUND CONNECTION

Linear

Amplifier

TNC

Transceiver

IMPROPER GROUND CONNECTION

Linear

Amplifier

"Daisy Chain"

TNC

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INSTALLATION AND INTERCONNECTIONS

CONNECTION OF ANTENNA AND POWER CABLES

Please follow the outline in the illustration regarding the proper connection of antenna coaxial cables, as well as the AC power cable.

” 1 "

A N N E T N A

Use a short, thick, braided cable to connect your station equipment to the buried ground rod (or alternative earth ground system).

” 2 "

A N N E T N A

ADVICE :

 Do not position this apparatus in a location with direct exposure to sunshine.  Do not position this apparatus in a location exposed to dust and/or high humidity.  Ensure adequate ventilation around this apparatus, so as to prevent heat build-up and possible reduction of performance

due to high heat.

 Do not install this apparatus in a mechanically-unstable location, or where objects may fall onto this product from

above.

 To minimize the possibility of interference to home entertainment devices, take all precautionary steps including sepa-

ration of TV/FM antennas from Amateur transmitting antennas to the greatest extent possible, and keep transmitting coaxial cables separated from cables connected to home entertainment devices.

 Ensure that the AC power cord is not subject to undue stress or bending, which could damage the cable or cause it to be

accidentally unplugged from the rear panel AC input jack.

 Be absolutely certain to install your transmitting antenna(s) such that they cannot possibly come in contact with TV/FM

radio or other antennas, nor with outside power or telephone lines.

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INSTALLATION AND INTERCONNECTIONS

CONNECTION OF MICROPHONE AND HEADPHONE

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INSTALLATION AND INTERCONNECTIONS

KEY, KEYER, AND COMPUTER-DRIVEN KEYING INTERCONNECTIONS

The FT-2000 includes a host of features for the CW operator, the functions of which will be detailed in the “Operation” section later. Besides the built-in Electronic Keyer, two key jacks are provided, one each on the front and rear panels, for convenient connection to keying devices. The Menu system allows you to configure the front and rear panel KEY jacks according to the device you wish to connect. For example, you may connect your keyer paddle to the front panel KEY jack, and use Menu item “052 A1A F-TYPE” for paddle input, while connecting the rear panel’s KEY jack to the keying line from your personal computer (which emulates a “straight key” for connection purposes), and configure the rear panel jack using Menu item “054 A1A R-TYPE.”

Both KEY jacks on the FT-2000 utilize “Positive” keying voltage. Key-up voltage is approximately +5V DC, and keydown current is approximately 1 mA. When connecting a key or other device to the KEY jacks, use only a 3-pin (“stereo”) 1/4” phone plug; a 2-pin plug will place a short between the ring and (grounded) shaft of the plug, resulting in a constant “key-down” condition in some circumstances.

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INSTALLATION AND INTERCONNECTIONS

VL-1000 LINEAR AMPLIFIER INTERCONNECTIONS

Be sure that both the FT-2000 and VL-1000 are turned off, then follow the installation recommendations contained in the illustration.

NOTE:

 Please refer to the VL-1000 Operating Manual for details regarding amplifier operation.  Please do not attempt to connect or disconnect coaxial cables when your hands are wet.

About the CONTROL Cable

The VL-1000 may be operated with the FT-2000 whether or not the CONTROL Cable is connected; however, the CONTROL Cable allows you to tune up the amplifier automatically by just pressing the [F SET] or [TUNE] key on the VL-1000, so as to transmit a carrier for tuning purposes.

To link the FT-2000 and VL-1000 Power switches, set the VL-1000 REMOTE switch to the “ON” position.

ANTENNA CABLE (Not Supplied)

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ANT 2

ANT 3

ANT 4

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CONTROL CABLE

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Supplied w/VL-1000

ALC CABLE (Supplied w/VL-1000

INPUT 1

INPUT 2

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C D

CONTROL

DC48V IN

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L O R T N O C

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REMOTE

OFF

BAND DATA 1

BAND DATA 2

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2 A

T A D

D N A B

PTT 1

PTT 2

ALC 1

ALC 2

GND

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INSTALLATION AND INTERCONNECTIONS

INTERFACING TO OTHER LINEAR AMPLIFIERS

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NOTE

 The TX/RX switching in the linear amplifier is con-

trolled by switching components in the transceiver. The relay circuit of the FT-2000 used for this switching is capable of switching AC voltage of 100 Volts at up to 300 mA, or DC voltages or 60 V at 200 mA or 30 V at up to 1 Amp. In order to engage the switching relay, use Menu item “144 tGEn ETX-GND;” set this Menu item to “EnA (Enable)” to activate the amplifier switching relay.

 The specified range for ALC voltage to be used with

the FT-2000 is 0 to -4 Volts DC.

 Amplifier systems utilizing different ALC voltages will

not work correctly with the FT-2000, and their ALC lines must not be connected if this is the case.

RF INRF OUT

D N G

ACFUSEGND

EERYALC

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PLUG /CONNECTOR PINOUT DIAGRAMS

MIC CAT

UP +5V DOWN FAST GND PTT MIC GND MIC

(as viewed from front panel)

+13V TX GND GND BA ND D ATA A BA ND D ATA B BA ND D ATA C BA ND D ATA D LINEAR

(as viewed from rear panel)

ROT ROTATOR

()

N/A SERIAL OUT SERIAL IN N/A GND N/A RTS CTS NC

(as viewed from rear panel)

PACKE T

DATA I N GND PACKET PTT DATA O UT BUSY

(as viewed from rear panel)

PHONE

DC IN

(as viewed from rear panel)

RTTYBAND DATA

SHIFT RX OUT PTT GND

(as viewed from rear panel)

RCA PLUG

CW ROTATION CCW ROTATION SPEED DIRECTION GND NC

(as viewed from rear panel)

REM REMOTE

SIGNAL

()

GND

For Internal Keyer

SUB (VFO-B

MAIN (VFO-A) GND

AF OUT

SUB (VFO-B

MAIN (VFO-A) GND

KEY

)

For Straight Key

GND or

SIGNAL or

()

EXT SPKR

GND

SIGNAL

(-- )-

DOT DASH COMMON

KEY GND

Do not use 2-conductor type plug

IMPORTANT NOTE:

The µ-TUNE, DMU, and PGM connectors are special connectors for this transceiver. Please do not connect any accessory or other device not specifically approved by Vertex Standard. Failure to observe this precaution may cause damage not covered by the Limited Warranty on this apparatus.

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POWER Switch

Press and hold in this switch for one second to turn the transceiver on, after first setting the rear panel [

POWER] switch to the “I” position. Press and hold

in this switch for one second, similarly, to turn the transceiver off.

ADVICE :

 This is the actual power On/Off switch for turning

on the transceiver. If the rear panel’s [POWER switch is set to the “O” position, the front panel [

POWER] switch will not function.

 If you press this switch momentarily while the trans-

ceiver is turned on, the transceiver’s audio will be muted for three seconds.

MOX Switch

Pressing this button engages the PTT (Push to Talk) circuit, to activate the transmitter (the LED inside this button will glow red). It must be turned off (the red LED will be off) for reception. This button replicates the action of the Push to Talk (PTT) switch on the microphone. When engaging the [MOX] button (the LED inside this button glows red) or otherwise causing a transmission to be started, be certain you have either an antenna or 50-Ohm dummy load connected to the selected Antenna jack.

TUNE Switch

This is the on/off switch for the FT-2000’s Automatic Antenna Tuner. Pressing this button momentarily places the antenna tuner in line between the transmitter final amplifier and the antenna jack (“ ” icon will appear in the display). Reception is not affected. Pressing and holding in this button for 1/2 second, while

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receiving in an amateur band, activates the transmitter for a few seconds while the automatic antenna tuner rematches the antenna system impedance for minimum SWR. The resulting setting is automatically stored in one of the antenna tuner’s 100 memories, for instant automatic recall later when the receiver is tuned near the same frequency. Pressing this button momentarily, while the Tuner is engaged, will take the Automatic Antenna tuner out of the transmit line.

NOTE:

When the Automatic Antenna Tuner is tuning itself, a signal is being transmitted. Therefore, be absolutely certain that an antenna or dummy load is connected to the selected antenna jack before pressing and holding in the [TUNE] button to start antenna tuning.

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PHONES Jack

A 1/4-inch, 3-contact jack accepts either monaural or stereo headphones with 2- or 3-contact plugs. When a plug is inserted, the loudspeaker is disabled. With stereo headphones such as the optional YH-77STA, you can monitor both Main (VFO-A) and Sub (VFO-B) receiver channels at the same time during Dual Receive operation.

NOTE:

When wearing headphones, we recommend that you turn the AF Gain levels down to their lowest settings before turning power on, to minimize the impact on your hearing caused by audio “pops” during switchon.

KEY Jack

This 1/4-inch, 3-contact jack accepts a CW key or keyer paddles (for the built-in electronic keyer), or output from an external electronic keyer. Pinout is shown on page 15. Key up voltage is 5 V, and key down current is 1 mA. This jack may be configured for keyer, “Bug,” “straight key,” or computer keying interface operation via Menu item “052 A1A F-TYPE” (see page 117). There is another jack with the same name on the rear panel, and it may be configured independently for Internal Keyer or pseudo-straight-key operation.

NOTE:

You cannot use a 2-contact plug in this jack (to do so produces a constant “key down” condition).

Microphone Connector

This 8-pin jack accepts input from a microphone utilizing a traditional YAESU HF-transceiver pinout.

DIM Switch

Press this button to lower the illumination intensity of the analog meter and the frequency display. Press it once more to restore full brightness.

ADVIC E:

Menu Items “008 diSP DIM MTR” and “009 diSP DIM VFD” allow you to configure the dimming levels

for the analog meter and the frequency display independently, so you can customize the brightness levels.

VOX Switch

This button enables automatic voice-actuated transmitter switching in the SSB, AM, and FM modes. While activated, the LED inside this button glows red. The controls affecting VOX operation are the front panel’s [

VOX] and [DELAY] knobs. By proper adjustment of

these controls, hands-free voice-actuated operation is possible.

ANTENNA Select Switch

[

1/2]: Pressing this selects either the ANT 1 or 2 jack

on the rear panel, and allows convenient antenna switching at the press of button. The selected antenna jack is indicated at the upper left corner of the display. [RX]

: Normally, the antenna connected to the ANT 1 or 2 jack is used for receive (and always used for transmit). When the [RX] switch is pressed, an antenna connected to the RX ANT will be used during receive.

MONI (Monitor) Switch

This button enables the transmit monitor in the SSB, CW, AM, and FM modes. While activated, the “ ” icon appears in the display. Adjustment of the Monitor level is accomplished using the [MONI] knob.

ADVIC E:

When using headphones, the Monitor is highly useful for making adjustments to the Parametric Equalizer or other voice quality adjustments, because the voice quality heard in the headphones is such a “natural” reproduction of the transmitted audio quality.

PROC (Processor) Switch

This button enables the Speech Processor for SSB transmission. While activated, the “ ” icon appears in the display. Adjustment of the Processor level is accomplished using the [PROC] knob.

ADVIC E:

 The Speech Processor is a tool for increasing the

average power output through a compression technique. However, if the [PROC] knob is advanced too far, the increase in compression becomes counter-productive, as intelligibility will suffer. We recommend that you monitor the sound of your signal using the Monitor (with headphones).

 When the optional DMU-2000 Data Management

Unit is connected, you may use the Audio Scope/ Oscilloscope page to help you adjust the setting of the compression level of the Speech Processor for optimum performance using your voice and microphone.

KEYER Switch

This button toggles the internal CW keyer on and off. While activated, the “ ” icon appears in the display. The Keyer sending speed and the CW Hang Time are adjusted via the front panel’s [SPEED] and [DE-

LAY] knobs.

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ATT Switch

This button selects the degree of attenuation, if any, to be applied to the receiver input. Available selections are –6 dB, –12 dB, –18 dB, or OFF, and the selected attenuation level appears in the ATT column of the Receiver Configuration Indicator on the display.

ADVICE :

 The Attenuator affects both the Main (VFO-A) and

Sub (VFO-B) receivers.

 The Attenuator may be used in conjunction with

the [IPO] switch to provide two stages of signal reduction when an extremely strong signal is being received.

IPO (INTERCEPT POINT OPTIMIZATION) Switch

This button may be used to set the optimum front end characteristics of the receiver circuit for a very strongsignal environment. Available selections are AMP 1 (low distortion amplifier), AMP 2 (2-stage low-distortion RF amplifier), or ON (bypasses the front end RF amplifier), and the selected receiver RF amplifier appears at the IPO column of the Receiver Configuration Indicator in the display.

ADVICE :

The IPO switch affects both the Main (VFO-A) and Sub (VFO-B) receivers.

R.FLT Switch

This button selects the bandwidth for the Main Band (VFO-A) receiver’s first IF Roofing Filter. Available selections are 3 kHz, 6 kHz, 15 kHz, or Auto, and the selected bandwidth appears in the FLT column of the Receiver Configuration Indicator on the display.

ADVIC E:

 The Roofing Filter selection applies to the Main

band (VFO-A) only.

 Because the roofing filter is in the first IF, the pro-

tection it provides against interference is quite significant. When set to AUTO, the SSB bandwidth is 6 kHz, while CW is 3 kHz and FM/RTTY are 15 kHz. On a crowded SSB band, however, you may wish to select the 3 kHz filter, for the maximum possible interference rejection.

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AGC Switch

This button selects the AGC characteristics for the receiver. Available selections are FAST, MID, SLOW, or AUTO, and the “AGC” icon will change according to the AGC characteristics selected. Press the [AGC] button repeatedly to select the desired receiver-recovery time constant. Press and hold in the [AGC] button for two seconds to disable the AGC (for testing or weak-signal reception). When the [AGC] button is pressed independently, it applies to the Main band (VFO-A) receiver. When you press the [B] button, followed by the [AGC button (within five seconds of pressing the [B] switch), it affects the Sub band (VFO-B) receiver.

ADVICE :

If the AGC receiver-recovery time is set to “Off” by pressing and holding in the [AGC] button, the S-meter will no longer deflect. Additionally, you will likely encounter distortion on stronger signals, as the IF amplifiers and the following stages are probably being overloaded.

NB Switch

This button turns the IF Noise Blanker on and off. Press this button momentarily to reduce a short-duration pulse noise; the “ ” icon will appear in the display. Press and hold in this button for one second to reduce a longer-duration man-made pulse noise; the “ ” icon will blink for three seconds, then will appear continuously in the display. Press this button again to disable the noise blanker; the “ ” icon will disappear.

ADVICE :

When you press (or press and hold) the [NB] button momentarily, it affects the Main band (VFO-A) receiver. When you press the [B] button, then press (or press and hold in) the [NB] button (within five seconds of pressing the [B] button), it affects the Sub band (VFO-B) receiver.

METER Switch

This control switch determines the function of the meter during transmission. COMP: Indicates the speech compressor level (SSB

mode only).

ALC: Indicates the relative ALC voltage. PO: Indicates the average power output level. SWR: Indicates the Standing Wave Ratio (Forward:

Reflected).

ID: Indicates the final amplifier drain current. VDD: Indicates the final amplifier drain voltage.

MONI PROC Knobs

MONI Knob

The inner [MONI] knob adjust the audio level of the transmit RF monitor during transmission (relative to the AF GAIN control), when activated by the [MONI button.

PROC Knob

The outer [PROC] knob sets the compression (input) level of the transmitter RF Speech Processor in the SSB and AM modes, when activated by the [PROC] button.

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BK-IN Switch

This button turns the CW break-in capability on and off. While the CW break-in is activated, the “ ” icon appears in the display.

]

SPOT Switch

This button turns on the CW receiver spotting tone; by matching the SPOT tone to that of the incoming CW signal (precisely the same pitch), you will be “zero beating” your transmitted signal on to the frequency of the other station. The Sub (VFO-B) frequency display will indicate the offset tone frequency when this button is pressed.

SPEED PITCH Knobs

SPEED Knob

The inner [SPEED] knob adjusts the keying speed of the internal CW keyer (4 ~ 60 WPM). Clockwise rotation increases the sending speed. When turning this knob while pressing the [KEYER button, the Sub (VFO-B) frequency display shows the keying speed.

PITCH Knob

The outer [PITCH] knob selects your preferred CW tone pitch (from 300 ~ 1050 Hz, in 50 Hz increments). The Tx sidetone, receiver IF passband, and display offset from the BFO (carrier) frequency are all affected simultaneously. The Pitch control setting also affects the operation of the CW Tuning Indicator, as the center frequency of the CW Tuning Indicator will follow the setting of this control.

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NB SQL Knobs

NB Knob

The inner [NB] knob adjusts the noise blanking level when the (analog) IF noise blanker is activated by pressing the [NB] button.

SQL Knob

The outer [SQL] knob sets the signal level threshold at which the Main (VFO-A) receiver audio is muted, in all modes. It is very useful during local rag-chews, to eliminate noise between incoming transmissions. This control is normally kept fully counter-clockwise (off), except when scanning and during FM operation.

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MIC RF PWR Knobs

MIC Knob

The inner [MIC] knob adjusts the microphone input level for (non-processed) SSB transmission.

ADVICE :

If you adjust the MIC Gain while speaking in a somewhat-louder-than-normal voice level, watch the ALC level and adjust the MIC Gain so that the ALC reaches just to the right edge of the ALC scale. Then, when you speak in a more normal voice level, you’ll be certain not to be over-driving the mic amplifier stage.

RF PWR Knob

The outer [RF PWR] knob is the main RF Power output control for the transceiver, active in all operating modes. Clockwise rotation increases the power output. Adjust this control for the desired power output from the FT-2000.

VOX DELAY Knobs

VOX Knob

The inner [VOX] knob sets the gain of the VOX circuit, to set the level of microphone audio needed to activate the transmitter during voice operation while the [VOX] switch is engaged. The [VOX] switch must be switched “ON” to engage the VOX circuit.

DELAY Knob

The outer [DELAY] knob sets the hang time of the VOX circuit for voice operation and keying delay for CW operation. During voice operation, this knob sets the hang time, between the moment you stop speaking, and the automatic switch from transmit back to receive. Adjust this for smooth VOX operation, so the receiver is only activated when your transmission is ended and you wish to receive. For CW operation, this knob sets the keying delay, between the moment you stop sending, and the automatic switch from transmit back to receive during “Semi-break-in” operation. Adjust this just long enough to prevent the receiver from being restored during word spaces at your preferred sending speed.

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SUB SQL Knob

This knob sets the signal level threshold at which Sub (VFO-B) receiver audio is muted, in all modes. It is very useful during local rag-chews, to eliminate noise between incoming transmissions. This control is normally kept fully counter-clockwise (off), except when scanning and during FM operation.

SUB AF GAIN SUB RF GAIN

AF GAIN Knob

The inner [SUB AF GAIN] knob sets the Sub (VFOB) receiver’s audio volume level. Typically, you will operate with this control set between the 9 o’clock and 10 o’clock positions.

RF GAIN Knob

The outer [SUB RF GAIN] knob is the Sub (VFO-B) receiver’s RF gain control, which adjusts the gain of the Sub (VFO-B) receiver’s RF and IF amplifier stages. This control is normally left in the fully clockwise position.

AF GAIN RF GAIN Knobs

AF GAIN Knob

The inner [AF GAIN] knob sets the Main (VFO-A) receiver’s audio volume level. Typically, you will operate with this control set between the 9 o’clock and 10 o’clock positions.

RF GAIN Knob

The outer [RF GAIN] knob is the Main (VFO-A) receiver’s RF gain control, which adjusts the gain of the Main (VFO-A) receiver’s RF and IF amplifier stages. This control is normally left in the fully clockwise position.

F1 - F7 / DISPLAY Keys

These keys can be used to control the Voice Memory capability for the SSB/AM/FM modes, and the Contest Keyer for the CW mode. You can also play back up to 15 seconds of incoming received audio, as well, for verification of a missed callsign or other purposes. When the optional DMU-2000 Data Management Unit is connected, you can also use the “Function” keys for the various functions associated with each “page” of the external display’s capability. [F1(

CH 1)] - [F4(CH 4)] key

In the case of Voice Memory, up to 20 seconds of audio may be stored on each channel. For CW messages, up to 50 characters (“PARIS” specification) may be stored into each channel. See page 72 (Voice Memory) or page 84 (Contest Keyer) for details. [F5(

MEM)] key

This key is pressed for the purpose of storing either a Voice Memory or a Contest Keyer Memory channel’s contents. See page 72 (Voice Memory) or page 84 (Contest Keyer) for details.

[F6(

DEC)] key

When utilizing the sequential contest number capability of the Contest Keyer, press this key to decrement (back up) the current Contest Number by one digit (i.e. to back up from #198 to #197, etc.). See page 87 for details. [F7(

P.BACK)] key

Press and hold in this button for 2 seconds to activate the recording feature of the internal Digital Voice Recorder. The Voice Recorder allows you to record the Main band (VFO-A) receiver audio for the most-recent 15 seconds. While you’re recording the receiver audio, the “ ” icon will appear in the display. Press this button momentarily to stop the recording, then press this button momentarily again to play back the receiver audio for the most-recent 15 seconds of reception before you stopped the recording. While playing back the receiver audio, the “ ” icon will appear in the display. Press and hold in this button for 2 seconds again to resume recording. [

DISPLAY] key

Press and hold in this key for two seconds to cause the [F1(

CH 1)] - [DISPLAY] keys to act as “Function”

keys for the optional DMU-2000 Data Management Unit if connected.

MODE Switches

[A], [B] Pressing the [A] or [B] button will illuminate the respective indicator imbedded within the switch, allowing adjustment of the operating mode on the Main (VFO-A) or Sub (VFO-B) band. Usually, the [A] button glow Red, signifying that the Main band (VFO-A) is being adjusted. Similarly, pressing the [B] button will cause its indicator to blink Orange for five seconds, signifying Sub band (VFO-B) adjustment.

ADVIC E:

When changing bands, confirm the [A] or [B] button illumination status at first, then press the appropriate [ on the proper (Main or Sub) band.

[

LSB], [USB], [CW], [AM/FM], [RTTY], [PKT] Switch

Pressing the [LSB], [USB], [CW], [AM/FM], [

mode. Pressing the [CW], [AM/FM], [RTTY], or [

alternate operating features that can be used on these modes (covered later).

Switch

BAND] button, so as to change operating frequencies

RTTY], or [PKT] button will select the operating

PKT] button multiple times will switch between the

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QMB (Quick Memory Bank) Switches

STO (Store) Button

Pressing this button copies operating information (frequency, mode, bandwidth, and also repeater direction/ shift frequency and CTCSS functions on the FM mode) into consecutive QMB Memories.

RCL (Recall) Button

Pressing this button recalls one of up to five Quick Memory Bank memories for operation.

NAR (Narrow) Switch

In the SSB/CW modes on the Main band (VFO-A), this button is used to set the bandwidth of the DSP (digital) IF filters to a user-programmed bandwidth (default values are SSB: 1.8 kHz and CW/RTTY/PSK: 300 Hz).

ADVICE :

When [NAR] has been engaged, the [WIDTH] knob will be disabled, although the [SHIFT] knob still works normally.

In the SSB/CW modes on the Sub Band (VFO-B), this button is used to toggle the receiver’s bandwidth between wide (2.4 kHz) and narrow (1.0 kHz).

ADVIC E:

When the Sub Band’s (VFO-B) optional YF-122C (500 Hz) or YF-122CN (300 Hz) CW narrow filter is installed, the optional narrow filter will be activated when the [NAR] switch has been engaged on the CW/RTTY/ PSK modes. In the AM mode, this button is used to toggle the receiver’s bandwidth between wide (9 kHz) and narrow (6 kHz). In the FM mode on the 28 MHz and 50 MHz bands, this button is used to toggle the FM deviation/bandwidth between wide (±5.0 kHz Dev./25.0 kHz BW) and narrow (±2.5 kHz Dev./12.5 kHz BW). Pressing the [A] or [B] button (located above the [

MODE] selection buttons) will select either the Main

band (VFO-A) or Sub band (VFO-B) for individual bandwidth setting.

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SPLIT Switch

Pressing this button to activate split frequency operation between the Main band (VFO-A), used for reception, and the Sub band (VFO-B), used for transmission. If you press and hold in the [SPLIT] button for two seconds, the “Quick Split” feature will be engaged, whereby the Sub band VFO (VFO-B) will automatically be set to a frequency 5 kHz higher than the Main band (VFO-A) frequency with same operating mode, and the transceiver will be placed in the Split mode.

