HF/50 MHZ TRANSCEIVER FT-450 OPERATION MANUAL 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 TABLE OF CONTENTS SSB/AM MODE TRANSMISSION ..................... 34 TX METER SELECTION ................................................. 35 TX POWER ADJUSTMENT ............................................ 35 TRANSMITTER TIME-OUT TIMER (TOT) ...................... 36 MICROPHONE GAIN LEVEL ADJUSTMENT ................ 37 DSP MICROPHONE EQUALIZER .................................. 38 AUTOMATIC TX/RX SWITCHING USING VOICE CONTROL (VOX) ........................... 39 MONITOR ........................................................................ 40 SPLIT-FREQUENCY OPERATION ................................. 41 QUICK SPLIT OPERATION ............................................ 41 VOICE MEMORY (SSB/AM/FM MODES) ...................... 42 GENERAL FEATURE ........................................... 1 FRONT PANEL SWITCHES AND KNOBS .......... 2 DISPLAY INDICATIONS ....................................... 6 REAR PANEL JACKS .......................................... 8 SUPPLIED MH-67A8J MICROPHONE ................. 9 ACCESSORIES & OPTIONS ............................. 10 INSTALLATION .................................................. 11 CONNESTION OF ANTENNA AND POWER SUPPLY .. 11 ABOUT COAXIAL CABLE ............................................... 11 GROUNDING ................................................................... 12 VL-1000 LINEAR AMPLIFIER INTERCONNECTIONS .. 13 INTERFACING TO OTHER LINEAR AMPLIFIER ........... 13 CW MODE OPERATION .................................... 44 SETUP FOR STRAIGHT KEY (AND STRAIGHT KEY EMULATION) OPERATION ..... 44 USING THE BUILT-IN ELECTRONIC KEYER ................ 45 CW SPOTTING (ZERO-BEATING) ................................. 47 USING CW REVERSE .................................................... 47 CW DELAY TIME SETTING ............................................ 48 CW SIDETONE VOLUME LEVEL SETTING .................. 48 CW PITCH ADJUSTMENT .............................................. 49 CW TRAINING FEATURE ............................................... 49 BEACON FEATURE ........................................................ 50 EASY OPERATION ............................................ 14 HOW TO USE THE [DSP/SEL] KNOB ............................ 15 MENU OPERATION ......................................................... 15 HOW TO USE THE [VOICE/C.S] SWITCH .................... 16 KEY DURATION SETTING .............................................. 17 RESETTING THE MICROPROCESSOR ........................ 18 RECEIVING ........................................................ 19 TUNING STEPS ............................................................... 19 CHANGE THE TUNING STEP OF THE [MAIN DIAL] KNOB ..................... 19 CHANGE THE TUNING STEP OF THE [DSP/SEL] KNOB ........................ 19 ABOUT THE [UP]/[DWN] BUTTONS OF THE OPTIONAL MH-31A8J AND MD-100A8X ..... 20 CLARIFIER ....................................................................... 20 DIGITAL VOICE ANNOUNCEMENT ............................... 21 DIAL LOCK ....................................................................... 21 MY BANDS OPERATION ................................................ 22 MY MODES OPERATION ............................................... 23 DIGITAL VOICE RECORDER ......................................... 24 FM MODE OPERATION ..................................... 52 BASIC OPERATION ........................................................ 52 REPEATER OPERATION ................................................ 53 TONE SQUELCH/DCS OPERATION .............................. 54 TONE SEARCH SCANNING ........................................... 55 MEMORY OPERATION ...................................... 54 CONVENIENT MEMORY FUNCTIONS .......................... 56 MEMORY GROUPS ......................................................... 57 REGULAR MEMORY OPERATION ................................ 58 MEMORY STORAGE ................................................ 58 MEMORY CHANNEL RECALL ................................. 58 ERASING MEMORY CHANNEL DATA ..................... 59 MEMORY TUNE OPERATION .................................. 59 LABELING MEMORIES ............................................ 60 HOME CHANNEL MEMORIES ....................................... 62 HOME CHANNEL RECALL ....................................... 62 HOME CHANNEL FREQUENCY CHANGE ............. 62 QMB (QUICK MEMORY BANK) ...................................... 63 STORAGE ................................................................. 63 RECALL ..................................................................... 63 CONVENIENCE FEATURES ............................. 25 RECEIVER OPERATION (FRONT END BLOCK DIAGRAM) ......................................... 25 ATT/IPO (ADJUST THE RECEIVING SENSITIVITY) .................................. 26 NOISE BLANKER (INTERFERENCE REJECTION "SIGNALS WITHIN 3 kHz") ........... 26 AGC (TOOL FOR COMFORTABLE AND EFFECTIVE RECEPTION) ......... 27 CONTOUR (INTERFERENCE REJECTION "SIGNALS WITHIN 3 kHz") ........... 28 SHIFT (INTERFERENCE REJECTION "SIGNALS WITHIN 3 kHz") ........... 29 WIDTH (INTERFERENCE REJECTION "SIGNALS WITHIN 3 kHz") ........... 30 NOTCH (INTERFERENCE REJECTION "SIGNALS WITHIN 3 kHz") ........... 31 DNR (INTERFERENCE REJECTION "SIGNALS WITHIN 3 kHz") ........... 32 RF GAIN ........................................................................... 33 SCANNING OPERATION ................................... 64 VFO AND MEMORY SCANNING .................................... 64 PREPARATION ......................................................... 64 VFO/MEMORY SCAN ............................................... 65 PROGRAMMABLE MEMORY SCANNING (PMS) ........ 66 OPERATION ON ALASKA EMERGENCY FREQUENCY: 5167.5 kHz (U.S. VERSION ONLY) ....... 67 MISCELLANEOUS SETTINGS .......................... 