PCC-950 REFERENCE BOOK

PCC-950
REFERENCE BOOK

The PCC-950 allows you to quickly and easily operate the Yaesu
FT-950 HF/50 MHz Transceiver from your personal computer.

IMPORTANT NOTE
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the Services remains with you.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PCC-950 System Components ...................................... 3 Antenna Tuner Operation ............................................ 13
FT-950 and Computer Interconnections ........................ 3 Repeater Operation ...................................................... 13
“PCC-950” Personal Computer Controller Window ..... 3 Parametric Microphone Equalizer Adjustment ........... 14
Opening/Closing the PCC-950 Controller Program ..... 4 Keyer Operation .......................................................... 15
Data Connection ............................................................ 4 Contest Memory Keyer ............................................... 16
Switching Power On/Off of the FT-950 ........................ 4 Rotator Control ............................................................ 16
AF Gain Control ............................................................ 4 QMB Memory ............................................................. 16
SQL Level Control ........................................................ 4 Operation of Miscellaneous Knobs and Buttons ......... 17
Frequency Navigation on the VFO-A ........................... 5 [METER] Button ................................................... 17
Frequency Navigation on the VFO-B ........................... 6 [MIC GAIN] Knob ................................................ 17
MODE Switch ............................................................... 7 [MOX] Button ........................................................ 17
Clarifier Operation ........................................................ 7 [SPOT] Button ...................................................... 17
Voice Memory Feature .................................................. 8 [SPLIT] Button ...................................................... 17
Antenna Selection .......................................................... 8 [(VFO-A)RX] Button ............................................ 18
IPO (Intercept Point Optimization) ............................... 8 [(VFO-A)TX] Button ............................................. 18
ATT (Attenuator) ........................................................... 8 [(VFO-B)RX] Button ............................................ 18
μ-TUNE Filter Operation [(VFO-B)TX] Button ............................................. 18
(Reqiores the Optional RF μ-Tuning Kit) ............... 9 [FAST] Button ....................................................... 19
RF Gain Control ............................................................ 9 [AXB] Button ....................................................... 19
Roofing Filter Selection ................................................ 9 [AXWB] Button ........................................................ 19

CONTOUR Filter / [V/M] Button .......................................................... 19

APF (Audio Peak Filter) Operation ................. 10 [MXA] Button ....................................................... 19
IF SHIFT Operation .................................................... 10 [AXM] Button ....................................................... 19
WIDTH Operation ....................................................... 10 [BAND] Button ..................................................... 19
NOTCH Operation ...................................................... 11 [MHz] Button ......................................................... 19
NAR (One-Touch Narrow IF Filter Selection) ........... 11 [GRP] Button ........................................................ 19
Noise Blanker Operation ............................................. 11 [MCH] Button ........................................................ 19
AGC ............................................................................. 11 [F1] ~ [F7] Button ................................................. 20
LOCK Feature ............................................................. 12 [DISPLAY] Button ................................................ 20
VOX Operation ........................................................... 12 Menu Operation ........................................................... 21
Using the Speech Processor ........................................ 12 Command Send ........................................................... 22
Using the Monitor ....................................................... 12 Function Key Operation .............................................. 23

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PCC-950 SYSTEM COMPONENTS
ˆ IBM® PC / compatible Computer with Microsoft® Windows® 2000, XP, or Vista
ˆ 30 MB of available Hard Disk space
ˆ 256 MB or more RAM
ˆ RS-232C port
ˆ 1024 x 768 color display with 256-bit color support on the video card
ˆ RS-232C “Straight” Cable, DB9-pin Female to DB9-pin Female (Or, USB to RS-232C Adapter CableÚ).
Ú: SomeUSB to RS-232C Adapter Cable does not function normally.