TXW “TX Watch” Switch

Pressing this button lets you monitor the transmit frequency when split frequency operation is engaged. Release the button to return to normal operation.

C.S Switch

Press this button momentarily to recall a favorite Menu Selection directly. To program a Menu selection as the short-cut, press the [MENU] button to enter the Menu, then select the Menu item you want to set as the short-cut. Now press and hold in the [C.S] button for two seconds; this will lock in the selected Menu item as the short-cut.

RX Indicator/Switch

This button, when pressed, engages the Main band (VFO-A) receiver; the LED inside this button will glow Green when the Main receiver is active. When the Main (VFO-A) receiver is active, pressing this button momentarily will mute the receiver, and the indicator will blink. Pressing the button once more will restore receiver operation, and the indicator will glow Green steadily.

TX Indicator/Switch

When this button is pushed, the LED inside this button will glow Red, and the transmitter will be engaged on the same frequency and mode as set up for the Main band (VFO-A) (subject to any Clarifier offset, of course).

ADVICE :

If this indicator is not illuminated, it means that the Sub (VFO-B) TX indicator has been selected (it will be glowing Red). In this case, transmission will be effected on the frequency and mode programmed for the Sub (VFO-B) band.

Main Tuning Dial Knob

This large knob adjusts the operating frequency of the Main band (VFO-A) or a recalled memory. Clockwise rotation of this knob increases the frequency. Default tuning increments are 10 Hz (100 Hz in AM and FM modes); when the [FAST] button is pressed, the tuning steps increase. The available steps are:

ADVIC E:

OPERATING MODE

LSB/USB/CW/RTTY/PKT(LSB AM/FM/PKT(FM

Numbers in parentheses indicate steps when the [FAST] button is On.

The tuning steps for the Main Tuning Dial knob are set, at the factory, to 10 Hz per step. Via Menu item “116 tun DIALSTP,” however, you may change this setting from 10 Hz to 1 Hz instead. When 1 Hz basic steps are selected, the action of the [FAST] button will be changed to 1/10 of the values listed above.

)

1 STEP

)

10 Hz (100 Hz 100 Hz (1 kHz

1 DIAL ROTATION

)

10 kHz (100 kHz

)

100 kHz (1 MHz

)

FAST Switch

Pressing this button will increase or decrease the tuning rate of the Main Tuning Dial knob by a factor of ten, as mentioned in the previous section. When this function is activated, the “ ” icon appears in the display.

LOCK Switch

This button toggles locking of the Main Tuning Dial knob, to prevent accidental frequency changes. When the button is active, the Main Tuning Dial knob can still be turned, but the frequency will not change, and the “ ” icon appears in the display.

[

AB] Switch

Press this button momentarily to transfer data from the Main band (VFO-A) frequency (or a recalled memory channel) to the Sub band (VFO-B), overwriting any previous contents in the Sub band (VFO-B). Use this key to set both Main band (VFO-A) and Sub band (VFO-B) receivers to the same frequency and mode.



[



B] Switch

Pressing this button momentarily exchanges the contents of the Main band (VFO-A) (or a recalled memory channel) and the Sub band (VFO-B).

[

V/M] Switch

This button toggles Main band (VFO-A) receiver operation between the memory system and the VFO. Either “ ” or “ ” will be displayed to the under the main frequency display field to indicate the current selection. If you have tuned off of a Memory channel frequency (MT), pressing this button returns the display to the original memory contents (MR), and pressing it once more returns operation to the Main VFO (no icon).

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[

MA] Switch

Pressing this button momentarily displays the contents of the currently-selected memory channel for three seconds. Holding this button in for 2 seconds copies the data from the currently-selected memory to the Main VFO (VFO-A), as two beeps sound. Previous data in the Main VFO will be overwritten.

[

AM] Switch

Pressing and holding in this key for 1/2 second (until the double beep) copies the current operating data from the Main band (VFO-A) into the currently selected memory channel, overwriting any previous data stored there. Also, pressing and holding in this button after recalling a memory, without first retuning, causes the memory channel to be “masked,” and repeating the process restores the masked memory.

MENU Switch

This button is used for gaining access to the Menu system, for configuring various transceiver characteristics. Menu operation is described in detail, in this manual, beginning on page 108.

IMPORTANT NOT E:

Pressing this button momentarily activates the Menu, and the Menu items will appear on the display; once you are finished, you must press and hold in the [

MENU] button for two seconds to save any configu-

ration changes (momentarily pressing the [MENU button to exit will not save the changes).

BAND Keys

These keys allow one-touch selection of the desired Amateur band (1.8 ~ 50 MHz). What’s more, these keys may be used for direct entry of a desired operating frequency during VFO operation.

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RX CLAR Switch

Pressing this button activates the RX Clarifier, to allow offsetting the Main (VFO-A) receiving frequency temporarily. Press this button once more to return the Main receiver to the frequency shown on the main frequency display field; the Clarifier offset will still be present, though, in case you want to use it again. To cancel the Clarifier offset, press the [CLEAR] button.

TX CLAR Switch

Pressing this button activates the TX Clarifier, to allow offsetting the Main (VFO-A) transmit frequency temporarily. Press this button once more to return the transmitter to the Main (VFO-A) frequency shown on the main frequency display field; the Clarifier offset will still be present, though, in case you want to use it again. To cancel the Clarifier offset, press the [CLEAR] button.

CLEAR Switch

Pressing this button clears out any frequency offset you have programmed into the Clarifier register (thereby setting the offset to “Zero”).

CLAR Knob

This knob tunes the Clarifier offset frequency up to

9.99 kHz.

VRF Knob

This knob tunes the passband of the VRF (Variable RF Filter) preselector circuit for maximum receiver sensitivity (and out-of-band interference rejection).

ADVICE :

 The relative position of the VRF passband can be

observed on the Tuning Offset Indicator of the display via Menu item “010 diSP BAR SEL.”

 When the optional RF µTuning Kit is connected,

this knob allows adjustment of the center frequency of the µ-Tuning filter passband (which is much narrower than that of the VRF).

VRF Switch

This button turns the VRF filter on and off. While activated, the “ ” icon will appear in the FLT column of the Receiver Configuration Indicator on the display.

ADVIC E:

When the optional RF µTuning Kit is connected, pressing this button will engage the µ-Tuning filter. The µTuning Kit provides much better RF selectivity than any other RF filter in the Amateur industry, yielding outstanding protection from high RF levels not far removed from the current operating frequency.

NOTCH Switch

This button turns the Main band (VFO-A) receiver’s IF Notch Filter on and off. When the IF Notch Filter is activated, the peak position of the IF Notch Filter is depicted graphically in the display. The IF Notch Filter center frequency is adjusted via the [NOTCH] knob.

DNF Switch

This button turns the Main band (VFO-A) receiver’s Digital Notch Filter on and off. When the Digital Notch Filter is activated, the “ ” icon appears in the display. This is an automatic circuit, and there is no adjustment knob for the DNF.

NOTCH Knob

This knob adjusts the center frequency of the Main band (VFO-A) receiver’s IF Notch Filter. The Notch Filter is engaged via the [NOTCH] button. Initially, the approximate center frequency of the IF Notch Filter is adjusted by the outer [COARSE] knob; then, fine tuning of the center frequency is adjusted by the inner [FINE] knob.

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SHIFT WIDTH Knobs

SHIFT Knob

The inner [SHIFT] knob provides adjustment of the IF DSP passband, using 20 Hz steps for precise adjustment and easy reduction of interference on either side of your operating frequency. The total adjustment range is ±1 kHz. The normal operating setting for this knob is straight up, in the 12 o’clock position.

ADVICE :

You may shift the Sub band (VFO-B) filter passband via Menu item “042 S-iF LSB SET” through “049 S- iF PKT-USB.”

(

EXCEPT ON FM MODE

)

WIDTH Knob

The outer [WIDTH] knob sets the overall bandwidth of the IF DSP filter for the Main (VFO-A) receiver. The center (12 o’clock) position establishes the “default” bandwidth (for example, 2.4 kHz for SSB); clockwise rotation of this knob increases the bandwidth (out to a maximum of 4 kHz), while counter-clockwise rotation reduces the bandwidth. When the NAR (Narrow) filter selection is engaged, the [WIDTH] knob is disabled. The [SHIFT] knob may be used to re-center the passband response on the incoming signal, and you may find that the CONTOUR and IF Notch Filter may also help improve intelligibility and/or reduce interference. See also the discussions of the [CONTOUR] knob and [

NOTCH] knob.

ADVIC E:

When the [NAR] button has been pushed, the [WIDTH knob no longer functions (except the CW mode). The IF SHIFT system is still fully operational, however.

]

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FRONT PANEL CONTROLS & SWITCHES

CONT Switch

This button turns the Main band (VFO-A) receiver’s CONTOUR filter on and off. When the CONTOUR Filter is activated, the peak position of the CONTOUR Filter is depicted graphically in the display. Adjustment of the CONTOUR filter’s center frequency is provided by the [CONTOUR] knob.

NOTE:

There are times, when you’re trying to remove interference with a sharp DSP filter, that the remaining signal has a somewhat unnatural sound. This is caused by the cutting of some frequency components, leaving other components in excess. The CONTOUR filter allows you (especially) to roll off certain frequency components inside the remaining passband, but in a smooth manner that helps restore a natural sound and/or raise intelligibility.

DNR Switch

This button turns the Main band (VFO-A) receiver’s Digital Noise Reduction circuit on and off. When the Digital Noise Reduction is activated, the “ ” icon appears in the display. Adjustment of the Noise Reduction level is provided by the [DNR] knob.

CONTOUR DNR Knob

CONTOUR Knob

The inner [CONTOUR] knob selects the desired Main band (VFO-A) receiver’s CONTOUR filter response. The CONTOUR filter is engaged via the [CONTOUR button.

DNR Knob

The outer [DNR] knob selects the Main band (VFOA) receiver’s optimum Digital Noise Reduction response. The Noise Reduction circuit is engaged via the [DNR] button.

RX Indicator/Switch

This is the button that turns the Sub (VFO-B) receiver On and Off. When this button is pressed to make the Sub (VFO-B) receiver active, the Green LED imbedded within the button will light up. Pressing the button again will disable this receiver, and the imbedded Green LED will turn off.

TX Indicator/Switch

This is the button that turns the Sub (VFO-B) transmitter On and Off. When this button is pressed to transfer transmitter control to the Sub (VFO-B) frequency and mode, the Red LED imbedded within the button will light up. Pressing this button once more will transfer frequency/mode control back to the Main (VFOA) side, and the Red LED imbedded within this button will turn off.

SUB VFO-B Knob

Depending on the status of the [A/B] button located at the right bottom of the [SUB VFO-B] knob, the [SUB

VFO-B] knob is used for functions associated with the

Main (VFO-A) or Sub (VFO-B) frequency control registers.

(

VFO-A) BAND Switch

Pressing this button allows you to select the Main (VFO-A) operating band (Amateur bands) using the [

SUB VFO-B] knob.

(

VFO-A) MHz Switch

Pressing this button allows you to tune the Main band (VFO-A) frequency down or up in 1 MHz increments, using the [SUB VFO-B] knob.

GRP Switch

Pressing this button allows you to select the memory group using the [SUB VFO-B] knob.

M CH Switch

Pressing this button allows you to select the memory channel using the [SUB VFO-B] knob.

(

VFO-B) BAND Switch

When the [A/B] button is pressed, and the Orange lamp to the right of the [SUB VFO-B] knob lights up, pressing this button allows you to select the Sub (VFO-B) operating band (Amateur bands) using the [SUB VFO-

]

B] knob.

(

VFO-B) MHz Switch

When the [A/B] button is pressed, and the Orange lamp to the right of the [SUB VFO-B] knob lights up, pressing this button allows you to tune the Sub band (VFOB) frequency down or up in 1 MHz increments, using the [SUB VFO-B] knob.

FAST Switch

When the [A/B] button is pushed, and the Orange lamp to the right of the [SUB VFO-B] knob lights up, the [

SUB VFO-B] knob will be controlling the Sub band

(VFO-B) frequency; pressing the [FAST] button will increase the tuning rate by a factor of 10.

A/B Switch

The [A/B] button determines whether the actions of the [SUB VFO-B] knob will be applied to the Main band (VFO-A) or the Sub band (VFO-B). Pressing this button once causes the Orange lamp to the right of the [SUB VFO-B] knob to light up; in this case, rotation of the [SUB VFO-B] knob affects operation on the Sub band (VFO-B). Pressing the [A/B button once more causes the Orange lamp to turn off; in this instance, rotation of the [SUB VFO-B] knob affects operations associated with the Main band (VFOA).

]

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DISPLAY INDICATIONS

(

LEFT SIDE & CENTER

)

Receiver Configuration Indicators

ANT (1, 2, RX):

Indicates the antenna selected for operation by the front panel [1/2] and [RX] antenna switches.

ATT (OFF, –6 dB, –12 dB, –18 dB):

Indicates the attenuation level selected for operation by the front panel [ATT] button.

FLT (VRF, µ-TUNE, THRU):

Indicates the RF filter selected for operation by the front panel [VRF] button.

ADVICE :

The µ-TUNE filter is an option. The “ ” icon will not appear when the optional µ-TUNE unit is not connected.

IPO (AMP 1, AMP 2, ON):

Indicates the front end RF amplifier selected for operation by the front panel [IPO] button.

R.FLT

Indicates the 1st IF Roofing Filter selected: AUTO (mode-determined), 3 kHz, 6 kHz, or 15 kHz.

AGC (AUTO, FAST, MID, SLOW):

Indicates the AGC decay time selected for Main band (VFO-A) operation by the front panel [AGC] switch.

DNR

This indicator appears whenever the Digital Noise Reduction feature is activated.

DNF

This indicator appears whenever the Digital Notch Filter is activated.

CONTOUR

The peak position of the CONTOUR Filter is depicted graphically here when the CONTOUR Filter is activated.

NOTCH

The null position of the IF Notch Filter is depicted graphically here when the IF Notch Filter is activated.

WIDTH

Indicates the bandwidth of the DSP IF filter.

SHIFT

Indicates the peak position of the DSP IF filter.

This indicator appears when the Main band (VFO-A) receiver’s (short duration) Noise Blanker is activated. This indicator will blink for three seconds, and thereafter appears continuously, when the Main band (VFOA) receiver’s longer-pulse Noise Blanker is activated.

NAR

This indicator appears whenever the Main band (VFOA) receiver’s narrow IF DSP filter is engaged.

PROC

This indicator appears whenever the DSP Speech Processor is activated.

MONI

This indicator appears whenever the transmit monitor circuit is activated.

KEYER

This indicator appears whenever the internal CW keyer is activated.

BK-IN

This indicator appears whenever CW break-in operation is activated.

TUNER

This indicator appears when the internal Automatic Antenna Tuner is activated.

HI SWR

This indicator appears if the directional coupler and microprocessor detect an abnormally high SWR condition (over 3.0:1) that cannot be resolved by the Automatic Antenna Tuner.

NOTE:

If this indicator appears, check to be sure that you have the correct antenna selected on the current operating band. If so, you will need to check the condition of the antenna, its coaxial cable, and/or the connectors on the cable so as to locate and correct the fault.

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DISPLAY INDICATIONS

(

CENTER

)

This indicator appears during transmission on the Main band (VFO-A) frequency.

BUSY

This indicator appears whenever the Main band (VFOA) receiver squelch is open. If this indicator is not showing, and reception seems to have been lost on the Main receiver for no apparent reason, check the position of the SQL knob and rotate it fully counter-clockwise to restore reception.

Main (VFO-A) Frequency Display

This is the Main band (VFO-A) frequency display.

ADVICE :

 When setting the Menu items, the Menu item num-

ber and Menu group name will appear in this area during setup.

 When setting the CTCSS frequency for Encoding

or Tone Squelch operation, the current tone information will appear in this area during setup.

LOCK

This indicator appears when the Main Tuning Dial knob is locked.

FAST

This indicator appears when the Main Tuning Dial knob’s tuning rate is selected to fast.

MIC EQ

This indicator appears whenever the Three-Band Parametric Microphone Equalizer is activated via the Menu.

Tuning Offset Indicator

This is a tuning scale that, as configured from the factory, provides a visual CW tuning indication of the incoming signal’s offset from your transceiver’s CW carrier frequency, as programmed by the relative clarifier offset, or the peak position of the VRF/µ-TUNE filter.

REC

This indicator appears while the voice recorder is recording the receiver audio, and/or the memory is recording your CW or voice message.

PLAY

This indicator appears while the voice recorder is playing back the recorded audio, and/or the memory is playing back the recorded CW or voice message.

Multi-Display Window

This window displays either the Clarifier offset or Memory Channel Number.

ADVIC E:

 During FM operation, the Repeater Shift will be

indicated in this window. A Negative frequency shift will be indicated by “–” while a Positive frequency shift will be indicated by “+.”

 When setting the Menu items, the current setting

will appear in this area.

 When setting the CTCSS frequency for Encoding

or Tone Squelch operation, the current repeater shift direction will appear in this area.

CLAR

This indicator appears whenever the Clarifier function is activated.

This indicator appears when the FT-2000 is in the Memory Recall mode.

This indicator appears when the FT-2000 is in the Memory Tune mode to indicate that the memory contents have been temporarily changed.

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DISPLAY INDICATIONS

(

RIGHT SIDE

)

Sub (VFO-B) Receiver S-Meter

Displays the strength of signals received on the Sub band (VFO-B).

This indicator appears during transmission on the Sub band (VFO-B) frequency.

BUSY

This indicator appears whenever the Sub band (VFOB) receiver squelch is open. If this indicator is not showing, and reception seems to have been lost on the Sub receiver for no apparent reason, check the position of the Sub [SQL] knob and rotate it fully counter-clockwise to restore reception.

Sub (VFO-B) Frequency Display

This is the Sub band (VFO-B) frequency display.

ADVICE :

 When setting the Menu items, the Menu item name

will appear in this area during setup.

 When setting the CTCSS frequency for Encoding

or Tone Squelch operation, the current tone frequency will appear in this area during setup.

 When activating the CW Spot Tone, the current tone

frequency will appear in this area.

LSB, USB, CW, AM, FM, RTTY, PKT

Displays the currently-selected operating mode for the Sub (VFO-B) receiver.

FAST

This indicator appears when the [SUB VFO-B] knob’s tuning rate is selected to fast.

AGC A, F, M, S

Displays the currently-selected AGC decay time for the Sub (VFO-B) receiver. A: Auto, F: Fast, M: Medium, S: Slow

This indicator appears when the Sub (VFO-B) receiver’s (short duration) Noise Blanker is activated. This indicator will blink for three seconds, and thereafter appears continuously, when the Sub (VFO-B) receiver’s longer-pulse Noise Blanker is activated.

NAR

This indicator appears whenever the optional Sub (VFO-B) receiver’s narrow filter is selected.

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REAR PANEL

RX ANT OUT Jack

This BNC jack provides output of the receiver signal lines from the Antenna jacks which are connected to “RX” side of the transceiver’s main T/R switching circuitry.

RX ANT IN Jack

This type-M jack is for a separate receive-only antenna. An antenna connected here can be used when the [RX antenna button on the front panel is pressed. If you want to use some special kind of external bandpass filter or preamplifier, you may connect it between the RX ANT OUT and RX ANT IN jacks.

ANT 1/2 Jacks

Connect your main antenna(s) here, using a type-M (PL-259) plug and coaxial feedline for each. These antenna ports are always used for transmission, and also are used for reception unless a separate receive antenna is also used for the receiver. The internal antenna tuner affects only the antenna(s) connected here, and only during transmission.

ANT “1”

ANT “2”

RX ANT “OUT”

RX ANT “IN”

ANTENNA (1/2) SWITCH

TX/RX RELAY

ANTENNA (RX) SWITCH

Transmitter Section

Receive r Section

DC OUT

This is DC power output lead from the internal AC power supply. Connect this pigtail to the DC IN Jack of the transceiver.

~AC IN Jack

Connect the supplied 3-wire AC line cord to this socket after ensuring that your AC mains voltage matches that

]

on the label. See the Installation section for instructions on how to change the internal switching power supply AC mains voltage, if necessary.

FUSE

This holder requires a 10-A fuse. Always use the 10 Amp fuse, whether operating on 100 - 120 VAC or 200 - 240 VAC.

Main Power Switch

This is main power On (I)/Off (O) switch of the FT-

2000. Always turn this switch on before turning on the

front panel’s [POWER] button. If this switch is not turned On, the front panel [

POWER] switch will not function.

GND

Use this terminal to connect the transceiver to a good earth ground, for safety and optimum performance. Use a large diameter, short braided cable for making ground connections, and please refer to page 9 for other notes about proper grounding.

µ-TUNE Jacks

These jacks are used for signal input/output of the optional RF µTuning Kit.

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REAR PANEL

ROT (ROTATOR) Jack

This 5-pin MINI-DIN Jack accepts a cable connected to a YAESU G-800DXA/-1000DXA/-2800DXA Antenna Rotator (listed models are current as of early

2006). You may control the antenna azimuth rotation (and rotation speed) using the Function buttons on the front panel.

BND (BAND) DATA Jack

This 8-pin output jack provides band selection data which may be used for control of optional accessories such as the VL-1000 Solid-state Linear Amplifier.

PACKET Jack

This 5-pin input/output jack provides receiver audio and squelch signals, and accepts transmit (AFSK) audio and PTT control, from an external Packet TNC. Pinout is shown on page 15. The receiver audio level at this jack is approximately 100 mVp-p (@600 Ohms).

RTTY Jack

This 4-pin input/output jack provides connections for an RTTY terminal unit. Pinout is shown on page 15. The receiver audio level at this jack is at a constant 100-mV (@600 Ohms) level. FSK keying at this jack is accomplished by a closure of the SHIFT line to ground by the terminal unit.

PTT Jack

This RCA input jack may be used to provide manual transmitter activation using a footswitch or other switching device. Its function is identical to the [MOX button on the front panel. The same line is available at the PACKET and RTTY jacks for TNC control. Open- circuit voltage is +13.5 VDC, and closed-circuit current is 5 mA.

MIC (PATCH) Jack

This RCA input jack accepts transmitter audio - either AFSK or voice - for transmission. This line is mixed with the microphone audio input line, so the microphone should be disconnected if using this jack and mixing is not desired. The optimum impedance is 500 ~ 600 Ohms, and the nominal input level should be 5 mV.

TRV Jack

This RCA jack provides a low level RF output for use with a transverter. Maximum output is approximately –10 dBm (0.1 mW) at 50 Ohms.

REC Jack

This RCA jack provides low-level receiver audio output and transmit audio, for recording or external amplification. Peak signal level is 30 mVp-p at 10 kOhms.

]

EXT ALC Jack

This RCA input jack accepts negative-going external ALC (Automatic Level Control) voltage from a linear amplifier, to prevent over-excitation by the transceiver. Acceptable input voltage range is 0 to –4 VDC.

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REAR PANEL

TX REQ Jack

When this RCA jack shorted to ground, it puts the FT2000 into the transmit mode, and sends out a steady

CW carrier, for linear amplifier or manual antenna tuner adjustment.

TX GND Jack

This RCA jack’s center pin is closed to ground while the transceiver’s transmitter is engaged. It may be used for control of a peripheral device, most typically a linear amplifier. To enable this jack, please set Menu item “144 tGEn ETX-GND” to the “EnA” (Enable) selection. The relay circuit of the FT-2000 used for this jack is capable of switching AC voltage of 100 Volts at up to 300 mA, or DC voltages or 60 V at 200 mA or 30 V at up to 1 Amp.

+13.8 V Jack

This RCA output jack provides regulated, separately fused 13.8 VDC at up to 200 mA, to power an external device such as a packet TNC. Make sure your device does not require more current (if it does, use a separate power source).

EXT SPKR

This gold-plated two-contact output jack provides receiving audio from the Main (VFO-A) and Sub (VFOB) receivers for an external loudspeaker or speakers, such as the SP-2000. Inserting a plug into this jack disables the internal loudspeaker. Impedance is 4 ~ 8 Ohms.

µ-TUNE Jack

This 10-pin MINI-DIN jack used for control of the optional RF µTuning Kit.