68 DISPLAY SETTING .......................................................... 68 BEEPER SETTING .......................................................... 69 BEEP VOLUME ......................................................... 69 BEEP TONE .............................................................. 70 AUTOMATIC POWER-OFF (APO) .................................. 71 TABLE OF CONTENTS INSTALLATION OF OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES .................... 87 AUTOMATIC ANTENNA TUNER ATU-450 OPERATION ............................... 87 AUTOMATIC ANTENNA TUNER FC-30 OPERATION .................................. 90 AUTOMATIC-MATCHING 200-MEMORY ANTENNA TUNER FC-40 OPERATION ....................... 92 ACTIVE-TUNING ANTENNA SYSTEM (ATAS-100/-120/120A) OPERATION .................... 94 CARRYING HANDLE MHG-1 INSTALLATION ............... 96 MOUNTING BRACKET MMB-90 INSTALLATION ............................ 97 RTTY (RADIO TELETYPE) OPERATION .......... 72 SETTING UP FOR RTTY OPERATION .......................... 72 BASIC SETUP ................................................................. 72 PACKET OPERATION ....................................... 73 PACKET SETUP (INCLUDING SUBCARRIER FREQUENCY) ........... 73 BASIC SETUP ................................................................. 73 MISCELLANEOUS AFSK-BASED DATA MODES ................. 74 MENU MODE ..................................................... 76 USING THE MENU .......................................................... 76 MENU MODE RESET ...................................................... 76 CLONING ........................................................... 86 SPECIFICATIONS .............................................. 98 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. GENERAL FEATURE Super Compact HF Transceiver with IF-DSP ATU (automatic antenna tuner) can be installed in the radio (optional) A perfect performance on HF radio with easy operation is realized only by the FT-450, very small HF transceiver. HF + 50 MHz with 100 Watts output all mode operation Small, compact and light-weight HF radio, 9 (W) x 3.3 (H) x 8.5 (D) in, 7.9 lb 9-segment LCD frequency display with large characters provides more natural indication Black-Nega type LCD Built-in IF DSP unit which realize the following functions H H H H H H H H H H Modulation and Demodulation CONTOUR MANUAL NOTCH DNR WIDTH (CW narrow 500 Hz operation available without any optional filters) Microphone equalizer built in Speech Processor DSP VOX operation Two Voice memory channels included Frequency read out function TCXO built-in 500 memory channels IF SHIFT IPO 20 dB ATT built-in Clarifier Electronic keyer built-in Microphone and phone jacks on the front panel FSK-RTTY TX operation Long wire antenna can be used by the optional FC-40 FT-450 OPERATION MANUAL Page 1 FRONT PANEL SWITCHES ATT/IPO Switch This button selects the ATT or IPO feature. Available selections are: ATT:OFF/IPO:OFF ª ATT:ON/IPO:OFF ª ATT:OFF/IPO:ON ª ATT:ON/IPO:ON ª ATT:OFF/IPO:OFF ATT: OFF, IPO: OFF Attenuator is OFF, and the RF preamplifier amplifies the incoming signal. ATT: ON, IPO: OFF The received signal is reduced by 20 dB, and the RF preamplifier amplifies the incoming signal. ATT: OFF, IPO: ON Attenuator is OFF, and the received signal bypasses the RF preamplifier, yielding a direct feed to the first mixer. ATT: ON, IPO: ON The received signal is reduced by 20 dB, and the incoming signal bypasses the RF preamplifier, yielding a direct feed to the first mixer. The selection will be indicated in the Block Diagram on the display. AND KNOBS AGC Switch This button selects the AGC characteristics for the receiver. Press and hold in this button for one second to disable the AGC (for testing or weak-signal reception). NB Switch This button turns the IF Noise Blanker on and off. Press this button to reduce short-duration pulse noise. DSP Switch This button selects the DSP functions. Available selections are CONTOUR, NOTCH, DNR, and WIDTH. ON/OFF Switch Press and hold in this switch for one second to turn the transceiver on or off. PHONE 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. 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 switch-on. PHONES KEY ON/OFF MIC -SHIFT+ DSP/SEL MODE MODE A=B DSP ATT/IPO NB AGC BAND KEYER CLAR FAST 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 below. Key up is 5 volts, and key down current is 0.5 mA. Page 2 FT-450 OPERATION MANUAL FRONT PANEL SWITCHES VOICE/C.S Switch Press this button to activate one of the 52 functions, which can be assigned via Menu Item "PNL-C.S." Press the [F] button followed by this button to announce the current operating frequency (with resolution to the displayed 100 Hz digit) and operating mode. AND KNOBS MW/V/M Switch This button toggles frequency control between the VFO and the memory system. Press the [F] button followed by this button to copy the current operating data from the VFO into the currently selected memory channel. HOME/RCL Switch Press this button to recall the Quick Memory Bank memory for operation. Press this button again to return to the VFO or Memory mode. Press the [F] button followed by this button to recall the "Home" (favorite frequency) channel. The home channel default settings are 29.30000 MHz for the HF Band and 51.00000 MHz for the 6 m band. VOX/STO Switch Press this button to copy the operating information (frequency, mode, bandwidth, and also repeater direction/shift frequency and CTCSS functions on the FM mode) into the Quick Memory Bank. Press the [F] button followed by this button to activate the VOX (voice-actuated transmitter switching) feature in the SSB, AM, and FM modes. STEP/SPLIT Switch Press this button to activate split frequency operation between VFO-A, used for reception and VFO-B, used for transmission (or vice versa). Press the [F] button followed by this button to enable setting of the frequency step with the [DSP/SEL ...