FT-950 AND COMPUTER INTERCONNECTIONS

COM

1 ANT 2 DC IN

INPUT: DC 13.8 V
22 A

-TUNE -TUNE DMU CAT

EXT
GND TO FROM ROT LINEAR TUNER PTT REC REM SPKR KEY
CAT

RS-232C “Straight” Cable

“PCC-950” PERSONAL COMPUTER CONTROLLER WINDOW

If you double-click the left mouse button on each knob or switch of the following illustration, jump to the detailed page of
the selected knob or switch.

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OPENING/CLOSING THE PCC-950 CONTROLLER PROGRAM
OPENING THE PCC-950 PROGRAM
Double click the left mouse button on the “PCC-950” icon or
file. The “Vertex Standard” logo will appear for three seconds;
afterwards the “PCC-950” Personal Computer Controller Win-
“PCC-950” icon
dow will be opened. Close button
CLOSING THE PCC-950 PROGRAM
To close the “PCC-950” Personal Computer Controller:
ˆ Click the Close Button “ ” on the “PCC-950” Personal Com-
puter Controller Window.
ˆ Alternately, click the “Exit” item in the “File” menu on the
“PCC-950” Personal Computer Controller Window. “EXIT” parameter
Or, press the [ESC] button on the keyboard.

DATA CONNECTION
ˆ To enable computer control, click on the [COM] button in
the “PCC-950” Controller Window. The yellow indicator will [COM] button
glow.
ˆ To disable computer control, click on the [COM] button in
the “PCC-950” Controller Window again. The yellow indi-
cator will go out.

SWITCHING POWER ON/OFF OF THE FT-950

To turn the transceiver “On” or “Off”, click on the [ON/OFF]
button in the “PCC-950” Controller Window.

[ON/OFF] button

AF GAIN CONTROL
To adjust the audio for a comfortable listening level, click on the
[AF GAIN] knob (this turns the color of the “AF GAIN” image
yellow), then rotate the mouse scroll wheel or press the left/right
buttons to adjust AF gain.

[AF GAIN] knob

SQL LEVEL CONTROL

To adjust the squelch threshold level, click on the [SQL] knob
(this turns the color of the “SQL” image yellow). Then rotate the
mouse scroll wheel, or press the left/right buttons to adjust SQL
level.

[SQL] knob

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FREQUENCY NAVIGATION ON THE VFO-A
MAIN TUNING DIAL KNOB
ˆ To tune the VFO-A frequency, move the mouse cursor to the
Main Tuning Dial knob, then rotate the mouse scroll wheel to
adjust the VFO-A frequency.
ˆ Alternatively, move the cursor onto the edge of the Main Tun-
ing Dial knob, then move the cursor while holding in the left
mouse button.

Main Tuning Dial knob

DIRECT FREQUENCY DIGIT SET

1. To change the VFO frequency displayed in the graphic dis-
play window, click the left mouse button on the frequency
digit that you wish to change. The frequency digit will change
to Orange. Frequency Digit
2. Rotate the mouse scroll wheel to tune the VFO frequency
digit.

BAND CHANGE
To select the desired operating band, click the [BAND] button
corresponding to the Amateur band you wish to operate.

[BAND] buttons

DIRECT KEYPAD FREQUENCY ENTRY

1. Click on the [ENT] button of the BAND keys. The “VFO
SET” window will open.
2. Enter a frequency directly from the BAND keys or from the
computer keyboard. Available entry values are 30000 -
56000000 (30 kHz - 56 MHz). [ENT] button
3. Click on the [OK] button of the “VFO SET” window or press
the computer’s [ENTER] key to terminate the frequency en- “VFO SET” window
try.