DMU Jack

This 8-pin MINI-DIN jack accepts a cable connected to an optional DMU-2000 Data Management Unit.

PGM (PROGRAM) Jack

This coverd 9-pin MINI-DIN jack is used at the factory. Please do not connect any equipment to this jack.

CAT Jack

This 9-pin serial DB-9 jack allows external computer control of the FT-2000. Connect a serial cable here and to the RS-232C COM port on your personal computer (no external interface is required).

AF OUT

This gold-plated 3-contact jack provides dual-channel low-level receiver output, for recording or external amplification. Peak signal level is 300 mVp-p at 10 kOhms. Main band (VFO-A) receiver audio is on the left channel (tip), and sub band (VFO-B) receiver audio is on the right channel (ring). A stereo amplifier or recorder is recommended, to record each receiver’s audio separately when dual reception is enabled (audio from either receiver, or both, may be used via this jack). The front panel [AF GAIN] knobs do not affect the signals at this jack.

REM (REMOTE) Jack

By plugging in the optional FH-2 Remote Control Keypad to this gold-plated jack, direct access to the FT- 2000 CPU is provided for control functions such as contest memory keying, plus frequency and function control.

KEY Jack

This 1/4-inch phone jack accepts a CW key or keyer paddle. A 2-contact plug cannot be used in this jack. Key-up voltage is +5 V, and key-down current is 1 mA. Plug wiring is shown on page 15, and this jack may be configured for keyer, “Bug,” “straight key,” or computer keying interface operation via Menu item “054 A1A R-TYPE.”

DC IN Jack

This 4-pin connector requires a 13.8-volt supply capable of 22 amperes continuous duty. Typically, you will connect the DC OUT plug to this jack. For DC operation, use the optional DC Cable (

P/N: T9023725) with a 25 A fuse installed.

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BASIC OPERATION:RECEIVING ON AMATEUR BANDS

Before turning on main power, please verify the following items once more.

 Have you made all ground connections securely? See page 9 for details.  Do you have your antenna(s) connected to the rear-panel Antenna jack(s)? See page 10 for details.  Is your microphone (and/or key or paddle) connected? See pages 11 and 12 for details.  If using a linear amplifier, have all interconnections been successfully completed? See pages 13 and 14 for details.  Please rotate both [AF GAIN] controls to their fully counter-clockwise positions, to avoid a loud blast of audio when

the transceiver turns on. See page 21 for details.

 Rotate the [RF PWR] control fully counter-clockwise, to set minimum power at first. See page 20 for details.  If your AC mains power should suffer a significant fluctuation or interruption, we recommend that you go through a

complete power-up cycle, in order to ensure that all circuits are properly initialized. To do this, be sure the front panel [

POWER] switch is turned off, then set the rear-panel [POWER] switch to the “O” position. Now unplug the AC cable

from the rear panel of the transceiver, and wait ten seconds before proceeding with the start-up procedure described below.

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Here is the typical start-up procedure for normal operation:

[

POWER] Switch

[

AF GAIN] Knob

Sub [AF GAIN] Knob

Main [RX] Button

1. Plug the AC cable back in, and set the rear-panel [POWER] switch to “I.”

2. Press and hold in the front-panel [

POWER] switch for one second to

turn the transceiver on.

3. The transceiver will start up on 7.000.00 MHz LSB, and normal operation may begin.

NOTE:

To turn power off, press and hold in the front panel [

POWER] switch for one second.

4. Rotate the [AF GAIN] knob to set a comfortable audio level on incoming signals or noise. Clockwise rotation of the [AF GAIN] knob increases the volume level.

NOTE:

When using headphones, start by rotating the [AF

GAIN] knob counter-clockwise, then bring the volume

level up after you put the headphones on. This will minimize the chance of damage to your hearing caused by an unexpectedly-high audio level.

5. Press the Main [RX] button to engage the Main (VFO-A) receiver; the imbedded LED will glow Green.

ADVICE :

 If you press the Main

[RX]

button when the imbedded LED is already glowing Green, the LED will now blink on and off; this indicates that the Main (VFO-A) receiver is temporarily muted. Just press the Main [RX] button once more to restore Main (VFO-A) receiver operation.

Sub [RX] Button

CLAR

[

BAND] Button

 Press the Sub [RX] button to

engage Dual Reception (using the Sub (VFO-B) receiver in addition to the Main (VFO-A) receiver). When you press the Sub [RX]

button, its imbedded LED will glow green; pressing this button once more will turn off the Sub (VFO-B) receiver, and the imbeded LED will go dark. Use the Sub receiver’s Sub [AF

GAIN] knob to adjust the Sub

(VFO-B) receiver volume level.

7. Press the [BAND] button corresponding to the Amateur band on which you wish to begin operation.

ADVIC E:

 One-touch selec-

tion of each Amateur band between

1.8 and 50 MHz is provided.

 The FT-2000 utilizes a triple band-stack VFO se-

lection technique, which permits you to store up to three favorite frequencies and modes onto each band’s VFO register. For example, you may store one frequency each on 14 MHz CW, RTTY, and USB, then recall these VFOs by successive, momentary presses of the [14] MHz band button. Each Amateur band button may similarly have up to three frequency/mode settings applied.

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[

ANTENNA] Button

Sub [SQL] Knob

[

SQL] Knob

[

MODE] Button

 If you press the (VFO-A) [BAND] button, the

[

SUB VFO-B] knob may be used as a band selec-

tion knob. If you press the (VFO-A) [MHz] button, rotation of the [SUB VFO-B] knob allows frequency navigation in 1 MHz steps. Depending on the setting of the (VFO-A) [BAND], (VFO-A) [

MHz], and [A/B] buttons, the function of the [SUB

VFO-B] knob will change.

8. Press the [ANTENNA 1/2] button to select the appropriate antenna for the band in use; alternatively, if one is connected, you may also press the [

ANTENNA RX] antenna selection

button. Two TX/RX antennas may be connected, or one RX-only antenna.

ADVICE :

Once you have made your antenna selection, that antenna is “remembered” by the microprocessor in conjunction with the VFO register (frequency and mode) in use when you chose that particular antenna.

[

FAST] Button

(

Main Tuning Dial knob

VFO-A) [BAND] Button

(

VFO-A) [MHz] Button

9. Press the appropriate [MODE] button to select the desired operating mode.

ADVIC E:

 By convention in the Amateur

bands, LSB is used on the 7 MHz and lower bands (with the exception of 60 meters), while USB is utilized on the 14 MHz and higher bands.

 When changing modes from SSB

to CW, you will observe a frequency shift on the display. This shift represents the BFO offset between the “zero beat” frequency and the audible CW pitch (tone) you can hear (the pitch is programmed by the [PITCH] knob), even though the actual tone that you hear is not changing. If you do not want this frequency shift to appear when changing modes from (for example) USB to CW, use the Menu item “061 A1A FRQDISP,” described on page 118.

 When operating on the FM

mode, rotate the [SQL (Squelch) knob clockwise just to the point where the background noise is just silenced. This is the point of maximum sensitivity to weak signals. Excessive advancement of the [SQL] knob will degrade the ability of the receiver to detect weak signals. Adjustment of the Sub band (VFO-B) Squelch is accomplished using the Sub [SQL] knob.

(

VFO-B) [BAND] Button

(

VFO-B) [MHz] Button

CLAR

[

SUB VFO-B] Knob

]

[

A/B] Button

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10.

Rotate the Main Tuning Dial knob to tune around the band, and begin normal operation.

ADVICE :

 Clockwise rotation of the Main Tuning Dial knob

increases the operating frequency, one “step” of the synthesizer at a time; similarly, counter-clockwise rotation of the Main Tuning Dial knob will decrease the frequency.

Two steps, one “normal”

and one “fast,” are available on each operating mode. Pressing the [FAST] button engages the “Fast” tuning selection.

 It is possible to separate the frequency change over

one dial rotation, only while operating solely on the CW mode, using the Menu items “116 tun DIALSTP,” and “117 tun CW FINE.” See page 123.

 If you want to navigate quickly, so as to effect rapid

frequency change, there are several techniques available:  Direct keyboard entry of the frequency (see page

49).

 Use the [SUB VFO-B] knob to tune in 1 MHz

steps (see page 49).

 Use the microphone’s [UP]/[DWN] scanning

keys, if your microphone is so equipped (see page 49).

MAIN TUNING DIAL KNOB TUNING RATE

OPERATING MODE 1 STEP 1 DIAL ROTATION

LSB, USB, CW, 10Hz 10kHz RTTY, PKT(LSB AM, FM, PKT(FM)100Hz [1kHz]100kHz [1MHz

[ ]

: [FAST] switch set to “ON”

)[

][

100Hz

100kHz

]

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OPERATION ON 60-METER (5 MHZ) BAND

The FT-2000 includes the capability for transmission and reception on the five spot frequencies assigned to the Amateur Service in the United States. To operate on the 5 MHz band:

1. Press the [V/M] button once to enter the “Memory” mode (a memory channel number “USx” will appear on the Multi-Display Window in the display.

2. Press the [M CH] button. The LED imbedded in the button will glow red to signify that rotation of the [SUB

VFO-B] knob will allow selection the memory chan-

nel.

ADVICE :

If the memory channel selection seems not to be operating, check see if the orange lamp to the right of the [

SUB VFO-B] knob is illuminated. If so, pressing the

[

A/B] button will cause the orange lamp to the right of

the [SUB VFO-B] knob to go out. Now, press the [M

CH] button to begin memory channel selection.

3. Memory channels “US1” through “US5” are pre-programmed, at the factory, with the permitted frequencies in the 5 MHz band, and the USB mode is automatically selected on these channels.

4. To exit from 60-meter operation and return to the VFO mode, just press the [V/M] button.

(

U.S. VERSION ONLY

Main Tuning Dial Knob

)

[

V/M] Button

[

SUB VFO-B] Knob

[

M CH] Button

[

A/B] Button

NOTE:

The frequencies and operating mode for 5 MHz band operation are both fixed, and may not be changed.

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CLAR (CLARIFIER) OPERATION ON MAIN (VFO-A

)

The [TX CLAR], [RX CLAR], [CLEAR] buttons and [SUB VFO-B] knob are used to offset either the receive, transmit, or both frequencies from their settings on the Main band (VFO-A) frequency (the Clarifier does not affect the Sub band (VFO-B), however). The four small numbers on the Multi-Display Window show the current Clarifier offset. The Clarifier controls on the FT-2000 are designed to allow you to preset an offset (up to ±9.990 kHz) without actually retuning, and then to activate it via the Clarifier’s [RX CLAR] and [TX CLAR] buttons. This feature is ideal for following a drifting station, or for setting small frequency offsets sometimes utilized in DX “Split” work.

[

Here is the technique for utilizing the Clarifier:

CLAR] Knob

1. Press the [RX CLAR] button. In the Multi-Display Window, the “RX” notation will appear, and the programmed offset will be applied to the receive frequency.

2. Rotation of the [CLAR] knob will allow you to modify your initial offset on the fly. Offsets of up to ±9.990 kHz may be set using the Clarifier.

To cancel Clarifier operation, press the [RX CLAR] but-

[

RX CLAR] Button

[

TX CLAR] Button

[

CLEAR] Button

ton. The “RX” notation will disappear from the display.

CLAR

ADVICE :

Turning the Clarifier Off simply cancels the application of the programmed offset from the receive and/or transmit frequencies. To clear out the programmed Clarifier offset altogether, and reset it to “zero,” press the [CLEAR] button. The programmed offset is displayed in the small multichannel window of the frequency display.

TXCLAR

Without changing the receive frequency, you may alternatively apply the Clarifier offset to the transmit frequency (typically, for “split” DX pile-ups). See page 75 for details.

The Tuning Offset Indicator provides a graphical representation of the Clarifier offset.

On CW, the Tuning Offset Indicator is used for CW Center Tuning, instead of Clarifier Offset, as the transceiver is configured at the factory. If you wish to change this, so that the Clarifier Offset is also displayed on CW, use the following procedure:

[

1. Press the [MENU] button to enter the Menu mode.

MENU] Button

2. Rotate the Main Tuning Dial knob to select Menu

item “010 diSP BAR SEL.”

3. Rotate the [SUB VFO-B] knob to select “CLAr

(Clarifier)” (replacing the default “C-tn (CW TUNING)” selection).

4. Press and hold in

the [MENU] button for two seconds

(

TX Frequency

RX Frequency

)

Main Tuning Dial knob[SUB VFO-B] knob

to save the new setting and exit to nor-

(

TX Frequency

RX Frequency

)

mal operation.

(

TX Frequency

RX Frequency

)

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LOCK

You may lock the setting of the Main Tuning Dial knob, to prevent accidental frequency change.

[

To lock out the Main Tuning Dial knob, just press the [LOCK] button that is located to the right of the Dial. To unlock the Dial setting, and restore normal tuning, just press the [

LOCK] button once more.

DIM

The illumination level of the analog meter and frequency display may be reduced, if you are using the transceiver in a dark environment where high brightness is not desired.

[

To reduce the illumination level, press the [

DIM] button, located

to the left of the analog meter. To restore full brightness, press the [

DIM] button once

more.

DIM] Button

LOCK] Button

You may also customize the amount of brightness reduction engaged by the pressing of the [DIM] button, and may use different brightness levels for different front panel areas. Menu item “008 diSP DIM MTR” adjusts the brightness level of the analog meter; while menu item “009 diSP DIM VFD” sets the brightness levels of the frequency display (these settings are effective only when the [DIM] button is pressed).

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CONVENIENCE FEATURES

DUAL RECEIVE

The FT-2000 is capable of simultaneous reception on the same amateur band, using the Main (VFO-A) and Sub (VFO-B) receivers, in what is called the Dual Receive mode. Especially useful for DX work, here is the operating procedure for Dual Receive operation.

1. While receiving on the Main band (VFO-A), engage the Sub (VFO-B) receiver by pressing the Sub [RX button, located to the upper left of the [SUB VFO-B knob. You will now be receiving on the two frequencies shown on the frequency display.

2. Adjusting the volume: To adjust the Main (VFO-A) audio level, rotate the Main [AF GAIN] knob. To adjust the Sub (VFO-B) audio level, rotate the Sub [AF GAIN] knob. In both cases, clockwise rotation of the knob will increase the volume level.

3. Press the [B] button. Within five seconds of pressing the [B] button, while the orange LED is blinking, you may now change the operating mode for the Sub (VFOB) band by pressing the appropriate Mode selection button.

4. Having pressed the [B] button in the previous step, you may also press the [BAND] buttons to select the operating band on which you want to set up the Sub (VFO-B) receiver.

5. Rotate the Main Tuning Dial knob to adjust the Main (VFO-A) frequency, and rotate the [SUB VFO-B knob to adjust the Sub (VFO-B) frequency.

6. To cancel Dual Receive operation, and receive just on the Main (VFO-A) receiver, press the Sub [RX] button; the imbedded green LED will go out, and monoband operation on the Main (VFO-A) receiver will resume.

NOTE:

Please remember that, while the [B] mode button is blinking (for five seconds), any mode or band changes will still be applied to the Sub band (VFO-B), whether or not Dual Receive is engaged.

QUICK POINT:

By convention in the Amateur bands, LSB is used on the 7 MHz and lower bands (with the exception of 60 meters), while USB is utilized on the 14 MHz and higher bands.

Sub [AF GAIN] Knob

[

]

SQL] Knob

Main Tuning Dial Knob

Sub [RX] Button

]

Sub [SQL] Knob

[

AF GAIN] Knob

[B]

Button

[

BAND] Button

[

SUB VFO-B] Knob

ADVIC E:

 When operating in Dual Receive, the manner in which

the audio is fed to the left and right sides of your headphones (Stereo, Monaural, or Mixed) may be configured using Menu item “089 rout HEADPHN” (see page 121).

 When changing modes from SSB to CW, you will ob-

serve a frequency shift on the display. This shift represents the BFO offset between the “zero beat” frequency

]

and the audible CW pitch (tone) you can hear (the pitch is programmed by the [PITCH] knob), even though the actual tone that you hear is not changing. If you do not want this frequency shift to appear when changing modes from (for example) USB to CW, use the Menu item “061 A1A FRQDISP,” described on page 118.

 When operating on the FM mode on the Sub band

(VFO-B), rotate the Sub [SQL] knob clockwise just to the point where the background noise is just silenced. This is the point of maximum sensitivity to weak signals. Excessive advancement of the Sub [SQL] knob will degrade the ability of the receiver to detect weak signals. Adjustment of the Main band (VFO-A) Squelch is accomplished using the Main [SQL] knob.

 The frequency ranges of the various fixed bandpass

filters are shown in the chart below. You may operate on Dual Receive with both receivers set within the same range, even if they are not on the same Amateur band (for example, the 14 and 18 MHz, or 21 and

24.9 MHz bands). Of course, a suitable

RF BPF FREQUENCY DIVISION

0.03000 MHz ~ 0.49999 MHz

0.50000 MHz ~ 1.69999 MHz

1.70000 MHz ~ 2.49999 MHz

2.50000 MHz ~ 3.39999 MHz

3.40000 MHz ~ 4.69999 MHz

4.70000 MHz ~ 6.89999 MHz

6.90000 MHz ~ 9.89999 MHz

9.90000 MHz ~ 13.89999 MHz

13.90000 MHz ~ 20.89999 MHz

20.90000 MHz ~ 30.09999 MHz

30.10000 MHz ~ 44.99999 MHz

45.99999 MHz ~ 59.99999 MHz

multiband antenna is required.

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DUAL RECEIVE

Using Headphones for Dual Receive

To take advantage of dual reception, you will want to connect stereo headphones to the PHONES jack. Like the AF GAIN control, headphone audio mixing can also be configured as desired from Menu item “089 rout HEADPHN.” Three audio mixing schemes are selectable as follows:

SEP: Audio from the Main band (VFO-A) receiver is

heard only in the left ear, and Sub band (VFO-B) receiver audio solely in the right ear.

Con1: Audio from both Main band (VFO-A) and Sub

band (VFO-B) receivers can be heard in both ears, but Sub band (VFO-B) audio is attenuated in the left ear and Main band (VFO-A) audio is attenuated in the right ear.

Con2: Audio from both Main band (VFO-A) and Sub

band (VFO-B) receivers are combined and heard equally in both ears “Monaural” mode).

Sideband Diversity Reception

Here you receive a single AM signal through the two receivers, each receiving the opposite sideband. Skywavepropagated signals often show phase distortion in this mode, but it gives you a view of the entire passband, from which you can then select the best sideband for listening (or for SWL Dx’ing, you may want to listen to both sidebands at the same time, to get the best copy). On groundwave signals, where the phase of the sidebands is likely to be the same, there is an interesting sense of depth to the signal.

To tune in a signal using this mode, you should have stereo headphones connected to the front panel PHONES jack.

 Set the Main band (VFO-A) to either LSB or USB

mode, and tune for zero beat on the desired signal.

 Press the [A

quency into the Sub band (VFO-B), then press the mode button to select the opposite sideband for the Main band (VFO-A).

 If using headphones, set the headphone mixing scheme

to the “Con1” mode via the Menu item “089 rout HEADPHN,” and activate dual reception.

 Adjust the [AF GAIN] knob(s) to balance the volume

of the two receivers.

 If interference is present on one of the channels, you

may have to turn its [AF GAIN] knob to suppress that channel (or press the green [RX] LED/button to disable the receiver with the sideband experiencing interference). Otherwise, try changing the headphone audio mixing scheme to “Con2” or “SEP” in the Menu item “089 rout HEADPHN,” for different effects (or try settings with similar effects on your external amplifier). Although you don’t get the “stereophonic” effect in the monaural mode, the two signals are still mixed, offering the potential for much better copy than in regular AM or even single-sideband ECSS modes.



B] button to copy this mode and fre-

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DUAL RECEIVE

Bandwidth Diversity Reception

This mode involves receiving the same signal through two different bandpass filters. The frequency and mode of both the Main band (VFO-A) and Sub band (VFO-B) are the same. The Main band (VFO-A) can be set up for a wide bandpass, using the [WIDTH] knobs, and the Sub band (VFO-B) for a narrow bandpass, resulting in a spatial perception of the channel. Although any mode (except FM) can be used, CW offers the widest array of choices, and perhaps the most startling effects on crowded channels.

Stereo headphones or an external stereo speaker are recommended for this mode. To set up the transceiver for bandwidth diversity reception:

 Select the desired mode on the Main band (VFO-A).  Tune to the signal of interest.  Press the [A

quency into the Sub band (VFO-B).

 If using headphones, set the headphone mixing scheme

to the “Con1” mode via the Menu item “089 rout HEADPHN,” and activate dual reception.

 Adjust the [AF GAIN] knob(s) to balance the volume

of the two receivers.

 Now try manipulating the [SHIFT] and [WIDTH

knobs to observe the interesting effects of bandwidth diversity.



B] button to copy this mode and fre-

]

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P.BACK (AUDIO PLAYBACK) FROM MAIN (VFO-A) RECEIVER

Once engaged by the operator, the FT-2000 begins the automatic recording of the last 15 seconds of incoming receiver audio on the Main band (VFO-A). This capability is especially useful for confirming a callsign that may have been difficult to copy due to noise or QRM, etc.

Recording

Press and hold in the [F7(P.BACK)] button for two seconds to initiate recording; the “ ” icon will appear in the display to confirm that recording is in progress. The recorder will store up to 15 seconds of the Main band (VFO-A) received audio, and will retain the most-recent 15 seconds of audio on a running basis.

Pressing the [F7(P.BACK)] button once more will halt the recording, and the “ ” icon will go out.

NOTE:

When the transceiver is turned off, the contents of the recording memory will be erased!

Stop

Start

[

AF GAIN] Knob

[F7(

P.BACK)] Button

Playback

Press the [F7(P.BACK)] button momentarily, after recording has been halted, to begin playback of the recorded audio; the “ ” icon will appear in the display to confirm that playback is in progress. The last 15 seconds of audio will be heard in the speaker or headphones. If you do not intervene, the entire 15 seconds will be played back endlessly. To halt playback at any time, just press the [F7(

P.BACK)] button momentarily again. The next time

you press the [F7(P.BACK)] button, it will pick up the playback where you left off.

Advice

15 Seconds

You may adjust the playback level of the recording by the main [AF GAIN] knob

P.BACK feature from the optional FH-2 Remote Control Keypad

The [P/B] key of the optional FH-2 Remote Control Keypad can also serve as a remote-control recording/playback switch. Operation is described below.

Recording

Press and hold in the FH-2’s [P/B] key for two seconds to initiate recording. The “ ” icon will appear in the display to confirm that recording is in progress. Press the FH-2’s [P/B] key momentarily to halt recording; the “ ” icon will go out. You may also press the front panel’s [F7(P.BACK)] button (momentarily) to halt recording, as well. When the transceiver is turned off, the contents of the recording memory will be erased.

LOCK

OFFON

Playback

Press the FH-2’s [P/B] key momentarily, after recording has been halted, to begin playback of the recorded audio; the “ ” icon will appear in the display to confirm that playback is in progress.. The last 15 seconds of audio will be heard in the speaker or headphones. If you do not intervene, the entire 15 seconds will be played back endlessly. To halt playback at any time, just press the [P/B] key momentarily again. The next time you press the [P/B] key, it will pick up the playback where you left off. You may also press the front panel’s [F7(P.BACK)] button (momentarily) to play back the recorded audio, as well.

Advice

You may adjust the playback level of the recording by the main [AF GAIN] knob

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CONVENIENCE FEATURES

“MY BANDS” OPERATION

When operating on an Amateur Band, it is possible to use the [BAND] buttons to engage the use of the [SUB VFO-B] knob for Amateur band selection. The “My Bands” feature allows you to select several Amateur bands, and make only those bands available for selection via the [SUB VFO-B] knob.

This feature can be very useful in a contest, where the 10/18/24 MHz band are not used, or if you do not have antennas for some bands.

“My Bands” Setup

1. Press the [MENU] button to engage the Menu mode.

2. Rotate the Main Tuning Dial knob to select Menu item “122 tun MY BAND.”

3. Rotate the [SUB VFO-B] knob to choose a band that you wish to skip (omit) from the band-selection loop (when using the [SUB VFO-B] knob for band selection). The available choices are 1.8/3.5/5/7/10/14/18/ 21/24/28/50/GE (General Band)/AU (Transverter).

4. Press the [ENT] button to set the omission command to ON. The “E” (Enable) notation at the right of the band notation will change to “d” (disable).

