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FT-991a Menu Configuration

(per N7TMS 2021-05-13)


These are the settings used everyday by N7TMS. There are other sources on the web that claim you need to change menu settings when you switch from SSB to data modes. If you use the settings as outlined here, you will not need to change them when you switch modes. See FLdigi and/or Winlink.

Rodrigo Freire has done a great job documenting what some of the menu options do. See his github page here: https://github.com/rfrht/FT991A-PAT/wiki/appendix-ft-991-a-menu-settings.

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Setting Default Suggested
VOX Off On
NAR/WIDE W 3K
WIDTH 3000 Hz
AGC Auto Auto
All Filters Off
SQL 0
DT GAIN 50 4
RF PWR 100 10

Bolded values are NOT defaults.

Setting Default Suggested
001 AGC FAST DELAY 300msec 300msec
002 AGC MID DELAY 700msec 700msec
003 AGC SLOW DELAY 3000msec 3000msec
004 HOME FUNCTION SCOPE SCOPE
005 MY CALL INDICATION 1msec 2msec
006 DISPLAY COLOR BLUE SKY BLUE
007 DIMMER LED 2 1
008 DIMMER TFT 8 8
009 BAR MTR PEAK HOLD OFF OFF
010 DVS RX OUT LEVEL 50 50
011 DVS TX OUT LEVEL 50 50
012 KEYER TYPE ELEKEY-B ELEKEY-B
013 KEYER DOT/DASH NOR NOR
014 CW WEIGHT 3.0 3.0
015 BEACON INTERVAL OFF OFF
016 NUMBERS STYLE 1290 ANUO
017 CONTEST NUMBER 1 1
018 CW MEMORY 1 TEXT TEXT
019 CW MEMORY 2 TEXT TEXT
020 CW MEMORY 3 TEXT TEXT
021 CW MEMORY 4 TEXT TEXT
022 CW MEMORY 5 TEXT TEXT
023 NB WIDTH 3msec 3msec
024 NB REJECTION 30dB 30dB
025 NB LEVEL 5 5
026 BEEP LEVEL 50 50
027 TIME ZONE 0 -7:00
028 GPS/232C SELECT GPS1 GPS1
029 232C RATE 4800bps 4800bps 1)
030 232C TOT 10msec 10msec
031 CAT RATE 4800bps 4800bps 2)
032 CAT TOT 10msec 10msec
033 CAT RTS ENABLE ENABLE
034 MEM GROUP DISABLE DISABLE
035 QUICK SPLIT FREQ 5kHz 5kHz
036 TX TOT OFF OFF
037 MIC SCAN ENABLE ENABLE
038 MIC SCAN RESUME TIME TIME
039 REG FREQ ADJ 0 0
040 CLAR MODE SELECT RX RX
041 AM LCUT FREQ OFF OFF
042 AM LCUT SLOPE 6dB/oct 6dB/oct
043 AM HCUT FREQ OFF OFF
044 AM HCUT SLOPE 6dB/oct 6dB/oct
045 AM MIC SELECT MIC MIC
046 AM OUT LEVEL 50 50
047 AM PTT SELECT DAKY DAKY
048 AM PORT SELECT DATA DATA
049 AM DATA GAIN 50 50
050 CW LCUT FREQ 250Hz 250Hz
051 CW LCUT SLOPE 18dB/oct 18dB/oct
052 CW HCUT FREQ 1200Hz 1200Hz
053 CW HCUT SLOPE 18dB/oct 18dB/oct
054 CW OUT LEVEL 50 50
055 CW AUTO MODE OFF OFF
056 CW BK-IN TYPE SEMI SEMI
057 CW BK-IN DELAY 200msec 200msec
058 CW WAVE SHAPE 4msec 4msec
059 CW FREQ DISPLAY PITCH OFFSE DIRECT FREQ
060 PC KEYING OFF DTR
061 QSK DELAY TIME 15msec 15msec
062 DATA MODE PSK OTHERS
063 PSK TONE 1000Hz 1000Hz
064 OTHER DISPL (SSB) 0Hz 1500Hz
065 OTHER SHIFT (SSB) 0Hz 1500Hz
066 DATA LCUT FREQ 300Hz OFF
067 DATA LCUT SLOPE 18dB/oct 18dB/oct