[OK] button

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FREQUENCY NAVIGATION ON THE VFO-B
[CLAR/VFO-B] KNOB
ˆ Click on the [VFO-B(RX)] indicator button to switch the re- [VFO-B(RX)] button
ceiving frequency to VFO-B (this turns the color of the but-
ton image green) and enables adjusting the VFO-B frequency
with the [SUB VFO-B] knob. Move the mouse cursor to the
[SUB VFO-B] knob, then rotate the mouse scroll wheel to
adjust the VFO-B frequency.
ˆ Alternatively, click the left mouse button on the [VFO-B(RX)]
indicator button to swicth the receiving frequency to VFO-B
(this turns the color of the button image green) and enables
adjusting the VFO-B frequency with the [SUB VFO-B] knob.
Place the cursor on the edge of [SUB VFO-B ] knob, and
then move the mouse while holding in the left mouse button [CLAR/VFO-B] knob
to adjsut the VFO-B frequency.

DIRECT FREQUENCY DIGIT SET

1. Click on the [VFO-B(RX)] indicator button to switch the re-
ceiving frequency to VFO-B (the color of the button image
turns green).
2. Click on the frequency digit that you wish to change on the Frequency Digit
VFO-B frequency display. The frequency digit will change
to Orange.
2. Rotate the mouse scroll wheel to tune the frequency digit of
the VFO-B frequency.

BAND CHANGE
1. Click on the [VFO-B(RX)] indicator button to switch the re-
ceiving frequency to VFO-B (this turns the color of the but-
ton image green).
2. Click on the [BAND] button corresponding to the Amateur [BAND] buttons
band that you wish to operate.

DIRECT KEYPAD FREQUENCY ENTRY

1. Click on the [VFO-B(RX)] indicator button to switch the re-
ceiving frequency to VFO-B (the color of the button image
turns green).
2. Click on the [ENT] button of the BAND keys. The “VFO
SET” window will open. [ENT] button
3. Enter a frequency directly with the BAND keys or with the
computer keyboard. Available entry values are 30000 - “VFO SET” window
56000000 (30 kHz - 56 MHz).
4. Click on the [OK] button of the “VFO SET” window or press
the computer [ENTER] key to terminate the frequency entry.

[OK] button

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MODE SWITCH
ˆ Click on the [MODE] button to select the VFO-A operating
mode.
ˆ To select the operating mode of VFO-B, click on the [VFO-
B(RX)] indicator button to switch the receiving frequency to
VFO-B (this turns the color of the button image green). Then
click on the desired [MODE] button.
Note: [MODE] button’s
€ Click the [SSB] button to toggle the operating mode between
“LSB” and “USB”. [VFO-B(RX)] button
€ Click the [CW] button repeatedly to toggle the operating mode
between the “CW-U” and “CW-L” selections (CW with Up-
per Sideband or Lower Sideband BFO injection).
€ Click the [AM/FM] button to toggle the operating mode be-
tween “AM” and “FM”.
€ Click the top half of the [RTTY/PKT] button to toggle the
operating mode between “RTTY-USB” and “RTTY-LSB”.
€ Click the bottom half of the [RTTY/PKT] button to toggle
the operating mode between “PKT-USB,” “PKT-LSB,” and
“PKT-FM.”

CLARIFIER OPERATION
[RX CLAR] BUTTON
Click on the [RX CLAR] button to turn the RX Clarifier on/off.
[TX CLAR] button
[TX CLAR] BUTTON
Click on the [TX CLAR] button to turn the TX Clarifier on/off.
[RX CLAR] button
[CLEAR] BUTTON
[CLEAR] button
Click on the [CLEAR] button, to set the Clarifier offset frequency
to “Zero”.
[CLAR/VFO-B] KNOB
ˆ Click on the [CLAR/VFO-B] knob, then rotate the mouse
scroll wheel to tune the Clarifier offset frequency.
ˆ Alternatively, place the cursor on the edge of the [CLAR/
VFO-B] knob, and then move the cursor while holding in the [CLAR/VFO-B] knob
left mouse button, to tune the Clarifier offset frequency.