5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 to select/deselect as many bands as you like.

NOTE:

The “ON” command sets the selected band to be skipped, while the “OFF” command sets the selected band to be included in the band-selection list. Return the “d” notation to “E” to restore operation on a previously-deleted band.

6. Press and hold in the [MENU] button for two seconds to lock in the new configuration and exit to normal operation.

Main Tuning Dial knob

[

MENU] Button

ADVIC E:

The “My Band” feature affects both the Main (VFO-A) and Sub (VFO-B) bands.

[

ENT] Button

[

SUB VFO-B] Knob

“My Band” Operation

1. Press the (VFO-A) [BAND] button; the imbedded LED will glow Red, if you operate the “My Band” feature on the Main band (VFO-A).

ADVICE :

If the “My Band” feature on the Main band (VFO-A) seems not to be operating, check see if the orange lamp to the right of the [SUB VFO-B] knob is illuminated. If so, pressing the [A/B] key will cause the orange lamp to the right of the [SUB VFO-B] knob to go out. Now, press the (VFO-A) [BAND] button to begin “My Band” feature.

2. Press the (VFO-B) [BAND] button; the imbedded LED will glow Orange, if you operate the “My Band” feature on the Sub band (VFO-B).

3. Rotate the [SUB VFO-B] knob to choose the Amateur band on which you wish to operate. Only those Amateur bands that have not been skipped will appear as you scroll through the bands.

1.8 MHz

3.5 MHz

5 MHz

7 MHz

10 MHz

14 MHz

18 MHz

24 MHz

28 MHz

50 MHz

3.5 MHz

7 MHz

14 MHz

21 MHz21 MHz

28 MHz

(

VFO-B)[BAND] Button

(

VFO-A)[BAND] Button

[

SUB VFO-B] Knob

[

14 MHz

21 MHz7 MHz

A/B] Button

28 MHz3.5 MHz

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BAND STACK OPERATION

The FT-2000 utilizes a triple band-stack VFO selection technique, that permits you to store up to three favorite frequencies and modes onto each band’s VFO register. For example, you may store one frequency each on 14 MHz CW, RTTY, and USB, then recall these VFOs by successive, momentary presses of the [14] MHz band button. Each Amateur band key may similarly have up to three frequency/mode settings applied. Both the Main (VFO-A) and Sub (VFO-B) systems have their own, independent, band stacks.

A typical setup, for the 14 MHz band, might be arranged like this:

1. Program 14.025 MHz, CW Mode, then press the [14

]

MHz band button;

2. Program 14.080 MHz, RTTY Mode, then press the [14

]

MHz band button;

3. Program 14.195 MHz, SSB Mode, then press the [14

]

MHz band button.

With this configuration, successive momentary presses of the [14] MHz band button will allow you to toggle sequentially through these three VFOs.

USB

RTTY

C.S (CUSTOM SWITCH

)

An often-used Menu mode selection may be brought out to the front panel’s [C.S] button.

C.S Setup

1. Press the [MENU] button to engage the Menu mode; the Menu list will appear on the display.

2. Rotate the Main Tuning Dial knob to select the Menu item you want to be able to access via the [C.S] button.

3. Press and hold in the [C.S] button for two seconds to lock in your selection.

4. Press and hold in the [MENU] button for two seconds to save the new configuration and exit to normal operation.

Main Tuning Dial Knob

[

C.S] Button

[

BAND] Switch

[

MENU] Button

Menu Selection Recall via [C.S] button

Press the [C.S] button.

The programmed Menu item will appear on the display. You may now rotate the [SUB VFO-B] knob to change the setting of this menu item. Press the [MENU] button for two seconds, when you are done, to save the new configuration and exit to normal operation.

[

C.S] Button

[

MENU] Button

[

SUB VFO-B] Knob

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ROTATOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS

When using a YAESU model G-800DXA, G-1000DXA, or G-2800DXA rotator (not supplied), it is possible to control it from the front panel of the FT-2000.

1 Press and hold in the [ENT] button (one of the [BAND

button) for two seconds. The frequency display area will change over to the “Rotator Control” configuration.

2 Press either the [F2(CH-2)] button or the [F3(CH-3

button to rotate the antenna. Pressing the [F2(CH-2 button will cause rotation to the left (counter-clockwise), while pressing the [F3(CH-3)] button will cause rotation to the right (clockwise).

3 Press the [F5(MEM)] button or the [F6(DEC)] button

to control the speed of rotation. Pressing the [F5(

MEM)] button will cause slower rotation, while

pressing the [F6(DEC)] button will speed up rotation. Usually, you will be using the “100%” setting.

When you are through exercising rotator control, press the [

ENT] button momentarily. The frequency display will

return to the main display field.

IMPORTANT NOTE

 Set to match the starting point of your rotator

control indicator needle via the Menu item “012 diSP RTR STU.” The default setting is zero (north). If your controller starting point is south, the Menu item “012 diSP RTR STU” must be set to “180°.” If not set properly the FT-2000 display will not show the correct direction.

 When the rotator control indicator needle does

not indicate the precise antenna direction, adjusts the indicator needle precisely to the antenna direction via the Menu item “013 diSP RTR ADJ.”

]

)] )]

[F5(

MEM)], [F6(DEC)] Button

[F2(

CH-2)], [F3(CH-3)] Button

Speed (0 % ~ 100 %

Counter-clockwise Rotation

Clockwise Rotation Speed Down

)

“Overlap” Indicator

[

ENT] Button

Direction (0° ~ 360°

Speed Up

)

T O R

OPTIONAL CONNECTION CA BLE

IN C A ~

()

T9101556

OPERATION

ADJ. MODE FULL

OVERLAP

OUT VOL

MODE

SCALE

LED ADJ

EXT

SELECT

CONTRO L

SWITCH

L O R T N O

C T X E

ADJ

PRESET

ADJ

R T

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MORE FREQUENCY NAV I G ATION TECHNIQUES

Keyboard Frequency Entry

You may enter operating frequencies, for either the Main (VFO-A) or Sub (VFO-B) bands, using the front panel band/frequency selection keys.

Example 1:

Enter 14.250.00 MHz into the Main band (VFO-A):

1. Press the [ENT] button to engage the direct frequency entry process. Now, beginning with the “10 MHz” digit of the frequency (the leftmost digit), we will enter the required digits of the frequency.

2. Press, in order, the digits of the operating frequency, using the [BAND] buttons (which have the frequencyentry digit or decimal point on the right side of the slash bar). In this example, enter [

1.8/1]  [10/4] [GEN/.]  [3.5/2] 

[

14/5]  [50/0]  [50/0]  [50/0]  [50/0

The decimal point after the “MHz” portion of the frequency must be entered, but no decimal point is required after the “kHz” portion.

3. Press the [ENT] button once more. A short “beep” will confirm that the frequency entry was successful, and the new operating frequency will appear on the Main (VFO-A) frequency display fields.

Example 2:

Enter 7.100.000 MHz into the Sub band (VFO-B):

1. Press the [B] button.

2. Within five seconds (blinking the imbedded orange LED) of pressing the [B] button, press the [ENT] button to engage the direct frequency entry process. Now, beginning with the “10 MHz” digit of the frequency (the leftmost digit), we will enter the required digits of the frequency to be entered into the Sub band (VFOB) register.

3. Press, in order, the digits of the operating frequency, using the [BAND] buttons (which have the frequencyentry digit or decimal point on the right side of the slash bar). In this example, enter [

21/7]  [GEN/.]  [1.8/1] 

[

50/0]  [50/0]  [50/0]  [50/0]  [50/0

4. Press the [ENT] button once more. A short “beep” will confirm that the frequency entry was successful, and the new operating frequency will appear on the Sub (VFO-B) frequency display fields.

ADVIC E:

If you attempt to enter a frequency outside the operating range of 30 kHz ~ 60 MHz, the microprocessor will ignore the attempt, and you will be returned to your previous operating frequency. If this happens, please try again, taking care not to repeat the error in the frequency entry process.

Using the [SUB VFO-B] knob

You may change the Main band (VFO-A) frequency in 1 MHz steps. If you press the (VFO-A) [BAND] button, the 1 MHz steps will be applied to the Main band (VFO-A) frequency. The imbedded LED in the (VFO-A) [BAND

]

button will glow Red in the latter case.

When tuning in 1 MHz steps, clockwise rotation of the [

SUB VFO-B] knob will increase the frequency, while

counter-clockwise rotation will decrease the frequency.

Using the UP/DOWN Switches of the

Supplied MH-31B8 Hand Microphone

[

]

the supplied MH-31B8 Hand

[

DWN] Button

Microphone may also be used for manually scanning upward or downward in frequency, respectively.

The [UP]/[DWN] switches on

The microphone’s [UP]/[DWN

] switches utilize the tuning steps of the Main Tuning Dial knob; moreover, when the microphone’s [FAST] key is pressed, the tuning rate increases by a factor of ten, in a manner similar to the effect of the transceiver’s front-panel

[

FAST] button.

ADVIC E:

In the AM and FM modes, you may independently set the tuning steps when using the [UP]/[DWN] switches. To set new tuning steps, use Menu items “119 tun AM STEP” and “120 tun FM STEP.”

]

FST] Button

DWN FST UP

DYNAMIC MICROPHONE

MH-31

[UP]

Button

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CONVENIENCE FEATURES

RECEIVER OPERATION (FRONT END BLOCK DIAGRAM

)

The FT-2000 includes a wide range of special features to suppress the many types of interference that may be encountered on the HF bands. However, real world interference conditions are constantly changing, so optimum setting of the controls is somewhat of an art, requiring familiarity with the types of interference and the subtle effects of some of the controls. Therefore, the following information is provided as a general guideline for typical situations, and a starting point for your own experimentation.

The FT-2000’s interference-fighting circuitry begins in its “RF” stages, and continues throughout the entire receiver section. FT-2000 allows configuration of the features described below. However, the Sub band (VFO-B) receiver does not have the DSP (Digital Signal Processor) features.

(

VRF

SEE PAGE 53

On the 1.9 - 28 MHz Amateur bands, Yaesu’s powerful VRF (Variable RF Filter) preselector circuit provides excellent suppression of out-of-band interference, with a passband much narrower than that provided by traditional fixed bandpass filters.

)

IF NOTCH

(

SEE PAGE 58

)

The IF Notch filter is a high-Q notch filter that can significantly reduce, if not eliminate, an interfering carrier. The Q (sharpness) of the filter may be adjusted using the Menu.

DNR

(

DIGITAL NOISE REDUCTION

) (

SEE PAGE 59

)

The DSP’s Digital Noise Reduction (DNR) feature uti-

R. FLT

(

IF Roofing Filters

On the Main (VFO-A) receiver, three automatically-selected Roofing filters, in bandwidths of 15 kHz, 6 kHz, and 3 kHz, are provided in the 69 MHz First IF, right after the first mixer. These filters provide narrow-band selectivity to protect the following IF and DSP stages, and the filters' automatically-selected bandwidths may be manually changed by the operator, if desired, for special operating circumstances.

) (

SEE PAGE 54

)

lizes sixteen different mathematical algorithms to analyze and suppress different noise profiles encountered on the HF/50 MHz bands. Choose the selection that provides the best noise suppression, which concurrently will allow the signal to rise up out of the noise.

DNF

(

DIGITAL NOTCH FILTER

) (

SEE PAGE 59

)

When multiple interfering carriers are encountered during reception, the Digital Notch Filter can significantly reduce the level of these signals.

The Sub (VFO-B) receiver’s 40 MHz IF includes a fixed Roofing filter, with a bandwidth of 15 kHz.

AGC

(

SEE PAGE 62

)

The AGC system is highly adaptable to changing signal

CONTOUR Filter

(

SEE PAGE 55

The DSP Contour filter is a unique capability on the Main

)

and fading characteristics, making reception possible under the most difficult conditions.

(VFO-A) receiver, providing either nulling or peaking of tunable segments of the receiver passband, so as to suppress interference or excessive frequency components on an incoming signal, or to peak those tunable frequency segments. The amount of nulling/peaking, and the bandwidth over which it is applied, are adjustable via the Menu.

SLOPED AGC

(

SEE PAGE 63

The Sloped AGC system on the Main (VFO-A) receiver, instead of clamping a fixed upper bound on audio output across a wide range of input signals, actually allows the audio output to rise, very gently, with ever-increasing sig-

)

nal strength. This capability allows you to separate sig-

IF SHIFT

(

SEE PAGE 56

The passband center frequency response of the IF DSP

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nals, using your brain, according to signal strength in addition to slight frequency differences.

filtering may be adjusted using this control.

IF WIDTH

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SEE PAGE 57

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The width of the IF DSP filtering may be adjusted using

IF Filter Quality Adjustment

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SEE PAGE 121

The “Q” (quality factor) of the IF DSP filters may be adjusted using the Menu.

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this control.

Variable IF Filter Shape Factor

(

SEE PAGE 121

You may adjust the shape factor of the receiver IF DSP filters using the Menu.

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Main Band VFO-A

3rd IF (DSP

30 kHz

DSP

UNIT

)

ANTENNA

SELECTOR

THRU

OPTION

ATT

µ-TUNE

VRF

IPO OFF

BPF RF AMP 1

RF AMP 2

1st Local

ROOFING

FILTER

3k/6k/15k

1st IF

69.450 MHz

1st

IF AMP

2nd Local

2nd IF

450 kHz

2nd

IF AMP

3rd Loca l

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Sub Band V FO-B

1st Local

ROOFING

FILTER

15k

1st IF

40.455 MHz

1st

IF AMP

2nd Local

2nd IF

455 kHz

2nd

IF AMP

DET

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IPO (INTERCEPT POINT OPTIMIZATION

The IPO feature allows the operator to optimize the characteristics of the receiver front end, depending on the current noise level and the strength of incoming signals.

Press the [IPO] button several times to set the desired characteristic of the receiver front end, per the chart below.

AMP1: Amplifies the incoming signal path using a

low distortion RF preamplifier (gain: approx. 10 dB).

AMP2: Amplifies incoming signal path using a 2-

stage low-distortion RF preamplifier (total gain: approx. 17 dB).

ON: Bypasses the RF preamplifier, yielding di-

rect feed to the first mixer.

The selected receiver RF preamplifier will be indicated in the IPO column of the Receiver Configuration Indicator on the display.

ADVICE :

On the 10 MHz and lower bands, it generally is not necessary to use any preamplifier at all; selecting the “ON” position described above will increase the strong-signal-handling capability of the receiver, and generally will result in more pleasant reception due to reduced noise. If you can hear band noise with the preamplifiers disengaged, then a preamplifier is generally not needed.

[

IPO] Button

AMP1

)

Receiver Configuration Indicator

AMP

AMP2

AMP

ATT

Even with the IPO function on, extremely strong local signals or high noise can still degrade reception. In such situations, you can use the [ATT] button to insert 6, 12, or 18-dB of RF attenuation in front of the RF amplifier.

1. Press the [ATT] button several times to set the desired attenuation level, per the chart below. OFF: Attenuator is Off –6 dB: The incoming signal power is reduced by 6

dB (Signal voltage reduced by 1/2)

–12 dB: The incoming signal power is reduced by 12

dB (Signal voltage reduced by 1/4)

–18 dB: The incoming signal power is reduced by 18

dB (Signal voltage reduced by 1/8) The selected attenuation level will be indicated in the ATT column of the Receiver Configuration Indicator on the display.

ADVICE :

 The Attenuator affects both the Main (VFO-A) and Sub (VFO-B) bands.  If background noise causes the S-meter to deflect on clear frequencies, press the [ATT] button until the S-meter drops to

about “S-1.” This setting optimizes the trade-offs between sensitivity, noise, and interference immunity. Also, once you have tuned in a station you want to work, you may want to reduce sensitivity further (or add more attenuation) by pressing the [

ATT] button to a more setting. This reduces the strength of all signals (and noise) and can make reception more comfort-

able, important especially during long QSOs. When looking for weak signals on a quiet band, you will want maximum sensitivity, so the IPO should be disabled and the [ATT] button should be set to “OFF.” This situation is typical during quiet times on frequencies above 21 MHz, and when using a small or negative-gain receiving antenna on other bands.

2. To restore full signal strength through the Attenuator

[

ATT] Button

circuit area, press the [ATT] button to restore the ATT display to the “OFF” position.

Receiver Configuration Indicator

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RF GAIN

The RF Gain controls provide manual adjustment of the gain levels for the receiver RF and IF stages, to account for noise and/or signal strength conditions at the moment.

1. The Main [RF GAIN] knob should, initially, be rotated to the fully clockwise position. This is the point of maximum sensitivity, and counter-clockwise rotation will gradually reduce the system gain.

2. The Sub [RF GAIN] knob operates identically to the Main [RF GAIN] knob. The fully clockwise position of the Sub [RF GAIN] knob should always be utilized as a starting point for operation.

ADVICE :

 As the [RF GAIN] knob is rotated counterclockwise

to reduce the gain, the S-meter reading will rise. This indicates that the AGC voltage being applied to the receiver is increasing (which causes a reduction in receiver gain).

 Rotating the [RF GAIN] knob control to the fully

counter-clockwise position will essentially disable the receiver, as the gain will be greatly reduced. In this case, as well, the S-meter will appear to be “pegged” against the right edge of the analog S-meter scale.

 The Sub [RF GAIN] knob operates identically to the

Main [RF GAIN] knob. The effects of counter-clockwise rotation of the Sub (VFO-B) receiver’s RF Gain control may be observed visually on the Sub band (VFO-B) S-meter.

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SSB/CW/AM MODES

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Main [RF GAIN] Knob

Sub [RF GAIN] Knob

QUICK POINT:

 Reception frequently can be optimized by rotating the

[

RF GAIN] knob slightly counter-clockwise to the

point where the incoming noise level is just about the same as the “stationary” meter needle position as set by the adjustment of the [RF GAIN] knob. This setting ensures that excessive gain is not being utilized, without so much gain reduction that incoming signals cannot be heard.

 The RF Gain control, along with the IPO and Attenua-

tor features, all affect the system receiver gain in different ways. As a first step in dealing with high noise or a crowded, high-level signal environment, the IPO generally should be the first feature engaged, if the frequency is low enough to allow the preamplifier to be bypassed. Thereafter, the RF Gain and Attenuator features may be employed to provide precise, delicate adjustment of the receiver gain so as to optimize performance fully.

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DVANCED INTERFERENCE

The FT-2000 includes an unmatched array of RF selectivity-enhancing features. Please study the material below carefully, so as to understand the various features completely.

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UPPRESSION

EATURES: RF F

RONT END

USING THE VRF (VARIABLE RF FRONT-END FILTER

The VRF system is a high-performance RF front-end preselector that has high Q factor and low insertion loss. VRF provides outstanding rejection of out-of-band signals, and can significantly improve reception in tough co-location operations such as a contest or DX-pedition. The FT-2000’s VRF system affects the 1.8 - 28 MHz amateur bands only.

1. Press the [VRF] button momentarily. The “ ” icon will appear at the FLT column of the Receiver Configuration Indicator on the display, and the VRF system will be engaged, centered on your current Amateur band.

2. You may rotate the [VRF] knob to skew the position of the VRF system relative to your operating frequency. Because the VRF system is relatively broad, although still much narrower than the fixed bandpass filter), you may not hear much difference in the background noise or signal quality when you make minor adjustments. However, if you have receiving problems associated by a very strong signal, rotation of the [VRF] knob may help reduce the strength of the interfering station, allowing improved reception of the desired signal if overload was degrading reception.

ADVICE :

 You may observe the

relative skew of the VRF system in the Tuning Offset Indicator on the display while turning the [VRF] knob.

 After moving the passband of the VRF system

manually, you may re-center it on the current Amateur band by pressing and holding in the [VRF button for two seconds.

3. To switch VRF off, press the [VRF] button until the “ ” icon shows “ ” in the FLT column of the Receiver Configuration Indicator on the display; this confirms that the VRF circuit has been removed from the incoming received signal path.

ADVIC E:

 The VRF filter affects both the Main (VFO-A) and Sub

(VFO-B) bands.

 The VRF Filter operational status will be memorized

independently on each VFO in the VFO stack.

QUICK POINT:

The VRF filter, utilizing high-quality coils and capacitors that provide high Q, yields a passband that is approximately

]

20% to 30% the width of a traditional, fixed bandpass filter. As a result, significantly more “unwanted” signal rejection is provided. Within each Amateur band, the following adjustment steps are provided, if you wish to skew the response in a particular direction so as to enhance interference rejection even more. The actual “sound” of the signal you are listening to will remain unchanged, however.

AMATEUR BAND

1.8 MHz

3.5 MHz

10 MHz 14 MHz 18 MHz 21 MHz

24.5 MHz 28 MHz

Receiver Configuration Indicator

Offset Tuning Indicator

5 MHz 7 MHz

)

[

VRF] Button

[

VRF] Knob

VRF ADJUSTMENT STEPS

62 steps 62 steps 62 steps 62 steps 30 steps 30 steps 20 steps 20 steps 20 steps 20 steps

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R.FLT (ROOFING FILTERS

Narrow-band Roofing Filters of 15 kHz, 6 kHz, and 3 kHz bandwidths are provided in the first IF, right after the first mixer. These filters provide protection fort the 2nd mixer, DSP, and other circuitry that follow and can dramatically improve reception on a very crowded band (during a contest, etc.). Typically, the AUTO selection mode is satisfactory for most operating situations, but in an extremely crowded phone band you may wish to select, for example, the 3 kHz roofing filter for SSB operation.

Press the [R.FLT] button to toggle the Roofing Filter selection.

AUTO 15 kHz 6 kHz  3 kHz AUTO

ADVICE :

 The Roofing filter selection affects the Main band

(VFO-A) only. The Sub band’s (VFO-B) Roofing filter is fixed at a bandwidth of 15 kHz.

 As you repeatedly press the [R.FLT] button, you will

observe changes in the notation in the R.FLT column of the Receiver Configuration Indicator on the display, denoting the Roofing Filter currently in use.

 Typically, this selection will be set to “AUTO.”  The Roofing Filter selection will be memorized inde-

pendently on each VFO in the VFO stack.

)

Receiver Configuration Indicator

[

R.FLT] Button

QUICK POINT:

 The “AUTO” selection of the Roofing Filter is based

on the operating mode. However, you may override the automatic selection, if band conditions warrant a different (usually, a tighter) selection.

 The AUTO mode Roofing Filter selections are shown

below:

AM/FM/FM-PKT: 15 kHz LSB/USB/PKT: 6 kHz CW/RTTY: 3 kHz

 When the Roofing filter mode is set to “AUTO” and

the Noise Blanker is turned On, the Roofing Filter bandwidth will automatically be set to 15 kHz, as this setting provides the most effective noise blanking. However, you still may override the automatic setting, and select a more narrow Roofing Filter. Noise blanking may be compromised, however, with a tighter Roofing Filter in the line.

TERMINOLOGY:

A “Roofing Filter,” as its name implies, places a “Roof” over the receiver’s IF system bandwidth. This “Roof” protects the circuitry downstream from the first mixer from interference, just as a roof on a house protects the contents from rain and snow.

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CONTOUR CONTROL OPERATION

The Contour filtering system provides a gentle perturbation of the IF filter passband, so as to suppress or enhance certain frequency components, thus enhancing the sound and/or readability of a received signal.

[

1. Press the [CONTOUR] button. The Contour notation will appear in the display to confirm that the Contour filter is engaged.

2. Rotate the [CONTOUR] knob to achieve the most natural-sounding audio reproduction on the incoming signal.

3. To cancel Contour tuning, press the [CONTOUR] button once more.

ADVICE :

 The Contour filter affects the Main band (VFO-A) only.  You may observe the graphically-depicted peak posi-

tion of the CONTOUR Filter in the CONTOUR indicator on the display.

CONTOUR Indicator

CONTOUR] Button

[

CONTOUR] Knob

)

[

CONTOUR] button

Fully Clockwise

[

CONTOUR] button

Center

[

CONTOUR] button

Fully Counter-Clockwise

CONTOUR GAIN “MINUS” CONTOUR GAIN “PLUS”

 The Contour filter’s level (either nulling or peaking)

may be adjusted using Menu item “090 rdSP CNTR LV.” The factory default setting is for a null of “–15” (dB).

 The bandwidth over which the Contour filter effect is

applied may be adjusted using Menu item “091 rdSP CNTR WI.” The factory default setting is “10.”