068 DATA HCUT FREQ 3000Hz OFF
069 DATA HCUT SLOPE 18dB/oct 18dB/oct
070 DATA IN SELECT REAR REAR
071 DATA PTT SELECT DAKY DAKY
072 DATA PORT SELECT DATA USB
073 DATA OUT LEVEL 50 30
074 FM MIC SELECT MIC MIC
075 FM OUT LEVEL 50 50
076 FM PKT PTT SELECT DAKY RTS
077 FM PKT PORT SELECT DATA USB
078 FM PKT TX GAIN 50 50
079 FM PKT MODE 1200 1200
080 RPT SHIFT 28MHz 100kHz 100kHz
081 RPT SHIFT 50MHz 500kHz 500kHz
082 RPT SHIFT 144MHz 600kHz 600kHz
083 RPT SHIFT 430MHz 5000kHz 5000kHz
084 ARS 144MHz ON ON
085 ARS 430MHz ON ON
086 DCS POLARITY Tn-Rn Tn-Rn
087 RADIO id GOoVc GOoVc 3)
088 GM DISPLAY DISTANCE DISTANCE
089 DISTANCE mile mile
090 AMS TX MODE AUTO AUTO
091 STANDBY BEEP ON ON
092 RTTY LCUT FREQ 300Hz 300Hz
093 RTTY LCUT SLOPE 18dB/oct 18dB/oct
094 RTTY HCUT FREQ 3000Hz 3000Hz
095 RTTY HCUT SLOPE 18dB/oct 18dB/oct
096 RTTY SHIFT PORT SHIFT RTS
097 RTTY POLARITY-RX NOR NOR
098 RTTY POLARITY-TX NOR NOR
099 RTTY OUT LEVEL 50 20
100 RTTY SHIFT FREQ 170Hz 170Hz
101 RTTY MARK FREQ 2125Hz 2125Hz
102 SSB LCUT FREQ 100Hz 100Hz
103 SSB LCUT SLOPE 6dB/oct 6dB/oct
104 SSB HCUT FREQ 3000Hz 3000Hz
105 SSB HCUT SLOPE 6dB/oct 6dB/oct
106 SSB MIC SELECT MIC MIC
107 SSB OUT LEVEL 50 20
108 SSB PPT SELECT DAKY DAKY
109 SSB PORT SELECT DATA USB
110 SSB TX BPF 300-2700 300-2700
111 APF WIDTH MEDIUM MEDIUM
112 CONTOUR LEVEL -15 -15
113 CONTOUR WIDTH 10 10
114 IF NOTCH WIDTH WIDE WIDE
115 SCP DISPLAY MODE SPECTRUM WATER FALL
116 SCP SPAN FREQ 100kHz 50kHz
117 SPECTRUM COLOR BLUE ORANGE
118 WATER FALL COLOR BLUE BLUE
119 PRMTRC EQ1 FREQ OFF OFF
120 PRMTRC EQ1 LEVEL 5 5
121 PRMTRC EQ1 BWTH 10 10
122 PRMTRC EQ2 FREQ OFF OFF
123 PRMTRC EQ2 LEVEL 5 5
124 PRMTRC EQ2 BWTH 10 10
125 PRMTRC EQ3 FREQ OFF OFF
126 PRMTRC EQ3 LEVEL 5 5
127 PRMTRC EQ3 BWTH 10 10
128 P-PRMTRC EQ1 FREQ 200 200
129 P-PRMTRC EQ1 LEVEL 0 0
130 P-PRMTRC EQ1 BWTH 2 2
131 P-PRMTRC EQ2 FREQ 800 800
132 P-PRMTRC EQ2 LEVEL 0 0
133 P-PRMTRC EQ2 BWTH 1 1
134 P-PRMTRC EQ3 FREQ 2100 2100
135 P-PRMTRC EQ3 LEVEL 0 0
136 P-PRMTRC EQ3 BWTH 1 1
137 HF TX MAX POWER 100 100
138 50M TX MAX POWER 100 100
139 144M TX MAX POWER 50 50
140 430M TX MAX POWER 50 50
141 TUNER SELECT INTERNAL INTERNAL
142 VOX SELECT MIC DATA
143 VOX GAIN 50 10
144 VOX DELAY 100msec 30msec
145 ANTI VOX GAIN 50 50
146 DATA VOX GAIN 50 100
147 DATA BOX DELAY 100msec 100msec
148 ANTI DVOX GAIN 0 0
149 EMERGENCY FREQ TX DISABLE DISABLE
150 PRT/WIRES FREQ MANUAL MANUAL
151 PRESET FREQUENCY 146.550.00 146.550.00
152 SEARCH SETUP HISTORY HISTORY
153 WIRES DG-ID AUTO AUTO
1) , 2)
I have found 4800bps to be more stable in my environment, but I have also seen 38400 bps working just fine in other ham’s systems.
3)
This value cannot be modified.