 When the optional DMU-2000 Data Management Unit

is connected, the Audio Scope (on the “Oscilloscope” page) is particularly useful when adjusting the Contour control. Not only can you see the effect of the null/peak of the Contour system, but you also can see the position of the null/peak with respect to frequency components of interest on the incoming signal. You may then observe (on the Audio Scope) the effect of the Contour control while listening to the effect on the signal, and this will help build your intuition on how best to use Contour tuning in the future.

[

CONTOUR] button

Fully Clockwise

[

CONTOUR] button

Center

[

CONTOUR] button

Fully Counter-Clockwise

With reference to Figure “B,” note the initial posi- tion (12 o’clock) of the [CONTOUR] knob when the [CONTOUR] button is pushed. You may observe the “indentation” in the receiver passband where the Contour filter is placing a low-Q “notch” (per the setting of Menu item “090,” referenced above). Counter-clockwise rotation (to the left) of the [CONTOUR] knob causes the indentation to move towered a lower frequency within the passband, while clockwise rotation (to the right) causes the indentation to move toward a higher frequency within the passband. By removing interference or unwanted frequency components on the incoming signal, it is possible to make the desired signal rise out of the background noise/interference, enhancing intelligibility.

AB C

BANDWIDTH

BANDWID TH

QUICK POINT:

The steep slopes of the DSP filtering can, when adjusted aggressively, impart an unnatural sound to an incoming signal. Oftentimes, though, a narrow bandwidth is not the key to improving copy; the incoming signal itself may have undesirable or excessive frequency components, especially in the low-frequency range around 100-400 Hz. By judicious use of the Contour filter, the “shoulder” of the passband response may be altered, or components removed from within the passband, allowing the desired signal to rise above the background noise and interference in a manner not obtainable with other filtering systems.

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IF SHIFT OPERATION

IF Shift allows you to vary the DSP filter passband higher or lower, without changing the pitch of the incoming signal, so as to reduce or eliminate interference. Because the carrier tuning frequency is not varied, there is no need to re-tune the operating frequency when eliminating the interference. The total passband tuning range for the IF Shift system is ±1 kHz.

Rotate the [SHIFT] knob to the left or right to reduce the interference.

ADVICE :

 The [SHIFT] knob affects the Main band (VFO-A)

only. However, you may shift the Sub band (VFO-B) filter passband via Menu items “042 S-iF LSB SET” through “049 S-iF PKT-USB.”

 The position of the passband set by the IF Shift can be

observed on the display.

Referring to Figure “A,” note the depiction of the IF DSP filter as the thick line, with the [SHIFT knob in the 12 o’clock position. In Figure “B,” an interfering signal has appeared inside the original passband. In Figure “C,” you can see the effect of rotating the [SHIFT] knob so as to reduce the interference level by moving the filter passband so that the interference is outside of the passband.

(

SSB/CW/RTTY/PKT/AM MODES

SHIFT Indicator

]

)

[

SHIFT] knob

AB C

Desired Signal Desired Signal Desired Signal

QRMQRM

BANDW IDTH

BANDWIDTH

BANDWID TH

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WIDTH (IF DSP BANDWIDTH) TUNING

The IF Width tuning system allows you to vary the width of the DSP IF passband, so as to eliminate interference. Moreover, the bandwidth may actually be expanded from its default setting, should you wish to enhance incoming signal fidelity when interference on the band is low.

Rotate the [WIDTH] knob to adjust the bandwidth. Counter-clockwise rotation reduces the bandwidth, while clockwise rotation increases the bandwidth.

ADVICE :

 The IF Width affects the Main band (VFO-A) only.  The bandwidth of the IF can be observed on the dis-

play.

CAUTION:

When rotating the [WIDTH] control fully counter-clockwise, the transition between 50 Hz and 25 Hz bandwidth may be accompanied by a “ping” sound, depending on the amount of noise present. This is a normal condition, and you should turn down the volume, when wearing headphones, to minimize the amplitude of this momentary sound.

Referring to Figure B, you can see the default bandwidth with the [WIDTH] knob set to the 12 o’clock position.

By rotating the [WIDTH] knob to the left, the bandwidth will narrow (see Figure “A”), while rotation of the [WIDTH] knob to the right, as depicted in Figure “C,” will widen the bandwidth.

AB C

(

SSB/CW/RTTY/PKT MODES

WIDTH Indicator

Using IF Shift and Width Together

The IF Shift and Variable IF Width features together form a very effective interference-fighting filtering system.

For example, in Figure “A” you can see how interference has appeared both on the high and low sides of the desired signal. By rotating the [WIDTH knob, as shown in Figure “B,” the interference from one side can be eliminated, and by re-positioning the [SHIFT] knob (Figure “C”), the interference on the opposite side can be removed, without reintroducing the interference previously eliminated in Figure “B.”

)

[

WIDTH] Knob

]

BANDW IDTH

The default bandwidths, and total bandwidth adjustment range, will vary according to the operating mode:

SSB Mode: CW Mode: RTTY/PKT Modes:



200 Hz ~ 4.0 kHz (2.4 kHz)

25 Hz ~ 2.4 kHz (2.4 kHz)

: bandwidth at 12 o’clock position of [WIDTH] knob.

BANDWIDTH

25 Hz ~ 2.4 kHz (500 Hz)

BANDWID TH

Advice: For best interference reduction, the Width and Shift features are the primary tools you should use. After narrowing the bandwidth (Width) and/or adjusting the center of the passband (Shift), the Contour control may also yield additional signalenhancement benefits on the net residual bandwidth. What’s more, the IF Notch Filter (see the next section) may also be utilized, in conjunection with the three other filter systems, to significant advantage.

AB C

Desire d Signal Des ired Signal Desir ed Signal

BANDWID TH

QRMQRM

BANDWID TH

QRM

BANDWID TH

QRMQRMQRM

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IF NOTCH FILTER OPERATION

The IF Notch filter is a highly-effective system that allows you to slice out an interfering beat note or other carrier signal from inside the receiver passband.

1. Press the [NOTCH] button. The Notch characteristic will appear in the display to confirm that the Notch filter is engaged.

2. Initially, rough adjustment of the center frequency of the IF Notch Filter is adjusted using the outer [

COARSE] knob; thereafter, fine tuning of the Notch

frequency is adjusted using the inner [FINE] knob.

3. To switch the IF Notch filter off, press the [NOTCH button once more. The Notch notation will turn off, confirming that the IF Notch filter is no longer operating.

ADVICE :

 The IF Notch filter affects the Main band (VFO-A)

only.

 You may observe the graphically-depicted peak (maxi-

mum null) position of the IF Notch Filter in the NOTCH indicator on the display.

 The width of the IF Notch null may be adjusted using

Menu item “092 rdSP NOTCH W.” Both “Wide” and “Narrow” selections are available, with “Narrow” providing the least disruption of the “desired” signal.

 When the optional DMU-2000 Data Management Unit

is connected, the effect of the IF Notch filter may be observed on the Audio Scope (on the “Oscilloscope” page). The Notch will be observed as a “dip” in the noise platform observed. What’s more, the “Waterfall” display may be used to observe the effect of the IF Notch filter, which will appear as a white area in the colored background area. The tuning rate for the IF Notch is somewhat slow while you adjust the [FINE knob, so the use of the Waterfall display to confirm proper adjustment is highly recommended.

(

SSB/CW/RTTY/PKT/AM MODES

NOTCH Indicator

]

The performance of the IF Notch filter is shown in Figure “A,” where the effect of rotation of the [

NOTCH] knobs is depicted. In Figure “B,” you

can see the notching effect of the IF Notch filter as you rotate the [NOTCH] knobs to eliminate the incoming interference.

Desired Signal Desired Signal

QRM

]

(Heterodyne)

BANDWIDTH

(Heterodyne)

QRM

)

[

BANDWID TH

NOTCH] Button

[

NOTCH] Knob

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DIGITAL NOISE REDUCTION (DNR) OPERATION

The Digital Noise Reduction (DNR) system is designed to reduce the level of random noise found on the HF and 50 MHz bands, and it is especially effective during SSB operation. By rotating the [DNR] knob, any of sixteen different noisereduction algorithms can be selected; each of these algorithms was created for dealing with a different noise profile, and you will want to experiment with the DNR system to find the best setting according to the noise currently being experienced.

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1. Press the [DNR] button. The “ ” icon will appear in the display, confirming that the DNR system is engaged.

2. Rotate the [DNR] knob to select the setting that most effectively reduces the noise level.

3. To disable the DNR system, press the [DNR] button once more. The “ ” icon will turn off, confirming that the DNR system is not active.

ADVICE :

The Digital Noise Reduction affects the Main band (VFOA) only.

NOTCH Indicator

[

DNR] Knob

[

DNR] Button

DIGITAL NOTCH FILTER (DNF) OPERATION

The Digital Notch Filter (DNF) is an effective beat-cancelling filter that can null out a number of interfering beat notes inside the receiver passband. Because this is an Auto-Notch feature, there is no adjustment knob associated with this filter.

ADVICE :

If a very strong interfering carrier is encountered, we recommend you first use the IF Notch filter, as it is the most effective notching tool in the receiver section.

[

1. Press the [DNF] button. The “ ” icon will appear in the display, confirming that the DNF system is engaged.

2. To cancel DNF operation, press the [DNF] button once more. The “ ” icon will turn off, confirming that the Digital Notch Filter is no longer in operation.

ADVICE :

The Digital Notch Filter affects the Main (VFO-A) band only.

DNF] Button

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Main band (VFO-A) “One-Touch Narrow” Operation

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Pressing the [NAR] button provides one-touch, mode-specific selection of a narrow IF DSP filter setting that does not depend on the setting of the [WIDTH] knob. Pressing the [NAR] button once more returns the bandwidth control to the Width/Shift system. The factory default bandwidths are:

[

OPERATING MODE

SSB CW RTTY/PKT-L/PKT-U PKT-FM AM FM (28/50 MHz Bands

)



NAR] SWITCH

“ON”

1.8 kHz 500 Hz 300 Hz

9 kHz 6 kHz 9 kHz

: Depends on the [WIDTH] knob

“OFF”

  

16 kHz

9 kHz

16 kHz

ADVICE :

 When the narrow bandwidth is selected, the “ ”

icon will appear in the display and the bandwidth on the WIDTH indicator in the display will be reduced.

 The bandwidth applied when the [NAR] button is

pressed may be adjusted using the Menu. This allows you to customize a quick-switch “Narrow” bandwidth matching your operating needs. The default values for each mode below are underlined. SSB mode: Menu item “104 rdsP SSB NAR”

200/400/600/850/1100/1350/1500/1650/ 1800/1950/2100/2250 Hz

CW mode: Menu item “095 rdsP CW NARR”

25/50/100/200/300/400/500/800/1200/1400/ 1700/2000 Hz

PSK mode: Menu item “098 rdsP PSK NAR”

25/50/100/200/300/400 Hz

RTTY mode: Menu item “101 rdsP RTY NAR”

25/50/100/200/300/400 Hz

 When the [NAR] button has been pushed so as to en-

gage the narrow filter, the [WIDTH] knob will be disabled, but IF Shift still is operational. For many applications, you may find that simple adjustment of the [

WIDTH] knob, instead of engaging the Narrow filter,

may be satisfactory for interference reduction.

 You may adjust the CW bandwidth using the [WIDTH

knob, even if the narrow filter is engaged. In this case, available bandwidth selections are 25 Hz ~ 2 kHz.

 When you press the [NAR] button in the FM mode,

both the transmit and receive bandwidths are narrowed.

WIDTH Indicator

[

NAR] Button

[

WIDTH] Knob

Sub band (VFO-B)

“One-Touch Narrow” Operation

1. Press the [B] button.

2. Within five seconds of pressing the [B] button (while the imbedded orange LED is blinking), press the [NAR button to toggle the bandwidth between “wide” and “narrow.” When the narrow bandwidth is selected, the “ ” icon will appear in the display.

[B]

Button

[

NAR] Button

[

OPERATING MODE

SSB CW

RTTY/PKT-L/PKT-U PKT-FM AM FM (28/50 MHz bands

]

(300 Hz/500 Hz)

)

: Requires the optional CW Narrow Filter

300 Hz: YF-122CN, 500 Hz: YF-122C

“ON”

1.1 kHz

1.2 kHz

1.2 kHz 9 kHz 6 kHz 9 kHz

NAR] SWITCH



“OFF”

2.25 kHz

2.0 kHz

1.2 kHz 16 kHz

9 kHz

16 kHz

]

NOTE:

When the [NAR] button is pressed, the [WIDTH] knob no longer functions (except the CW mode).

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IF NOISE BLANKER (NB) OPERATION

The FT-2000 includes an effective IF Noise Blanker, which can significantly reduce noise caused by automotive ignition systems.

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Main band (VFO-A) NB Operation

1. Press the [NB] button momentarily to reduce shortduration pulse noise such as from switching transients, automobile ignitions and power lines. The “ ” icon will appear in the display to confirm that the NarrowNB is operating. Press and hold in the [NB] button for two seconds to reduce longer-duration man-made pulse noise. The “ ” icon will blink for five seconds, and thereafter will appear continuously, to confirm that the Wide-NB is operating.

2. Advance the [NB] knob to the point where the offending noise is best reduced or eliminated.

3. To end Noise Blanker operation, press the [NB] button once more. The “ ” icon will turn off, confirming that the Noise Blanker is no longer in operation.

ADVICE :

 When the Roofing filter mode is set to “AUTO” and

the Noise Blanker is turned On, the Roofing Filter bandwidth will automatically be set to 15 kHz. The Roofing Filter may be changed to a narrower selection, as described previously, although Noise Blanker operation may be compromised somewhat when using a narrower Roofing Filter.

 When you change the Noise Blanker level on the Main

(VFO-A) side, the Sub (VFO-B) band’s Noise Blanker level will automatically change to be the same as that for VFO-A, if the Sub (VFO-B) band’s Noise Blanker is engaged.

Main Band (VFO-A) “NB” Icon

[NB]

Button

[NB]

[B]

Knob

Button

Sub Band (VFO-B) “NB” Icon

Sub band (VFO-B) NB Operation

1. Press the [B] button.

2. Within five seconds of pressing the [B] button (while the imbedded orange LED is blinking), press the [NB button momentarily to reduce short-duration pulse noise such as from switching transients, automobile ignitions and power lines. The “ ” icon will appear in the display to confirm that the Narrow-NB is operating.

3. Within five seconds of pressing the [B] button (while the imbedded orange LED is blinking), press and hold in the [NB] button for two seconds to reduce longerduration man-made pulse noise. The “ ” icon will blink for five seconds, then appear continuously, to confirm that the Wide-NB is operating.

4. To end Noise Blanker operation, press the [B] button, then press the [NB] button. The “ ” icon will turn off, confirming that the Noise Blanker is no longer in operation.

]

ADVIC E:

When you change the Noise Blanker level on the Sub (VFO-B) side, the Main (VFO-A) band’s Noise Blanker level will automatically change to be the same as that for VFO-B, if the Main (VFO-A) band’s Noise Blanker is engaged.

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AGC (AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL

The AGC system is designed to help compensate for fading and other propagation effects, with characteristics that can be of particular value on each operating mode. The basic objective of AGC is to maintain a constant audio output level once a certain minimum threshold of signal strength is achieved.

Main Band (VFO-A) AGC Selection

Press the [AGC] button repeatedly to select the desired receiver-recovery time constant. You will observe the AGC status notation in the AGC column of the Receiver Configuration Indicator on the display, denoting the AGC receiver-recovery time currently in use. For most operation, we recommend the “AUTO” mode. Additionally, you may disable the AGC by pressing and holding in the [AGC button for two seconds.

]

)

[

AGC] Button

[B]

Button

Sub Band (VFO-B) AGC Selection

1. Press the [B] button.

2. Within five seconds of pressing the [B] button (while the imbedded orange LED is blinking), press the [AGC button repeatedly to select the desired receiver-recovery time constant. You will observe the AGC notation below the Sub frequency on the display, denoting the Sub receiver’s current AGC receiver-recovery time. For most operation, we recommend the “AUTO” mode. Additionally, you may disable the AGC by pressing and holding in the [AGC] button for two seconds.

NOTE:

Pressing the [AGC] button allows selection of the desired receiver-recovery time constant. Normally, the “AUTO” selection is satisfactory for most situations, but in the event of operation on a crowded band where you wish to receive a weak signal, you may wish to change the setting (to FAST, for example). The “AUTO” mode selections are:

OPERATING MODE

LSB

USB

AM FM

RTTY

PKT (FM

PKT (LSB

)

AUTO AGC SELECTION

SLOW SLOW

FAST FAST FAST

SLOW

FAST

SLOW

]

ADVIC E:

QUICK POINT

Several aspects of AGC performance may be configured via the Menu. However, because AGC can have such a profound impact on overall receiver performance, we generally do not recommend any changes to the AGC Menu selections until you are thoroughly familiar with the performance of the FT-2000.

TERMINOLOGY:

Automatic Gain Control, or AGC, is a circuit that senses the incoming signal strength, and then limits the gains of the RF and IF stages so as to keep the output audio volume at a more-or-less constant level. AGC also protects the RF, IF, Audio, and DSP stages from overload, as it limits the signal strength that is allowed to flow, irrespective of the input signal level.

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AGC (AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL

)

SLOPED AGC Operation

In traditional AGC systems, the audio output from the transceiver becomes essentially fixed once the threshold for AGC action is reached (usually several dozen dB above the no-signal noise floor). The FT-2000, however, includes an innovative Sloped AGC system on the Main band (VFO-A) receiver, that allows the audio volume to rise and fall slightly according to signal strength. Although the rise/fall slope is not dramatic, it is sufficient to allow you to use your ear to discern and separate signals according to signal strength, not just audio frequency.

Using Sloped AGC

1. Press the [MENU] button momentarily to enter the Menu mode.

2. Use the Main Tuning Dial knob to select Menu item “088 rout AGC SLP.”

3. Rotate the [SUB VFO-B] knob to change the setting to “SLP.”

4. Press and hold in the [MENU] button for two seconds to save the new setting and exit to normal operation. You will now be using the Sloped AGC system.

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Input Signal

[

MENU] Button

Main Tuning Dial Knob[SUB VFO-B] Knob

SLOPED

NORMAL

MUTE FEATURE

There may be occasions, during Dual Receive operation, when you want to silence the Main (VFO-A) receiver temporarily so as to concentrate on what’s being received on the Sub (VFO-B) receiver. The Mute feature makes this simple to accomplish.

Press the Main [RX] LED/switch. The Main (VFO-A) receiver will be silenced, and the green LED in the [RX switch will blink.

To restore reception on the Main (VFO-A) receiver, just press the blinking [RX] switch/LED once more.

ADVICE :

If you press the [POWER] switch momentarily while the transceiver is turned on, the transceiver’s audio will be muted for three seconds.

(

MAIN (VFO-A) BAND

]

)

Main [RX] Switch

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SSB/AM MODE TRANSMISSION

[

MOX] Button

[

METER] Switch

[

MIC] Knob

[

RF PWR] Knob

[

MODE] Button

Main Tuning Dial knob

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1. The operating mode is selected using the [MODE buttons to the left of the Main Tuning Dial knob, and the VFO (A or B) to which the selection is applied is selected by the [A] or [B] button above the [MODE buttons. Usually, the [A] button glows Red, signifying that the Main band (VFO-A) is being adjusted. Similarly, pressing the [B]

button will cause its indicator to blink Orange for five seconds, signifying Sub band (VFO-B) adjustment. Therefore, press the [A] or [B

] button to select the desired VFO, then press the [LSB] or [USB] button to select one of the SSB modes. For AM operation, press the [AM/

FM] button repeatedly until the im-

bedded LED glows red.

QUICK POINT:

 By convention, LSB is used in the 7 MHz and lower

Amateur bands for SSB communication, and USB is used on the 14 MHz and higher bands (the 10 MHz band is used for CW and data modes only).

 When the [AM/FM] button glows orange, it indi-

cates that FM operation is engaged.

2. Rotate the Main Tuning Dial knob to adjust the operating frequency. Alternatively, you may use the [UP]/ [

DWN] scanning buttons on the MH-31B8 Hand Mi-

crophone to sweep up or down the current band.

]

3. Press the microphone’s PTT (Push To Talk) switch to

begin transmission; speak into the microphone in a normal voice level.

]

ADVIC E:

 The “ ” indicator will light up in the frequency

display area, confirming that transmission is in progress.

 When transmitting in the AM mode, rotate the [RF

PWR] knob so as to set a maximum (carrier) power

output of 25 Watts.

4. In the SSB mode, adjust the microphone amplifier gain to match the microphone and your voice level, set the [METER

]

switch to the “ALC” position, close the PTT switch, speak into the microphone in a normal voice level, and adjust the [MIC] (gain) knob so that the ALC voltage (displayed on the right meter) stays within the ALC zone of the meter (up to 2/3 of full scale deflection) on voice peaks.

ADVIC E:

The microphone gain of the AM mode has been programmed, at the factory, to a level that should be satisfactory for most situations. However, using Menu item “050 A3E MICGAIN,” you may set a different fixed value, or choose the “Ur” option, which then lets you use the front panel [MIC] knob to set the microphone gain in the AM mode. In this case, the [MIC] knob should not be advanced to the point where the ALC meter deflects. In many cases, the same setting as used on SSB will be satisfactory.

5. Release the PTT switch at the end of your transmission. The transceiver will return to the receive mode.

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ADVICE :

 ALC meter deflection may be caused by excessive drive

power, but also by reflected power detected in the antenna system. If the impedance presented to the transceiver is different from 50 Ohms, ALC meter action may be observed that is not related to the proper setting of the [MIC] (gain) knob. Therefore, we recommend that you make [MIC] knob adjustments into a dummy load or antenna system presenting an impedance very close to 50 Ohms.

 Rotate the [RF PWR] knob to set the desired power

output. Clockwise rotation of the [RF PWR] knob will increase the power. The adjustment range is between 5 Watts and 100 Watts, and you should always use the minimum power necessary for maintaining reliable communications.

 The analog PO meter indicates the average power out-

put level. SSB transmit average talk power is normally 10% to 50% of the peak power output. Voice characteristics, microphone qualities, parametric equalizer and compression settings affect actual talk power output.

 When performing tests (such as the setup of the [MIC

or [RF PWR] knobs), be sure to check the frequency before transmitting, so as to avoid interference to others who may already be using the frequency.

 Four techniques for exercising Transmit/Receive con-

trol are provided on the FT-2000, and you may choose the technique(s) that best suit your operating needs:  Pressing the microphone’s PTT switch will engage

the transmitter.

 The rear panel PTT jack may be connected to a

foot switch or other manual switching device in order to engage the transmitter.

 Pressing the front panel [MOX] button will lock

the transmitter on. Press the [MOX] button again to return to receive.

 The VOX (Voice Operated Xmit) circuit will en-

gage the transmitter automatically when you speak into the microphone. For details of VOX operation, see page 74.

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USING THE AUTOMATIC ANTENNA TUNER

The Automatic Antenna Tuner (hereinafter referred to as the “ATU”) built into each FT-2000 is crafted to ensure a 50-Ohm load for the final amplifier stage of the transmitter. We recommend that the ATU be used whenever you operate on the FT-

2000.

ADVICE :

 The ATU of the FT-2000, being located inside the station, only adjusts the impedance presented to the transceiver at the

station end of your coaxial cable feedline. It does not “tune” the SWR at the antenna feedpoint itself. When designing and building your antenna system, we recommend that every effort be made to ensure a low SWR at the antenna feedpoint.

 The ATU of the FT-2000 includes 100 memories for tuning data. Eleven of these memories are allocated, one per

Amateur band, so that each band has at least one setting preset for use on that band. The remaining 89 memories are reserved for the 89 most-recent tuning points, for quick frequency change without the need to retune the ATU.

 The ATU in the FT-2000 is designed to match impedances within the range of 16.5 Ohms to 150 Ohms, corresponding

to an SWR of 3:1 or less on the HF amateur bands (6 m amateur band: 25 Ohms to 100 Ohms, corresponding to an SWR of 2:1 or less). Accordingly, simple non-resonant whip antennas, along with random-length wires and the “G5RV” antenna (on most bands) may not be within the impedance matching range of the ATU.

ATU OPERATION

1. Rotate the [RF PWR] knob fully clockwise (to the right).

2. Use the Main Tuning Dial knob to set the radio to the desired operating frequency within the Amateur band.

3. Press the [TUNE] button momentarily to place the ATU in the transmit line (no adjustment/tuning will occur yet). The “ ” icon will appear in the display.

QUICK POINT:

The momentary press of the [TUNE] button will turn the tuner on, and the microprocessor will automatically select the tuning point closest to the current operating frequency.

4. Press and hold in the [TUNE] button for two seconds to begin automatic tuning. The transmitter will be engaged, and the “ ” icon will blink while tuning is in progress. When the optimum tuning point has been reached, the radio will return to receive, and the “ ” icon will again glow steadily (instead of blinking).

5. While tuning around the band using the Main Tuning Dial knob, you will observe that the “ ” icon blinks momentarily every 10 kHz. This momentary blinking indicates that a new tuning window has been entered. If you want to save tuning data associated with this 10 kHz window, repeat step 4 (above) for each such window. On bands like 1.8 MHz where the impedance may change rapidly, the storage of a number of tuning points is recommended.

6. To disconnect the ATU from the transmit line, press the [TUNE] button momentarily. The “ ” icon will turn off, confirming that the ATU has been turned off. In the “Off” mode, the transceiver will be directly connected to the coaxial cable connected to your antenna, and will operate based on whatever impedance is present at the station end of the coax.

NOTCH Indicator

ADVIC E:

The ATU circuit is located between the final amplifier and the rear-panel antenna jack; reception is not affected by the ATU.

QUICK POINT:

 As shipped from the factory, only one ATU alignment

point is saved on each Amateur band. This was memorized during the final alignment and performance verification stages on the production line.

 The momentary flickering of the “ ” icon occurs

whenever you cross over into a new 10 kHz ATU memory window.

NOTE:

Please check the operating frequency before beginning the tuning process, to be sure you are not interfering with others who may already be using the frequency.

TERMINOLOGY:

Antenna Tuner Memories: The microprocessor of the ATU makes a note of the positions of the tuning capacitors and the selected inductors, and stores the data for each 10 kHz window in which tuning has occurred. This eliminates the need to re-tune every time you return to a frequency on which you already have completed the tuning process.

[

DNR] Knob

[

DNR] Button

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ABOUT ATU OPERATION

Figure 1 depicts a situation where normal tuning via the ATU has been successfully completed, and the tuning data has been stored in the ATU memory. The antenna system as seen by the transmitter is shown.

In Figure 2, the operator has changed frequency, and the “ ” icon has become appeared. The operator presses and holds in the [TUNE] button for two seconds to begin impedance matching using the ATU.

If a high SWR conditions exists (above 3:1), corrective action must be taken in the antenna system to bring the impedance closer to 50 Ohms. Besides the fact that the ATU will refuse to memorize settings on frequencies where the SWR exceeds 3:1, the high SWR may indicate a mechanical failure in the feed system, and such failures can lead to the generation of spurious signals causing TVI, etc.

SWR: 2.0

Feed Point SWR

SWR: 1.5

SWR: 1.0

SWR: 3.0

SWR: 2.0

SWR: 1.0

Frequency

Memorized ATU Tuning

Frequency

SWR after ATU Tuning

FIGURE 1

FIGURE 2

The “ ” icon appears on the display when you transmit on this f requency

SWR: 3.0

Retuned Setting

About ATU Memories

SWR (Post-tuning) Less than 1.5:1

The tuning settings are committed to the ATU memory.

SWR (Post-tuning) Greater than 1.5:1

Tuning data will not be retained in memory. If you return to the same frequency, the tuning process must be repeated.

SWR (Post-tuning) Greater than 3:1

The “ ” icon will light up, and tuning settings, if achieved, will not be memorized. Please investigate and resolve the high SWR condition before attempting further operation using this antenna.

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LITHIUM BATTERY REPLACEMENT

The memories for the ATU are backed up by a common Lithium backup battery (type CR2032 or equivalent). After two or more years of heavy use, you may notice that the tuner memories are not being maintained, and that you have to re-tune when returning to a frequency on which you had previously stored tuning data.

In this case, please replace the ATU Backup Battery using the following procedure:

1. Turn the front panel [POWER] switch “off,” then turn the rear panel’s [POWER] switch “off.”

2. Unplug the AC cable from the rear panel’s ~AC IN jack.

3. Referring to Figure 1, remove the three screws from each side of the transceiver and three screws from the top edge of the rear panel. Slide the top case toward to the rear about 1/2 inch (1 cm), then remove the top case.

4. Turn the transceiver up side down.

5. Remove the seven screws affixing the bottom case, and then remove the bottom case (Figure 2).

6. Locate the Lithium battery on the left side of the Control Unit (Figure 3).

7. Turn the BACKUP switch “off.”

8. Follow the guidelines in Figure 4, and remove the old battery, replacing it with a new one of the identical type.

9. Connect the AC cable to the rear panel’s ~AC IN jack.

. Turn the rear panel’s [POWER] switch “on,” then turn

the front panel [POWER] switch “on.” Use extreme caution, as high voltages are present inside the transceiver!

. Turn the BACKUP switch “on.”

. Turn the front panel [POWER] switch “off,” then turn

the rear panel’s [POWER] switch “off.”

. Unplug the AC cable from the rear panel’s ~AC IN jack.

. Replace bottom case and its seven screws removed in

step 5, and then replace the top case and its nine screws removed in step 3.

. The ATU Backup Battery replacement is now com-

plete.

CAUTION:

Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent type.

QUICK POINT:

When the ATU Backup Battery is replaced, all tuner memories will be erased, and new sets of tuning data will have to be stored.

Backup Switch

Lithium Backup Battery

After pusing in the direction of the arrow, move your finger upward.

FIGURE 1

Backup Battery

FIGURE 3

Removal of the

FIGURE 2

Installing the

Lithium Backup Battery

Use your fingertip to push in the indicated direction

NOTES:

FIGURE 4

 Use care in the handling and storage of the Lithium battery. It is small, and presents a choking hazard to small children;

therefore keep such batteries out of the reach of children at all times. Do not dispose of Lithium batteries in fire, and do not attempt to re-charge them under any circumstances.

 When opening/closing the case, take care with your screwdriver not to short out internal components, or touch them in

a way that will cause them to short out against other components.

 The exhaustion of the ATU backup battery of the FT-2000 is a normal “wear and tear” situation, and the loss of the

backup voltage is not a “defect” or other condition covered by the Limited Warranty on this product. Accordingly, if you do not feel capable of replacing the battery, and ask a service shop to do so on your behalf, a service fee may apply.

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ENHANCING TRANSMIT SIGNAL QUALITY

USING THE SPEECH PROCESSOR

(

SSB/AM MODES

)

The Speech Processor is designed to increase “talk power” by increasing the average power output via a sophisticated compression technique. The result is improved intelligibility when conditions are difficult.

[

1. Adjust the [MIC] (gain) knob for SSB use, as described on page 64.

MONI] Button

[

PROC] Button

2. Rotate the [METER] switch fully to the left, so as to select “COMP” (Compression).

3. Press the [PROC] button momentarily. The “ ” icon will appear in the display, confirming that the Speech Processor is engaged.

4. Press the PTT switch on the microphone, and speak into the microphone in a normal voice level. Observe

[

the deflection of the meter needle on the COMP meter scale.

5. Rotate the [PROC] knob so that the meter needle de-

METER] Switch

[

MIC] Knob

[

RF PWR] Knob

[

MONI] Knob

[

PROC] Knob

flects to not more than “10 dB” on the COMP scale.

6. To switch the Speech Processor off, press the [PROC

] button once more. The “ ” icon will turn off, confirming that the Speech processor is turned off.

ADVICE :

 Excessive advancement of the [PROC] knob will re-

sult in a degradation of the transmitted signal’s signalto-noise ratio, thereby reducing intelligibility at the other end of the circuit.

 The Transmit Monitor is very helpful way of verifying

proper adjustment of the compression level. Pressing the [MONI] button then adjusting the [MONI] knob for a comfortable listening level while you are transmitting, you will be able to hear the difference in sound quality as you make adjustments.

 The [RF PWR] knob still controls the RF power out-

put, whether or not the Speech Processor is engaged.

 When the optional DMU-2000 Data Management Unit

is connected, you may observe the effect of your compression level adjustments by viewing the wave-form on the “Oscilloscope” page.

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ADJUSTING THE SSB TRANSMITTED BANDWIDTH

For transmission on SSB, a default bandwidth of 2.4 kHz is provided. This bandwidth provides reasonable fidelity along with good talk power, and is typical of the bandwidth used for decades during SSB transmission. However, the bandwidth may be varied by the operator, so as to provide different levels of fidelity or talk power, according to your preferences.

Here’s how to adjust the transmitted bandwidth on SSB:

1. Press the [MENU] button to engage the Menu.

2. Rotate the Main Tuning Dial knob so as to select Menu item “083 A3J TX BPF.”

3. Rotate the [SUB VFO-B] knob to select the desired bandwidth. The available selections are 3000/

50-3000/100-2900/200-2800/300-2700/4002600, and the default is 300-2700 Hz. A wider band-

width will provide greater fidelity, while a narrow bandwidth will compress the available transmitter power into less spectrum, resulting in more “talk power” for DX pile-ups.

4. Press and hold in the [MENU] button for two seconds to save the new setting and exit to normal operation.

ADVICE :

 The Transmit Monitor is very helpful way of verifying

the effects on fidelity of changing the bandwidth. Pressing the [MONI] button then adjusting the [MONI] knob for a comfortable listening level while you are transmitting, you will be able to hear the difference in sound quality as you make changes.

 When the optional DMU-2000 Data Management Unit

is connected, you may verify the effect of your adjustments of the transmitted bandwidth by observing the Audio Scope on the “Oscilloscope” page.

QUICK POINTS:

 The higher fidelity associated with wide bandwidth will

be particularly enjoyable on the low bands, during local rag-chew QSOs.

 The “3000” setting is a special hi-fidelity setting,

whereby the transmitted bandwidth is in excess of 3 kHz. This selection, in conjunction with judicious adjustment of the Parametric Microphone Equalizer (see next chapter) can provide truly outstanding fidelity and very natural-sounding audio.

 When using the wider bandwidth selections (especially

“3000”), the apparent power output from the transmitter may seem lower. This is because the available power from the transmitter is being distributed over a wider bandwidth, and the power detection circuitry does not compensate for the effect of the bandwidth selection (it is calibrated in the default 2.4 kHz bandwidth).

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SSB MODE

Main Tuning Dial Knob[SUB VFO-B] Knob

)

[

MENU] Button

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PARAMETRIC MICROPHONE EQUALIZER

(

SSB/AM MODES

)

The FT-2000 includes a unique Three-Band Parametric Microphone Equalizer, that provides precise, independent control over the low-, mid-, and treble-ranges in your voice wave-form. You may utilize one group of settings for when the speech processor is off, and an independent group of settings for when the speech processor is on.

QUICK POINT:

The Parametric Equalizer is a unique technique for adjusting the signal quality. Because the three ranges may be adjusted so precisely, it is possible to craft a response that provides a more natural and pleasant sound than you have ever experienced before. Effective “talk power” can also be significantly enhanced.

The aspects of configuration that you may adjust on the Parametric Equalizer are:

Center Frequency: The center frequency of each of the three bands may be adjusted. Gain: The amount of enhancement (or suppression) within each band may be adjusted. Q: The bandwidth over which the equalization is applied may be adjusted.

1. Connect the microphone to the MIC jack.

[

MONI] Button

Main Tuning Dial Knob

2. Set the [RF PWR] knob to its minimum value, so as not to cause interference to other users during adjustment.

ADVICE :

 We recommend you consider connecting a dummy

load to one of the Antenna jacks, and monitor your signal on a separate receiver, so as to prevent interference to other users.

 You will have the best chance of hearing the ef-

fects of adjustments if you wear headphones (connected to the monitor receiver) while monitoring your transmitted signal.

3. Press the [MONI] button, if you want to listen on the FT-2000’s internal monitor.

4. Press the [MENU] button momentarily. The Menu list will appear in the display.

5. Rotate the Main Tuning Dial knob to find the “EQ” Menu area, containing Menu items “123” through “131;” these parameters apply to the adjustment of the Parametric Microphone Equalizer when the speech processor is disabled. Menu items “132” through “140” apply to the adjustment of the Parametric Microphone Equalizer when the speech processor is engaged.

6. Rotate the [SUB VFO-B] knob to perform adjustments to a particular Menu item.

7. Close the PTT switch, and speak into the microphone

[

RF PWR] Knob

3-S

TAG E PARAMETRIC EQUALIZER ADJUSTMENTS

Center Frequency “123 tAUd EQ1-FREQ” “100” (Hz) ~ “700” (Hz

“126 tAUd EQ2-FREQ” “700” (Hz) ~ “1500” (Hz

Parametric Gain “124 AUd EQ1-LVL”(Low) “–10” (dB) ~ “+10” (dB

Q (Bandwidth)“125 tAUd EQ1-BW”(Low) “1” ~ “10”

3-S

TAG E PARAMETRIC EQUALIZER ADJUSTMENTS

Center Frequency “132 tAUd PE1-FREQ” “100” (Hz) ~ “700” (Hz

Parametric Gain “133 AUd PE1-LVL”(Low) “–10” (dB) ~ “+10” (dB

Q (Bandwidth)“134 tAUd PE1-BW”(Low) “1” ~ “10”

“129 tAUd EQ3-FREQ” “1500” (Hz) ~ “3200” (Hz

“127 tAUd EQ2-LVL”(Mid) “–10” (dB) ~ “+10” (dB “130 tAUd EQ3-LVL”(High) “–10” (dB) ~ “+10” (dB

“128 tAUd EQ2-BW”(Mid) “1” ~ “10” “131 tAUd EQ3-BW”(High) “1” ~ “10”

“135 tAUd PE2-FREQ” “700” (Hz) ~ “1500” (Hz “138 tAUd PE3-FREQ” “1500” (Hz) ~ “3200” (Hz

“136 tAUd PE2-LVL”(Mid) “–10” (dB) ~ “+10” (dB “139 tAUd PE3-LVL”(High) “–10” (dB) ~ “+10” (dB

“137 tAUd PE2-BW”(Mid) “1” ~ “10” “140 tAUd PE3-BW”(High) “1” ~ “10”

[

MENU] Button

PEECH PROCESSOR

[

SUB VFO-B] Knob

)

: “OFF”

)

: “ON”

)

while listening to the effects of the changes you are making (in step 6). Because the overall effect on the sound

+10dB

will change with each adjustment you make, you should make several passes through each adjustment area, to be sure that you are achieving the optimum setting.

8. When you have completed all adjustments, press and hold in the [MENU] button for two seconds to save the new settings and exit to normal operation. If you

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only press the [MENU] button momentarily to exit, any changes you performed will not be stored.

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ADVICE :

To roll off excessive bass response in a wide-range studio microphone, try putting a 10 dB null at 100 Hz with a bandwidth of “1” or “2,” do about a 3 dB null centered on 800 Hz with a bandwidth of “3,” and then put an 8 dB peak centered on 2100 Hz with a bandwidth of “1.” These are starting recommendations; each microphone and user’s voice will be different, often requiring different settings.

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VOICE MEMORY

You may utilize the Voice Memory capability of the FT-2000 for repetitive messages. The Voice Memory system includes four memories capable of storing up to 20 seconds of voice audio each. The maximum that any memory can hold is 20 seconds.

Recording Your Own Voice in Memory

1. Select the LSB, USB, AM, or FM mode using the front panel [MODE] buttons.

2. Press the [F5(MEM)] button. A blinking “ ” icon will appear in the display.

3. Within five seconds of pressing the [F5(MEM)] button, press any of the buttons numbered [F1(CH-1 through [F4(CH-4)] to select that memory storage register. If you do not press the PTT switch (see next step) within five seconds, the memory storage process will be cancelled.

4. Press the microphone’s PTT switch momentarily, the “ ” icon will glow steadily, and recording will begin.

5. Speak into the microphone in a normal voice level to record the message (such as “CQ DX, CQ DX, this is W 6 Delta X-Ray Charlie, W 6 Delta X-Ray Charlie, Over”). Remember that the time limit for recording any message is 20 seconds.

6. Press the [F5(MEM)] button to terminate the message storage process.

(

SSB/AM/FM MODES

Checking Your Recording

1. Be sure that the front panel [MOX] button is “Off” (the LED imbedded in the switch is must be off).

2. Press the [F1(CH-1)] ~ [F4(CH-4)] button (whichever one you just recorded in), and you will hear the contents of the voice memory you just recorded.

)]

ADVIC E:

You may adjust the playback level of the recording via Menu item “015 dUS RX LVL.”

Transmitting the Recorded Message

1. Select the LSB, USB, AM, or FM mode using the front panel [MODE] buttons.

2. Press the front panel’s [BK-IN] button.

3. Press the [F1(CH-1)] ~ [F4(CH-4)] button, depending on which memory register’s message you wish to transmit. If you hit the key again during playback, the message will be terminated.

ADVIC E:

You may adjust the transmit (audio) level of the recording via Menu item “016 dUS TX LVL.”

)

[

MOX] Button

[F1(

[

BK-IN] Button

[F5(

MEM)] Button

CH-1)] ~ [F4(CH-4)] Button

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VOICE MEMORY

(

SSB/AM/FM MODES

)

Voice Memory Operation from the optional FH-2 Remote Control Keypad

You may also utilize the Voice Memory capability of the FT-2000 from the optional FH-2 Remote Control Keypad which plugs into the rear panel’s REM jack.

When using the FH-2 Remote Control Keypad, you may record five memories with up to 20 seconds of voice audio each.

Recording Your Own Voice in Memory

1. Select the LSB, USB, AM, or FM mode using the front panel [MODE] selector buttons.

2. Press the [MEM] key on the FH-2.

LOCK

OFFON

3. Press any of the FH-2’s keys numbered [1] through [5]

to select that memory storage register. If you do

not press the PTT key (see next step) within five seconds, the memory storage process will be cancelled.

Checking Your Recording

1. Be sure that the front panel [MOX] button is “Off” (the LED imbedded in the button must be off).

2. Press the FH-2’s [1] ~ [5] key (whichever one you just recorded in), and you will hear the contents of the voice memory you just recorded.

LOCK

OFFON

ADVIC E:

You may adjust the playback level of the recording via Menu item “015 dUS RX LVL.”

LOCK

OFFON

4. Press the microphone’s PTT switch momentarily, the

“ ” icon will glow steadily, and recording will begin.

6. Press the FH-2’s [MEM] key to terminate the message storage process.

LOCK

OFFON

Transmitting the Recorded Message

1. Select the LSB, USB, AM, or FM mode using the front panel [MODE] selector buttons.

2. Press the front panel’s [BK-IN] button.

3. Press the FH-2’s [1] ~ [5] key, depending on which memory register’s message you wish to transmit. If you hit the key again during playback, the message will be terminated.

LOCK

OFFON

ADVIC E:

You may adjust the transmit (audio) level of the recording via Menu item “016 dUS TX LVL.”

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VOX

Instead of using the microphone’s PTT switch or the front panel [MOX] switch to activate the transmitter, the VOX (Voice Operated TX/RX Control) system provides hands-free, automatic activation of the transmitter, based on voice input into the microphone. Setup of the VOX system takes only a few seconds.

1. To start, set the [VOX] and [DELAY] knobs fully counter-clockwise (to the left).

2. Press the [VOX] button to engage VOX operation.

3. Speak into the microphone in a normal voice level, and rotate the [VOX] knob clockwise (to the right) until the point where your voice input activates the transmitter.

ADVICE :

Do not advance the setting of the [VOX] knob too much, because to do so will make the transmitter respond to minor background noises in your station.

4. Now stop speaking, and note the amount of time it takes for the receiver to recover. If the hang time is too long or too short; rotate the [DELAY] knob, while speaking briefly into the microphone and then pausing, so as to set the desired hang time. Clockwise rotation of the [

DELAY] control will increase the hang time.

5. To exit from VOX operation, press the [VOX] button once more. We recommend doing this if you are going to leave your station, to prevent inadvertent activation of the VOX system by a ringing nearby telephone, speaker audio from a TV, etc.

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AUTOMATIC TX/RX SWITCHING USING VOICE CONTROL: SSB/AM/FM MODES

[

VOX] Button

[

VOX] Knob

[

DELAY] Knob

ADVIC E:

 The Anti-Trip setting sets the negative feedback of re-

ceiver audio to the microphone, to prevent receiver audio from activating the transmitter (via the microphone) can be adjusts via Menu item “040 GEnE ANTIVOX.”

 VOX operation may be engaged on either Voice modes

(SSB/AM/FM) and on AFSK-based Data modes. Use Menu item “137 tGEn VOX SEL” (the selections are “niC (MIC)” and “dAtA (DATA)”).

)

MONITOR

You may listen to the quality of your transmitted signal using the Monitor feature.

1. Press the [MONI] button. The “ ” icon will appear in the display, indicating that the Monitor is turned on.

2. During transmission, rotate the [MONI] knob to adjust the audio level from the Monitor. Clockwise rotation of this knob will increase the volume level.

3. To switch the Monitor off again, press the [MONI button once more. The “ ” icon will turn off, confirming that the Monitor is now disengaged.

ADVICE :

 If you are using the speaker for monitoring, instead of

headphones, excessive advancement of the [MONI knob can cause feedback to occur. Additionally, this feedback can cause the VOX system to hang up in a loop, making it impossible to return to receive. Therefore, we recommend the use of headphones, if at all possible, or the minimum usable setting of the [MONI knob, if the speaker must be used.

 Because the Monitor feature utilizes a sampling of the

transmitter’s IF signal, it can be very useful for checking the adjustment of the Speech Processor or Parametric Equalizer on SSB, and for checking the general signal quality on AM and FM.

(

SSB/AM/FM MODES

[

MONI] Button

]

[

MONI] Knob

]

)

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SPLIT OPERATION USING THE TX CLARIFIER

(

VFO-A OPERATION

)

For split TX/RX operation in “casual” pile-ups, where the split is less than 10 kHz, the TX Clarifier (Offset Tuning) feature may be utilized.

[

CLAR] Knob

1. Press the [TX CLAR] button. The “TX” icon will appear in the Multi-Display Window in the display.

QUICK POINT:

The Clarifier is frequently used for receiver offset tuning. However, for DX pile-ups where the DX station is using a split of less than 10 kHz, the TX Clarifier function is usually the quickest way to set the transmitter to the desired offset frequency.

2. Rotate the [CLAR] knob to set the desired transmitter offset. A maximum split of ±9.99 kHz may be set.

3. To exit from TX Clarifier operation, press the [TX

[

RX CLAR] Button

[

TX CLAR] Button

[

CLEAR] Button

CLAR

CLAR] button once more. The “TX” icon will disap-

pear from the Multi-Display Window.

ADVICE :

 To listen to the pile-up calling the DX station, so as to

find the station currently being worked, you may press the [RX CLAR] button. Once you have zeroed in on the station calling the DX (use the SPOT function on CW for precise alignment of your frequency), you may then press the [RX CLAR] button again to cancel the RX Clarifier, and return to reception on the DX station’s frequency.

 Just as with receiver Clarifier operation, the amount of

offset from the original VFO frequency will appear in the small display window.

 As with receiver Clarifier operation, when you turn the

TX Clarifier off the last-used offset is not lost, and will be available if you turn the TX Clarifier back on. To clear the Clarifier offset, press the [CLEAR] button.

QUICK POINT:

When attempting to work a DX station on CW, in a splitfrequency pile-up, remember that a large number of other stations may also be using Yaesu transceivers with capability similar to that of your FT-2000. On the DX side of the pile-up, everyone calling precisely on the same CW frequency will sound like a single tone! So you may have more success if you use the RX Clarifier to find a hole in the pile-up, instead of trying to zero-beat the last station worked by the DX station.

Clarifier Offset Bar Indicator

A visual depiction of the relative offset of the Clarifier may be displayed, using the Bar Indicator.

[

1. Press the [MENU] button; the Menu list will ap-

pear in the display.

2. Rotate the Main Tuning Dial knob to select Menu

item “010 diSP BAR SEL.”

3. Rotate the [SUB VFO-B] knob to select “CLAr”

from the available choices; the factory default is “C-tn.”

4. Press and hold in

the [MENU] button for two seconds

(

TX Frequency

RX Frequency

)

to save the new setting and exit to nor-

(

TX Frequency

RX Frequency

)

mal operation.

(

TX Frequency

RX Frequency

)

Main Tuning Dial knob[SUB VFO-B] knob

MENU] button

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SPLIT-FREQUENCY OPERATION

A powerful capability of the FT-2000 is its flexibility in Split Frequency operation, using the Main (VFO-A) and Sub (VFO-B) frequency registers. This makes the FT-2000 especially useful for high-level DX-pedition use, as the Split opera- tion capability is very advanced and easy to use.

1. Set the Main (VFO-A) frequency as desired.

2. Set the Sub (VFO-B) frequency.

3. Now press the [SPLIT] button. The front panel switch/LEDs will look like this:

Main (VFO-A)

[RX]

switch “ON” (LED glows

Green)

[TX]

switch “OFF” (LED Off)

Sub (VFO-B)

[RX]

switch “OFF” (LED Off)

[TX]

switch “ON” (LED glows Red)

During Split operation, the Main (VFO-A) register will be used for reception, while the Sub (VFO-B) register will be used for transmission. If you press the [SPLIT] button once more, Split operation will be cancelled.

You may also press the Main [TX] switch located above and to the right of the Main Tuning Dial knob to return transmit frequency control to the Main (VFO-A) side, thereby cancelling Split operation.

ADVICE :

 During normal (non-split) VFO-A operation, you may

simply press the Sub (VFO-B) [TX] switch (located above and to the right of the [SUB VFO-B] knob) to engage Split operation. The Sub [TX] indicator will glow Red when you press the switch.



 During Split operation, pressing the [A



B] button will

reverse the contents of the Main and Sub VFOs. Press





the [A

B] button once more to return to the original

frequency alignment.

 During Split operation, if you press the [RX] switch

above and to the right of the [SUB VFO-B] knob, you will engage Dual Receive operation, and now can listen to both sides of the DX pile-up, while transmitting on the Sub (VFO-B) frequency. This is very useful for maintaining the timing of your calls, while also monitoring both sides of the pile-up.

 During Split operation, you may also listen the TX fre-

quency temporarily while pressing the [TXW] button (below and to the left of the Main Tuning Dial knob).

 It is possible to set different operating modes (for ex-

ample, LSB and USB) on the two VFOs used during Split operation.

 During Split operation, it also is possible to set the

Main and Sub VFOs to different Amateur bands. But remember that Dual Reception must be within the same band.

MAIN [RX] Switch

[

SPLIT] Button

MAIN [TX] Switch

Sub [RX] Switch

Sub [TX] Switch

VFO Tracking Feature

In the default setting, the Main Band (VFO-A) frequency and Sub Band (VFO-B) frequency are changed individually using the Main Tuning Dial knob and the [SUB VFO-

B] knob.

If you want to tune the Main Band (VFO-A) frequency and Sub Band (VFO-B) frequency together, the VFO Tracking feature is very useful.

Here is the procedure for activating the VFO Tracking feature:

1. Press the [MENU] button to engage the Menu mode.

2. Rotate the Main Tuning Dial knob to select Menu item “032 GEnE TRACK.”

3. Rotate the [SUB VFO-B] knob to select the desired Tracking mode.

OFF: Disables the VFO Tracking feature. bAND: When you change bands on the Main (VFO-

A) side, the Sub (VFO-B) band’s VFO will automatically change to be the same as that of VFO-A.

FrEq: This function is the almost same as “bAND,”

however, furthermore, the Sub band’s (VFOB) frequency changes together with the Main Band’s (VFO-A) frequency when turning the Main Dial Tuning knob.

4. Press and hold in the [MENU] button for two seconds to lock in the new configuration and exit to normal operation.

[

MENU] Button

Main Tuning Dial Knob[SUB VFO-B] Knob

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SPLIT-FREQUENCY OPERATION

Quick Split Operation

The Quick Split feature allows you to set a one-touch offset of +5 kHz to be applied to your radio’s transmit frequency on the Sub (VFO-B), compared to the Main (VFO-A) frequency.

1. Start with regular transceiver operation on the Main (VFO-A) band.

MAIN (VFO-A)

[RX]

switch “ON” (LED glows

Green)

[TX]

switch “ON” (LED glows

Red)

SUB (VFO-B)

[RX]

switch “OFF” (LED Off)

[TX]

switch “OFF” (LED Off)

2. Press and hold in the [SPLIT] button for two seconds to engage the Quick Split feature, and apply a frequency 5 kHz above the Main (VFO-A) frequency to the Sub (VFO-B) frequency register. Press and hold in the [SPLIT] button for two seconds to increment the Main (VFO-A) frequency to +5 kHz.

The VFO configuration will then be:

MAIN (VFO-A)

[RX]

switch “ON” (LED glows Green)

[TX]

switch “OFF” (LED Off)

SUB (VFO-B)

[RX]

switch “OFF” (LED Off)

[TX]

switch “ON” (LED glows Red)

MAIN [RX] Switch

[

SPLIT] Button

MAIN [TX] Switch

Sub [RX] Switch

Sub [TX] Switch

QUICK POINTS:

 The operating mode applied to the Sub (VFO-B)

 The offset of the Sub (VFO-B) from the Main VFO

(VFO-A) is programmed via the Menu, and is set to +5 kHz at the factory. Other offsets may be selected, however, using the following procedure:

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1. Press the [MENU] button to enter the Menu mode.

[

MENU] Button

2. Rotate the Main Tuning Dial knob to select Menu item “031 gene Q SPLIT.”

3. Rotate the [SUB VFO-B] knob to select the desired offset.

The available selections are –20kHz ~ +20kHz

(factory default: +5 kHz).

4. When you have completed all adjustments, press and hold in the [MENU] button for two seconds to

Main Tuning Dial Knob[SUB VFO-B] Knob

save the new setting and exit to normal operation. If you only press the [MENU] button momentarily to exit, any changes you performed will not be stored.

Page 77FT-2000 OPERATING MANUAL

CW MODE OPERATION

The powerful CW operating capabilities of the FT-2000 include operation using both an electronic keyer paddle and a “straight key” or emulation thereof, as is provided by a computer-based keying device.

SETUP FOR STRAIGHT KEY

Before starting, connect your key line(s) to the front and/or rear panel KEY jack(s), and be sure the [KEYER] button on the front panel is turned off for now.

1. Press the [CW] mode button to engage CW operation.

ADVICE :

 The operating mode is selected

using the [MODE] buttons to the left of the Main Tuning Dial knob, and the VFO (A or B) to which the selection is applied is selected by the [A] or [B] button above the [MODE] buttons. Usually, the [A] button glow Red, signifying Main band (VFO-A) is being adjusted. Similarly, pressing the [B] button will cause its indicator to blink Orange for five seconds, signifying Sub band (VFO-B) adjustment. Therefore, press the [A] or [B] button to select the desired VFO, then press the [CW] button to select the CW mode.

 If you press the [CW] button once more, after ini-

tially selecting CW, you will engage the “CW Reverse” mode (see page 82), whereby the “opposite” sideband injection is used, compared to the “normal” sideband. The CW LED will blink for three seconds if you select CW Reverse.

2. Rotate the Main Tuning Dial knob to select the desired operating frequency.

3. Press the [BK-IN] button to engage automatic activation of the transmitter when you close the CW key. The “ ” icon will appear in the display.

ADVICE :

 When you close your CW key, the transmitter will

automatically be activated, and the CW carrier will be transmitted. When you release the key, transmission will cease after a brief delay; the delay time is user-programmable, per the discussion on page

83.

 As shipped from the factory, the FT-2000 TX/RX

system for CW is configured for “Semi-break-in” operation. However, using Menu item “058 A1A BK-IN,” you may change this setup for full breakin (QSK) operation, whereby the switching is quick enough to hear incoming signals in the spaces between the dots and dashes of your transmission. This may prove very useful during contest and traffichandling operations.

4. Operation using your CW key may now proceed.

(

AND STRAIGHT KEY EMULATION

[A]

Button

[CW]

[B]

Button

[

BK-IN] Button

ADVIC E:

 You can monitor your sending by pressing the [MONI

button, and adjusting the [MONI] knob for a comfortable listening level on the CW sidetone.

 If you set the [VOX] and [BK-IN] buttons to Off, you

may practice your sending without having the signal go out over the air (sidetone only).

 If you reduce power using the [RF PWR] knob, the

ALC meter reading will increase; this is normal and does not indicate any problem whatsoever (because increased ALC voltage is being used to lower the power).

TERMINOLOGY:

Semi-break-in

This is a pseudo- “VOX” mode used on CW, whereby the closure of the CW key will engage the transmitter, and release of the key will allow the receiver to recover after a short delay. No signals will be heard between the spaces between dots and dashes (unless the sending speed is extremely slow).

Full break-in

Full break-in (Also known as “Full QSK”) involves very fast switching between transmit and receive, such that incoming signals may be heard between the dots and dashes as you send them. This allows you to hear a station that suddenly starts transmitting on your frequency, while you are in the midst of a transmission.

Button

)

OPERATION

]

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USING THE BUILT-IN ELECTRONIC KEYER

Connect the cable from your keyer paddle to the front or rear panel KEY jack.

1. Press the [CW] mode button to engage CW operation.

ADVICE :

 The operating mode is selected

using the [MODE] buttons to the left of the Main Tuning Dial knob, and the VFO (A or B) to which the selection is applied is selected by the [A] or [B] button above the [MODE] buttons. Usually, the [A] button glow Red, signifying Main band (VFO-A) is being adjusted. Similarly, pressing the [B] button will cause its indicator to blinks Orange for five second, signifying Sub band (VFO-B) adjustment. Therefore, press the [A] or [B] button to select the desired VFO, then press the [CW] button to select the CW mode.

 If you press the [CW] button once more, after ini-

2. Rotate the Main Tuning Dial knob to select the desired operating frequency.

3. Press the [KEYER] button. The “ ” icon will appear in the display, confirming that the builtin Electronic Keyer is now active.

4. Rotate the [SPEED] knob to set the desired sending speed (4 ~ 60 WPM). Clockwise rotation of the [SPEED

]

knob will increase the keying speed.

ADVICE :

 You may confirm the keying speed when turning

the [SPEED] knob while pressing the [KEYER button. The Sub (VFO-B) frequency display shows the keying speed.

 When you press either the “Dot” or “Dash” side of

your paddle, the transmitter will automatically be activated.

5. If you press the [BK-IN] button, “semi-break-in” operation (discussed previously) will be engaged.

6. CW operation utilizing your paddle may now commence.

ADVICE :

When you utilize your keyer paddle, the transmitter will automatically be activated, and the CW characters (or a strong of dots and dashes) will be transmitted. When you release the keyer paddle contacts, transmission will cease after a brief delay; the delay time is user-programmable, per the discussion on page 83.

[

KEYER] Button

[

BK-IN] Button

[

SPEED] Knob

[A]

[CW]

Button

[B]

Button

ADVIC E:

If you reduce power using the [RF PWR] knob, the ALC meter reading will increase; this is normal and does not indicate any problem whatsoever (because increased ALC voltage is being used to lower the power).

]

Full Break-in (QSK) Operation

As shipped from the factory, the FT-2000 TX/RX system for CW is configured for “Semi-break-in” operation. However, using Menu item “058 A1A BK-IN,” you may change this setup for full breakin (QSK) operation, whereby the switching is quick enough to hear incoming signals in the spaces between the dots and dashes of your transmission.

1. Press the [MENU] button to enter the Menu mode.

2. Rotate the Main Tuning Dial knob to select Menu item “058 A1A BK-IN.”

3. Rotate the [SUB VFO-B] knob to set this Menu item to “FuLL.”

4. Press and hold in the [MENU] button for two seconds to save the new setting and exit.

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USING THE BUILT-IN ELECTRONIC KEYER

A number of interesting and useful features are available during Electronic Keyer operation.

Setting the Keyer Weight (Dot/Space:Dash) Ratio

The Menu may be used to adjust the Weight for the built-in Electronic Keyer. The default weighting is 3:1 (a dash is three times longer than a dot or space).

[

1. Press the [MENU] button to enter the Menu mode.

2. Rotate the Main Tuning Dial knob to select Menu item “060 AIA WEIGHT.”

3. Rotate the [SUB VFO-B] knob to set the weight to the desired value. The available adjustment range is for a Dot/Space:Dash ratio of “2.5” ~ “4.5” (default value: “3.0”).

4. When you are finished, press and hold in the [

MENU] button for two seconds to save the new

setting and exit to normal operation.

Main Tuning Dial Knob[SUB VFO-B] Knob

MENU] Button

Selecting the Keyer Operating Mode

The configuration of the Electronic Keyer may be customized independently for the front and rear KEY jacks of the FT-2000. This permits utilization of Automatic Character Spacing (ACS), if desired, as well as the use of the

electronic keyer via the front jack and a straight key or computer-driven keying line via the rear panel.

1. Press the [MENU] button to enter the Menu mode.

2. Rotate the Main Tuning Dial knob to select Menu item “052 A1A F-TYPE” (for the front KEY jack) or “054 A1A R-TYPE” (for the rear-panel’s KEY jack).

3. Rotate the [SUB VFO-B] knob to set the keyer to the desired mode. The available selections are: OFF: The built-in Electronic Keyer is turned off

(“straight key” mode).

buG: Dots will be generated automatically by the

keyer, but dashes must be sent manually.

ELE: Both dots and dashes will be generated au-

tomatically when you use your paddle.

ACS: Same as “ELE” except that the spacing be-

tween characters is precisely set by the keyer to be the same length as a dash (three dots in length)

4. When you are finished, press and hold in the [

MENU] button for two seconds to save the new

setting and exit to normal operation.

Main Tuning Dial Knob[SUB VFO-B] Knob

ACS “OFF”

Morse “E” & “T”

ACS “ON”

Morse “E” & “T”

[

MENU] Button

Inter-character spacing to short

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CW CONVENIENCE FEATURES

CW SPOTTING (ZERO-BEATING

)

“Spotting” (zeroing in on another CW station) is a handy technique for ensuring that you and the other station are precisely on the same frequency.

For everyday operation, the (CW) [PITCH] knob allows you to set the center of the receiver passband, as well as the offset pitch of your CW carrier signal, to the tone pitch you prefer to listen to.

The Tuning Offset Indicator in the display may also be moved so you can adjust your receiver frequency to center the incoming station on the pitch corresponding to that of your transmitted signal.

Using the SPOT System

While pressing the front panel’s [SPOT] button, the Spot tone will be heard and the Sub (VFO-B) frequency display will show the Spot tone frequency. This tone corresponds to the pitch of your transmitted signal, and if you adjust the receiver frequency to match the pitch of the received CW signal to that of the Spot tone, your transmitted signal will be precisely matched to that of the other station.

Release the [SPOT] button to turn the Spot tone off.

ADVICE :

 In a tough DX pile-up, you may actually want to use

the SPOT system to find a “gap” in the spread of calling stations, instead of zeroing in precisely on the last station being worked by the DX station. From the DX side, if a dozen or more operators (also using Yaesu’s SPOT system) all call precisely on the same frequency, their dots and dashes merge into a single, long tone that the DX station cannot decipher. In such situations, calling slightly higher or lower may get your call through.

 The Tuning Offset Indicator in the display may be uti-

lized for CW frequency adjustment, as well. Its configuration is set via Menu item “010 diSP BAR SEL” at the factory, and the Tuning Offset Indicator is already set to the “CW TUNE” selection.

Retune: Shift to Lower Frequency

Zero-In

Retune: Shift to Higher Frequency

: When the CW reversefeature is activated, the



indicator of the Tuning Offset Indicator will also be reversed.



QUICK POINTS:

 The CW Spotting process utilizes the Spot tone or the

Tuning Offset Indicator, with the actual offset pitch being set by the [PITCH] knob on the front panel. The offset pitch may be set to any frequency between 300 Hz and 1050 Hz, in 50 Hz steps, and you can either match tones audibly (using the [SPOT] button) or align the receiver frequency so that the central red LED on the Tuning Offset Indicator lights up. Note that there are 21 “dots” on the Tuning Offset Indicator, and depending on the resolution selected, the incoming CW signal may fall outside the visible range of the bar indicator, if you are not reasonably close to the proper alignment of tones.

 The displayed frequency, on CW, normally reflects the

“zero beat” frequency of your offset carrier. That is, if you were to listen on USB on 14.100.00 MHz to a signal with a 700 Hz offset, the “zero beat” frequency of that CW carrier would be 14.000.70 MHz; the latter frequency is what the FT-2000 displays, by default. However, you can change the display to be identical to what you would see on SSB by using Menu item “061 A1A FRQDISP” and setting it to “dIr” instead of its default “OFSt” setting.

[

PITCH] Knob

[

SPOT] Button

Tuning Offset Indicator

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USING CW REVERSE

If you experience a difficult interference situation, where an interfering station cannot readily be eliminated, you may wish to try receiving using the opposite sideband. This may throw the interfering station’s frequency in a direction that may lend itself more readily to rejection.

[B]

[CW]

Button

Carrier

QRM

Carrier

QRM

1. To start, let’s use a typical example where you have set the CW mode (using the default “USB” injection) onto the Main (VFO-A) receiver.

2. Now be sure your mode selection is still set for the Main (VFO-A) register, and press the [CW] mode button once more. The “LSB” LED will blink for three seconds, indicating that the “LSB” injection side has now been selected.

3. When using Dual Receive, press the [B]

button, then (within five seconds of pressing the [B] button) press the [CW]

button to engage CW Reverse on the Sub (VFO-B) receiver, in exactly the same way as for the Main (VFO-A) receiver.

4. Press the [CW] mode button once more to return to the normal (USB) injection side and cancel CW Reverse operation (the “USB” LED will blink for three seconds).

NOTES:

 When CW Reverse is engaged, the Tuning Offset In-

dicator action will concurrently be reversed as to its indication.

 When the incoming signal pitch tone is properly

aligned, the central red marker lights up whether or not CW Reverse is engaged.

Retune: Shift to Lower Frequency

Zero-In

In the illustration, Figure A demonstrates the normal CW injection setup, using the USB side. In Figure B, CW Reverse has been engaged, so as to receive using LSB-side injection to eliminate interference.

The beneficial effect of switching sidebands can clearly be seen in this example.

Normal CW

( )

USB

RX Passband

CW Reverse

( )

LSB

Retune: Shift to Higher Frequency

RX Passband

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CW DELAY TIME SETTING

During semi-break-in (not QSK) operation, the hang time of the transmitter, after you have finished sending, may be adjusted to a comfortable value consistent with your sending speed. This is the functional equivalent to the “VOX Delay” adjustment used on voice modes, and the delay may be varied anywhere between 20 milli-seconds ([DELAY] knob set fully counter-clockwise) and 5 seconds (fully clockwise).

[

1. Press the [BK-IN] button to enable CW transmission (Menu item “058 A1A BK-IN” must be set to “SEni”).

2. Start sending, and adjust the [DELAY] knob so that the hang time is as you prefer for comfortable operation.

BK-IN] Button

[

DELAY] Knob

CW PITCH ADJUSTMENT

Rotation of the front panel’s [PITCH] knob will allow adjustment of the center frequency of the receiver passband, as well as the pitch of your offset CW carrier, to the tone you prefer. The tone may be varied between 300 Hz and 1050 Hz, in 50 Hz steps.

ADVICE :

You may confirm the Spot tone frequency when turning the [PITCH] knob while pressing the [SPOT] button. Sub (VFO-B) frequency display will shows the Spot tone frequency.

TERMINOLOGY:

CW Pitch: If you tuned to an exact “zero beat” on an incoming CW signal, you could not copy it (“Zero beat” implies a 0 Hz tone). Therefore, the receiver is offset several hundreds of Hz (typically), so as to allow your ear to detect the tone. The BFO offset associated with this tuning (that produces the comfortable audio tone) is called the CW Pitch.

[

PITCH] Knob

[

SPOT] Button

Sub (VFO-B) frequency display

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CONTEST MEMORY KEYER

The FT-2000 in capable of the automatic sending of CW messages (as you might do in a contest). Two techniques for message storage are available: you may either send the desired message contents using your keyer paddle (“Message

Memory”), or you may input the text characters using the Main Dial Tuning knob and [SUB VFO-B] knobs (“Text Memory”).

Message Memory

Five memory channels capable of retaining 50 characters total are provided (using the PARIS standard for characters and word length).

Example: CQ CQ CQ DE W6DXC K (19 characters)

--•--

-- --•-- --•--

•

(

)

TORING A MESSAGE INTO MEMORY

1. Press the [MENU] button to enter the Menu mode.

2. Rotate the Main Tuning Dial knob to select the CW Memory Register into which you wish to store the message; for now, we are just selecting the message entry technique (Keyer entry).

020 tEy CW MEM1 021 tEy CW MEM2 022 tEy CW MEM3 023 tEy CW MEM4 024 tEy CW MEM5

3. Rotate the [SUB VFO-B] knob to set the selected Memory Register to “tyP2.” If you want to use your keyer paddle for message entry on all memories, set all five Menu items (#020 ~ 024) to “tyP2.”

4. Press and hold in the [MENU] button for two seconds to save the new settings and exit.

)

(

•

)

-- --•-- --•--

(

)

(

•

)

-- --•-- --

(

)

•-- -- --

•• •

(

)

--•• --••-- --•--• --•--

••••

(

)

(

)

(

)

Main Tuning Dial Knob[SUB VFO-B] Knob

)

[

MENU] Button

(

)

(

)

ESSAGE MEMORY PROGRAMMING

1. Set the operating mode to CW.

2. Set the [BK-IN] button to Off.

3. Turn the internal Electronic Keyer On by pressing the [

KEYER] button, if necessary.

4. Press the [F5(MEM)] button on the front panel.

5. Press the [F1(CH1)] ~ [F4(CH-4)] button to begin the memory storage process.

6. Send the desired message using your keyer paddle.

7. Press the [F5(MEM)] button once more at the end of your message. Up to 50 characters may be stored among the five memories.

NOTE:

You must exercise care in sending to ensure that the spaces between letters and words are accurately done; if your timing is off, the spacing may not come out right in the stored message.

For ease in setting up the keyer memories, we recommend you set Menu item “051 A1A F-TYPE” and/or “053 A1A R-TYPE” to “ACS” (Automatic Character Spacing) while you are programming the keyer memories.

SING YOUR PADDLE

)

[

KEYER] Button

[

BK-IN] Button

[F5(

MEM)] Button

[F1(

CH-1)] ~ [F4(CH-4)] Button

TERMINOLOGY:

PARIS Word Length: By convention in the Amateur industry (utilized by ARRL and others), the length of one “word” of CW is defined as the length of the Morse Code characters spelling the word “PARIS.” This character (dot/ dash/space) length is used for the rigorous definition of code speed in “words per minute.”

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CONTEST MEMORY KEYER

HECKING THE

1. Be sure that Break-in is still turned Off by the [BK-IN button.

2. Press the [MONI] button to enable the CW monitor.

3. Press the [F1(CH1)] ~ [F4(CH-4)] button to check your work. You will hear the results in the sidetone, but no RF energy will be transmitted.

NOTE:

Adjust the monitor level using the [MONI] knob.

CW M

EMORY CONTENTS

[

BK-IN] Button

]

[F1(

CH-1)] ~ [F4(CH-4)] Button

ON-THE-AIR CW M

1. Press the [BK-IN] button to enable transmission. Either Full- or Semi-break-in will be engaged, depending on the setting of Menu item “058 A1A BK-IN.”

2. Press the [F1(CH1)] ~ [F4(CH-4)] button to transmit the programmed message.

NOTE:

If you subsequently decide to use the “Text Memory” technique for memory storage, please note that the contents of a message stored using keyer paddle input will not be transferred over when you select “Text Memory technique” on a particular memory register (the Menu Mode Setting is set to “tyP1”).

ESSAGE PLAYBACK

[

BK-IN] Button

[F1(

CH-1)] ~ [F4(CH-4)] Button

Transmitting in the Beacon Mode

It is possible to transmit, repetitively in a “Beacon” mode, any message programmed either via paddle input or via the “Text” input method. The time delay between message repeats may be set anywhere between 0 and 255 seconds via Menu item “017 tEy BEACON.” If you do not wish the message to repeat in a “Beacon” mode, please set this Menu item to “off.” Press the [F1(CH1)] ~ [F4(CH-4)] button, depending on the register into which the Beacon message is stored. Repetitive transmission of the Beacon message will begin. Press one of these keys once more to halt the Beacon transmissions.

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CONTEST MEMORY KEYER

TEXT Memory

The four channels of CW message memory (up to 50 characters total) may also be programmed using a text-entry technique. This technique is somewhat slower than when you send the message directly from your keyer paddle, but accuracy of character spacing is ensured.

Example 1: CQ CQ CQ DE W6DXC K} (20 characters)

And we will utilize another powerful feature of the CW Memory Keyer, the sequential Contest Number (“Countup”) feature.

Example 2: 599 10 200 # K} (15 characters)

STORING A MESSAGE INTO MEMORY

[

1. Press the [MENU] button to enter the Menu mode.

2. Rotate the Main Tuning Dial knob to select the CW Memory Register into which you wish to store the message; for now, we are just selecting the message entry technique (Keyer entry).

020 tEy CW MEM1 021 tEy CW MEM2 022 tEy CW MEM3 023 tEy CW MEM4 024 tEy CW MEM5

3. Rotate the [SUB VFO-B] knob to set the selected Memory Register to “tyP1.” If you want to text message entry on all memories, set all five Menu items (#020 ~ 024) to “tyP1.”

4. Press and hold in the [MENU] button to save the new settings and exit.

Main Tuning Dial Knob[SUB VFO-B] Knob

MENU] Button

TEXT MESSAGE PROGRAMMING

1. Press the [CW] mode button to set the operating mode to CW.

2. Be sure that Break-in is Off by pressing the [BK-IN button, if necessary.

3. Press the [F5(MEM)] button on the front panel.

4. Press the [F1(CH1)] ~ [F4(CH-4)] button to select the desired Message Memory Register into which you wish to program the text.

5. Use the Main Tuning Dial knob to set the cursor position and use the [SUB VFO-B] knob to choose the letter/number to be programmed in each slot of the memory. In the case of the second example above, the “#” character designates the slot where the Contest Number will appear.

6. When the message is complete, add the “}” character at the end to signify the termination of the message.

7. Press and hold in the [F5(MEM)] button for 2 seconds to exit, once all characters (including “}”) have been programmed.

ADVICE :

Deleting Previously-stored Characters

Use the Main Tuning Dial knob to select the last correct letter in the message. Now rotate the [SUB VFO-B] knob to select the “}” character; everything after the “}” character will be deleted.

[

BK-IN] Button Main Tuning Dial Knob

]

[F5(

MEM)] Button

[F1(

CH-1)] ~ [F4(CH-4)] Button

Current Cursor Position

CW Memory Register Number

[

SUB VFO-B] Knob

Message

Cursor

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CONTEST MEMORY KEYER

CHECKING THE CW MEMORY CONTENTS

1. Be sure that Break-in is still turned Off by the [BK-IN button.

2. Press the [MONI] button to enable the CW monitor.

3. Press the [F1(CH1)] ~ [F4(CH-4)] button to check your work. You will hear the results in the sidetone, but no RF energy will be transmitted.

NOTE:

Adjust the monitor level using the [MONI] knob.

ON-THE-AIR CW MESSAGE PLAYBACK

1. Press the [BK-IN] button to enable transmission. Either Full- or Semi-break-in will be engaged, depending on the setting of Menu item “058 A1A BK-IN.”

2. Press the [F1(CH1)] ~ [F4(CH-4)] button to transmit the programmed message.

NOTE:

If you subsequently decide to use the “Message Memory” technique for memory storage, please note that the contents of a message stored using text input will not be transferred over when you select “Message Memory technique” on a particular memory register (the Menu Mode Setting is set to “tyP2”).

[

]

BK-IN] Button

[F1(

CH-1)] ~ [F4(CH-4)] Button

[

BK-IN] Button

[F1(

CH-1)] ~ [F4(CH-4)] Button

Contest Number Programming

Use this process if you are starting a contest, or if you somehow get out of sync with the proper number in the middle of a contest.

1. Press the [MENU] button to enter the Menu

mode.

2. Rotate the Main Tuning Dial knob to select

Menu item “019 tEy CONTEST.”

3. Rotate the [SUB VFO-B] knob to set the Con-

test Number to the desired value.

Advice:

Press the [CLEAR] button (located below and to the left of the [CLAR] knob) to reset the Contest Number to “1.”

4. Press and hold in the [MENU] button for two

seconds to store the new number and exit to normal operation.

TEXT

DISPLAY CW CODE

“””

TEXT

DISPLAY CW CODE

(

“)”

Decrementing the Contest Number

Use this process if the current contest number gets slightly ahead of the actual number you want to send (in case of a duplicate QSO, for example).

Press the [F6(DEC)] button on the front panel. The current Contest Number will be reduced by one. Press the [F6(DEC)] button as many times as necessary to reach the desired number. If you go too far, use the “Contest Number Programming” technique desired above.

TEXT

DISPLAY CW CODE

“:”

TEXT

DISPLAY CW CODE

“[”

---

‘’’

---

MIM

AAA

;

---

IMI

]

‘}’

---

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CONTEST MEMORY KEYER

You may also utilize the CW message capability of the FT-2000 from the optional FH-2 Remote Control Keypad, which plugs into the rear panel’s REM jack.

(

USING THE OPTIONAL FH-2 REMOTE CONTROL KEYPAD

)

Message Memory

Five memory channels capable of retaining 50 characters total are provided (using the PARIS standard for characters and word length).

Example: CQ CQ CQ DE W6DXC K (19 characters)

TORING A MESSAGE INTO MEMORY

[

1. Press the [MENU] button to enter the Menu mode.

2. Rotate the Main Tuning Dial knob to select the CW Memory Register into which you wish to store the message; for now, we are just selecting the message entry technique (Keyer entry).

020 tEy CW MEM1 021 tEy CW MEM2 022 tEy CW MEM3 023 tEy CW MEM4 024 tEy CW MEM5

4. Press and hold in the [MENU] button to save the new settings and exit.

Main Tuning Dial Knob[SUB VFO-B] Knob

MENU] Button

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CONTEST MEMORY KEYER

ESSAGE MEMORY PROGRAMMING

SING YOUR PADDLE

(

USING THE OPTIONAL FH-2 REMOTE CONTROL KEYPAD

1. Set the operating mode to CW.

2. Set the [BK-IN] button to Off.

3. Turn the internal Electronic Keyer On by pressing the [

KEYER] button, if necessary.

4. Press the FH-2’s [MEM] key.

LOCK

OFFON

5. Press the [1] ~ [5] key on the FH-2 to begin the memory storage process.

LOCK

OFFON

)

CHECKING THE CW MEMORY CONTENTS

1. Be sure that Break-in is still turned Off.

2. Press the [MONI] button to enable the CW monitor.

3. Press the FH-2’s [1] ~ [5] key to check your work.

You will hear the results in the sidetone, but no RF energy will be transmitted.

LOCK

OFFON

NOTE:

You may adjust the monitor level using the [MONI] knob.

ON-THE-AIR CW MESSAGE PLAYBACK

1. Press the [BK-IN] button to enable transmission. Either Full- or Semi-break-in will be engaged, depending on the setting of Menu item “058 A1A BK-IN.”

2. Press the FH-2’s [1] ~ [5] key to transmit the programmed message.

6. Send the desired message using your keyer paddle.

7. Press the [MEM] key on the FH-2 once more at the end of your message. Up to 50 characters may be stored among the five memories.

LOCK

OFFON

NOTE:

You must exercise care in sending to ensure that the spaces between letters and words are accurately done; if your timing is off, the spacing may not come out right in the stored message.

For ease in setting up the keyer memories, we recommend you set Menu item “052 A1A F-TYPE” and/or “054 A1A R-TYPE” to “ACS” (Automatic Character Spacing) while you are programming the keyer memories.

LOCK

OFFON

NOTE:

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CW CONVENIENCE FEATURES

CONTEST MEMORY KEYER

(

USING THE OPTIONAL FH-2 REMOTE CONTROL KEYPAD

)

TEXT Memory

The five channels of CW message memory (up to 50 characters total) may also be programmed using a text-entry technique. This technique is somewhat slower than when you send the message directly from your keyer paddle, but accuracy of character spacing is ensured.

Example 1: CQ CQ CQ DE W6DXC K} (20 characters)

And we will utilize another powerful feature of the CW Memory Keyer, the sequential Contest Number (“Countup”) feature.

Example 2: 599 10 200 # K} (15 characters)

TEXT MEMORY STORAGE

1. Press the [MENU] button to enter the Menu mode.

2. Rotate the Main Tuning Dial knob to select the CW Memory Register into which you wish to store the message; we are now selecting the message entry technique (Text entry).

020 tEy CW MEM1 021 tEy CW MEM2 022 tEy CW MEM3 023 tEy CW MEM4 024 tEy CW MEM5

3. Rotate the [SUB VFO-B] knob to set the selected Memory Register to “tyP1.”

4. Press and hold in the [MENU] button for two seconds to save the new settings and exit.

Main Tuning Dial Knob

[

MENU] Button

[

SUB VFO-B] Knob

TEXT MESSAGE PROGRAMMING

1. Press the [CW] mode button to set the operating mode to CW.

2. Be sure that Break-in is Off by pressing the [BK-IN button, if necessary.

3. Press the FH-2’’s [MEM] key.

LOCK

OFFON

4. Press the FH-2’s [1] ~ [5] key to select the desired Message Memory Register into which you wish to program the text.

LOCK

OFFON

5. Use the FH-2’s [] and [] keys to set the cursor

position and use the [] and [] keys to choose the

]

letter/number to be programmed in each slot of the memory. In the case of the second example above, the “#” character designates the slot where the Contest Number will appear.

LOCK

OFFON

Current Cursor Position

CW Memory Register Number

Message

Cursor

ADVIC E:

You may also use the Main Tuning Dial knob and the [

SUB VFO-B] knobs to program the message charac-

ters.

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CONTEST MEMORY KEYER

(

USING THE OPTIONAL FH-2 REMOTE CONTROL KEYPAD

6. When the message is complete, add the “}” character

at the end to signify the termination of the message.

7. Press and hold in the FH-2’s [MEM] key for 2 seconds to exit, once all characters (including “}”) have been programmed.

LOCK

OFFON

ADVICE :

Deleting Previously-stored Characters

Use the FH-2’s [] and [] keys or Main Tuning Dial knob to select the last correct letter in the message. Now use the [] and [] keys or [SUB VFO-B] knob to select the “}” character; everything after the “}” character will be deleted.

)

HECKING THE

1. Be sure that Break-in is still turned Off.

2. Press the [MONI] button to enable CW monitor.

3. Press the FH-2’s [1] ~ [5] key to check your work.

You will hear the results in the sidetone, but no RF energy will be transmitted.

NOTE:

You may adjust the monitor level using the [MONI] knob.

ON-THE-AIR CW M

1. Press the [BK-IN] button to enable transmission. Either Full- or Semi-break-in will be engaged, depending on the setting of Menu item “058 A1A BK-IN.”

2. Press the FH-2’s [1] ~ [5] key to transmit the programmed message.

CW M

EMORY CONTENTS

ESSAGE PLAYBACK

LOCK

OFFON

Decrementing the Contest Number

By pressing the FH-2’s [DEC] key momentarily, you may reduce the current Contest Number by one.

LOCK

OFFON

LOCK

OFFON

NOTE:

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FM MODE OPERATION

BASIC OPERATION

1. Press the [AM/FM] button several times, until the imbedded LED glows orange, to select the FM operating mode.

QUICK POINT:

When the [AM/FM] button glows red, it indicates AM operation.

2. Rotate the Main Tuning Dial knob (in the case of Main (VFO-A) operation) to select the desired operating frequency. Pressing the microphone’s [UP] or [DWN] button will cause frequency change in 5 kHz steps.

3. Press the microphone’s PTT switch (or press the front panel [MOX] button) to transmit. Speak into the microphone in a normal voice level. Release the PTT or [

MOX] switch to return to receive.

4. Adjustment of the microphone gain may be accomplished in two ways. At the factory, a default level has been programmed that should be satisfactory for most situations. However, using Menu item “072 F3E MICGAIN,” you may set a different fixed value, or choose the “ur” option, which then lets you use the front panel [MIC] knob to set the microphone gain in the FM mode.

[

MOX] Button

[

AM/FM] Button

ADVICE :

 The Transmit Monitor is another helpful way of veri-

fying proper adjustment of the FM MIC Gain. By pressing the [MONI] button then adjusting the [MONI] knob for a comfortable listening level while you are transmitting, you will be able to hear the difference in deviation as you make adjustments.

 FM is only used in the 28 MHz and 50 MHz Amateur

bands covered in the FT-2000. Please do not use FM on any other bands.

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REPEATER OPERATION

The FT-2000 may be utilized on 29 MHz and 50 MHz repeaters.

1. Rotate the Main Tuning Dial knob to the output frequency (downlink) from the repeater.

2. If CTCSS Tone operation is desired/needed, press and hold in the [AM/FM] button for two seconds to engage the CTCSS mode.

3. Rotate the Main Tuning Dial knob to select the desired CTCSS mode. If you just need to send the uplink encoding tone, select “tn.” For encode/decode operation, choose “ts” instead. The available choices are

“oFF”  “tn”  “ts”  “oFF.”

4. Rotate the [SUB VFO-B] knob to select the desired CTCSS Tone to be used. A total of 50 standard CTCSS tones are provided (see the CTCSS Tone Chart).

5. Press the [AM/FM] Mode button to select the desired repeater shift direction. The selections are

“S”  “+”  “–”  “S”

where “S” represents “Simplex” operation (not used on a repeater).

6. Press and hold in the [AM/FM] button for two seconds to exit from the repeater setup mode.

7. Close the microphone’s PTT switch (or press the [

MOX] button) to begin transmission. You will observe

that the frequency has shifted to correspond to the programming you set up in the previous steps. Speak into the microphone in a normal voice level, and release the PTT switch or [MOX] button to return to the receive mode.

[

MOX] Button

67.0 69.3 71.9 74.4 77.0 79.7 82.5 85.4

88.5 91.5 94.8 97.4 100.0 103.5 107.2 110.9

114.8 118.8 123.0 127.3 131.8 136.5 141.3 146.2

151.4 156.7 159.8 162.2 165.5 167.9 171.3 173.8

177.3 179.9 183.5 186.2 189.9 192.8 196.6 199.5

203.5 206.5 210.7 218.1 225.7 229.1 233.6 241.8

250.3 251.4

[

AM/FM] Button

Main Tuning Dial Knob[SUB VFO-B] Knob

CTCSS Operation

tn: Tone Encoder

tS: Tone Squelch

oFF: OFF

CTCSS TONE FREQUENCY (Hz

Repeater Shift Direction

CTCSS Tone Frequency

–: Minus Shift +: Plus Shift S: Simplex

)

ADVICE :

The conventional repeater shift used on 29 MHz is 100 kHz, while on the 50 MHz band the shift may vary between 500 kHz and 1.7 MHz (or more). To program the proper repeater shift, use Menu items “073 F3E 28 RPT” (28 MHz) and “074 F3E 50 RPT” (50 MHz), as appropriate.

You may also use “Tone Squelch” whereby your receiver will be kept silent until an incoming signal bearing a matching CTCSS tone is receiver. Your receiver’s squelch will then open in response to the reception of the required tone.

1. Rotate the Main tuning Dial to the output frequency

[

(downlink) from the repeater.

AM/FM] Button

2. Press and hold in the [AM/FM] button for two sec-

onds to engage the CTCSS mode.

3. Rotate the Main Tuning Dial to choose “ts” from

the available choices of

“oFF”  “tn”  “ts”  “oFF.”

4. Rotate the [SUB VFO-B] knob to select the de-

sired CTCSS Tone to be used. A total of 50 standard CTCSS tones are provided (see the CTCSS

Main Tuning Dial Knob[SUB VFO-B] Knob

Tone Chart).

5. Press and hold in the [AM/FM] button for two sec-

onds. On the display, just below the “10 Hz” fre-

Tone Decoder “ON”

quency digit, a small “d” will indicate that the Tone Decoder is engaged.

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MEMORY OPERATION

CONVENIENT MEMORY FUNCTIONS

The FT-2000 contains ninety-nine regular memories, labeled “01” through “99,” nine special programmed limit memory pairs, labeled “P-1L/1U” through “P-9L/9U,” and five QMB (Quick Memory Bank) memories, labeled “C-1” through “C-

5.” Each stores various settings, not only the Main band’s (VFO-A) frequency and mode (See below). By default, the 99 regular memories are contained in one group; however, they can be arranged in up to six separate groups, if desired.

QUICK POINT:

The FT-2000’s memory channels store the following data (not just the operating frequency):

 Frequency  Mode  Clarifier status and its Offset Frequency  ANT status  ATT status  IPO status  VRF status  Roofing filter status and its Bandwidth  Noise Blanker status  CONTOUR status and its Peak Frequency  DSP Noise Reduction (DNR) status and its Reduction algorithm selection.  DSP Notch filter (NOTCH) status  NAR bandwidth status  DSP Auto Notch filter (DNF) status  Repeater Shift Direction and Shift Frequency  CTCSS status and Tone Frequency

REGULAR MEMORY CHANNELS PMS MEMORY CHANNELS

99 P-9L/9U

98 P-8L/8U

P-3L/3U

P-2L/2U

P-1L/1U

P-6L/6U

P-5L/5U

P-4L/4U

QMB MEMORY CHANNEL

P-7L/7U

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MEMORY OPERATION

QMB (QUICK MEMORY BANK

The Quick Memory Bank consists of five memories (labeled “C-1” through “C-5.”) independent from the regular and PMS memories. These can quickly store operating parameters for later recall.

)

QMB Channel Storage

[

1. Tune to the desired frequency on the Main (VFO-A) band.

2. Press the blue [QMB(STO)] button. The “beep” will confirm that the contents of the Main (VFO-A) band have been written to the currently-available QMB memory.

If you repeatedly press the [QMB(STO)] button, the QMB memories will be written in the following order:

C-2  C-3  C-4  C-5  C-1

Once all five QMB memories have data on them, previous data (starting with channel “C-1”) will be over-written on a first-in, first-out basis.

......

QMB(STO)] Button

QMB Channel Recall

[

1. Press the [QMB(RCL)] button. The current QMB channel’s data will be shown on the Main (VFO-A) frequency display field and the QMB memory channel number will be shown in the Multi-Display Window.

2. Repeatedly pressing the [QMB(RCL)] button will toggle you through the QMB channels:

C-2  C-3  C-4  C-5  C-1

3. Press the [V/M] button to return to the VFO or Memory mode.

......

QMB(RCL)] Button

[

V/M] Button

ADVICE :

Rotating the Main Tuning Dial knob, or changing the operating mode, will place the transceiver in the “Memory Tune” mode, which is a temporary “pseudo-VFO” method of tuning off of a stored memory channel. If you do not over-write the contents of the current memory channel, the original contents will not be disturbed by the initiation of Memory Tune operation.

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The Standard Memory of the FT-2000 allows storage and recall of up to 99 memories, each storing frequency, mode, and a wide variety of status information detailed previously. Memories may be grouped into as many as six Memory Groups, and additionally you get nine pairs of band-limit (PMS) memories along with five QMB (Quick Memory Bank) memories.

Memory Storage

1. Set the Main band (VFO-A) up with all frequency, mode, and status the way you want to have it stored.

2. Press the [AM] button momentarily (the current channel number will start blinking in the multi-panel window); the contents of the current memory channel will be shown on the Sub band (VFO-B) display field.

3. Rotate the [SUB VFO-B] knob to select the memory channel onto which you wish to store the data. If you have selected a channel on which data is already stored, that frequency will appear on the Sub band’s (VFO-B) frequency display field.

4. Press and hold in the [AM] button for two seconds to store the frequency and other data into the selected memory channel. A double beep will confirm that you have held the [AM] button in long enough.

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

M] Button

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SUB VFO-B] Knob

Memory Channel Recall

1. Press the [V/M] button, if necessary, to enter the Memory mode. A memory channel number will appear in the multi-panel window.

2. Press the [M CH] button. The Red LED inside the button will light up, indicating that you are ready to recall a memory channel.

ADVICE :

If the Red LED imbedded in the [M CH] button does not light up, check to be sure that the orange lamp to the right of the [SUB VFO-B] knob is not illuminated. If it is, press the [A/B] switch to make it go out, then press the [M CH] button again.

3. After pressing the [M CH] button, you may rotate the [

M CH] knob to select the desired memory channel.

ADVICE :

To work within a particular Memory Group, press the [

GRP] button (the imbedded LED will glow Red), then

rotate the [SUB VFO-B] knob to select the desired Memory Group. Now press the [M CH] button (the imbedded LED will glow Red); you may now choose the memory channel within the selected Memory Group.

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V/M] Button

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SUB VFO-B] Knob

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A/B] Button

[

GRP] Button

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M CH] Button

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Checking a Memory Channel’s Status

Before programming a channel into memory, you can check the current contents of that channel without the danger of overwriting the channel accidentally.

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

M] Button

1. Press the [AM] button momentarily. The data stored in the currently-selected memory channel will be displayed in the Sub band (VFO-B) frequency field. However, since you are only checking the contents of the memory channel, your radio will not have moved to the memory channel’s frequency.

2. Rotate the [SUB VFO-B] knob to select a different memory channel. To exit from the Memory Check mode, press the [AM] button momentarily once more.

ADVICE :

 While the Memory Check function is engaged, the

memory channel number will blink in the multi-panel window.

 While operating in the VFO mode, using Memory

Check, you may store the current contents of the Main (VFO-A) register into the selected memory by pressing and holding in the [AM] button for two seconds (until the double beep). Conversely, if you wish to write the contents of the current memory into the Main (VFOA) register, press and hold in the [MA] button for two seconds.

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SUB VFO-B] Knob

Erasing Memory Channel Data

1. Press the [AM] button. The data stored in the currently-selected memory channel will be displayed in the Sub (VFO-B) band frequency field.

2. Rotate the [SUB VFO-B] knob to select the memory channel that you would like to erase.

3. Press the [LOCK] button to erase the contents of the selected memory channel.

ADVICE :

 After erasure, only the memory channel number will

remain; the frequency data will disappear from the display.

 If you make a mistake and wish to restore the memory’s

contents, just repeat steps (1) through (3) above.

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LOCK] Button

[



M] Button

[

SUB VFO-B] Knob

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Moving Memory Data to the Main Band (VFO-A)

You may transfer the contents of the currently-selected memory channel into the Main band (VFO-A) register, if you like.

1. Press the [V/M] button, as necessary, to go to the Memory mode. The memory channel number will appear in the multi-panel window.

2. Press the [M CH] button. The Red LED inside the switch will light up, indicating that you are ready to recall a memory channel.

ADVICE :

3. Rotate the [SUB VFO-B] knob to select the memory channel the contents of which you wish to transfer to the Main band (VFO-A).

4. Press and hold in the [MA] button for two seconds, until you hear the double beep. The data in the selected memory channel will now be transferred to the Main band (VFO-A).

[

V/M] Button

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

A] Button

[

SUB VFO-B] Knob

[

M CH] Button

ADVICE :

This transfer of data to the Main band (VFO-A) does not affect the original contents of the memory channel; this is a “copy” function that leaves the memory contents unchanged.

Memory Tune Operation

You may freely tune off of any memory channel in a “Memory Tune” mode that is similar to VFO operation. So long as you do not over-write the contents of the current memory, Memory Tune operation will not alter the contents of the memory channel.

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1. Press the [V/M] button to recall any memory channel.

2. Rotate the Main Tuning Dial knob; you will now observe that the memory channel’s frequency is changing.

ADVICE :

 The “ ” icon will replace the “ ” icon in the

multi-panel window, indicating you are in the “Memory Tune” mode.

 During Memory Tune operation, you may change

operating modes, and engage the Clarifier, if desired.

3. Press the [V/M] button momentarily to return to the originally-memorized frequency of the current memory channel. One more press of the [V/M] button will return you to VFO operation.

Main Tuning Dial Knob

NOTE:

Computer software programs utilizing the CAT system interface port may presume that the transceiver is operating in the VFO mode for certain features like “band mapping” and/or frequency logging. Because the “Memory Tune” mode so closely resembles the VFO mode, be sure that you have the FT-2000 operating in a control mode compatible with your software’s requirements. Use the VFO mode if you’re not sure.

V/M] Button

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