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VOICE MEMORY FEATURE
RECORDING
1. Click “Option” on the “PCC-950” window menu bar. Then
click “Playback” in the drop-down-list, to open the “Play-
back” pop-up window. “Playback” parameter
2. Click on the desired Recording Channel button (REC [Ch-1]
~ REC [Ch-5]), to initiate Voice Memory recording.
3. Click on the REC [STOP] button, to stop the Voice Memory
recording. REC [STOP] button
PLAYBACK REC [Ch-x] button
1. Click “Option” on the “PCC-950” window menu bar. Then
click “Playback” in the drop-down-list, to open the “Play-
back” pop-up window.
2. Click on the desired Playback Memory Channel button (PLAY
[Ch-1] ~ PLAY [Ch-5]) to begin playback of the recorded
audio.
3. Click on the PLAY [STOP] button to stop playback.

PLAY [Ch-x] button

“Playback” window PLAY [STOP] button

ANTENNA SELECTION
Click on the [ANT 1-2] button to open the “ANTENNA” pop- [ANT 1-2] button
up window, then select the antenna you wish to operate with.

IPO (INTERCEPT POINT OPTIMIZATION)

Click on the [IPO] button to open the “IPO” pop-up window, [IPO] button
then select the front-end system you wish to use:
AMP1: low-distortion amplifier.
AMP2: 2-stage low-distortion amplifier.
IPO: bypasses the front end RF amplifier.

“IPO” window

ATT (ATTENUATOR)
Click on the [ATT] button to open the “ATT” pop-up window, [ATT] button
then select the attenuation level you wish to utilize.

“ATT” window

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μ-TUNE FILTER OPERATION (REQUIRES THE OPTIONAL RF μ-TUNING KIT)
1. Click on the [μ-TUNE] button to turn the μ-Tune filter on [μ-TUNE] button
and off. When the μ-Tune filter is set to on, the “μ-Tune”
icon will appear in the FLT column of the Block Diagram
Display window.
2. Click the left mouse button on the [SELECT ] knob, then
rotate the mouse scroll wheel to adjust the “peak” position of [CLEAR] button
the μ-Tune filter.
Alternatively, place the cursor on the edge of the [SELECT]
knob. Then move the cursor while holding in the left mouse
button, to adjust the “peak” position of the μ-Tune filter.
3. Click the [CLEAR] button to center the filter response on
your current operating frequency.
[SELECT] knob

RF GAIN CONTROL
Click on the [RF GAIN] knob (the indication color of “RF GAIN”
will turn yellow), then rotate the mouse scroll wheel or press the
left/right buttons to adjust the RF gain.

[RF GAIN] knob

ROOFING FILTER SELECTION

Click on the [R.FLT] button to open the “Roofing Filter” pop-up
window, then select the bandwidth you wish to utilize.
Ú The “AUTO” mode selections are:
AM/FM/FM-PKT: 15 kHz
LSB/USB/PKT: 6 kHz
CW/RTTY: 3 kHz “R.FLT” window [R.FLT] button

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CONTOUR FILTER / APF (AUDIO PEAK FILTER) OPERATION
1. Click the left mouse button on the [CONT] button to open [CONT] button
the “Contour/APF” pop-up window, then select the configu-
ration you wish to use.
CONTOUR ON/OFF:
Toggle the Contour filter on and off. When the Con-
tour filter is set to on, the Contour filter characteristic [CLEAR] button
will appear in the display.
APF ON/OFF:
Toggle the APF (Audio Peak Filter) on and off. The
APF is activated only with a CW mode. When the APF
is set to on, the “CONTOUR” indication on the dis-
play will change to “APF”.
[SELECT] knob
2. When the Contour filter is set to on, click on the [SELECT]
knob, then rotate the mouse scroll wheel to adjust the “null”
(or “peak”) position of the Contour filter.
Alternatively, place the cursor on the edge of the [SELECT]
knob, then move the cursor while holding in the left mouse “Contour/APF” window
button, to adjust the “null” (or “peak”) position of the Con-
tour filter.
3. Click on the [CLEAR] button to move the “null” (or “peak”)
position of the Contour filter to center.
Ú1: There is no adjustmet knob associated with the APF.
Ú2: Adjust the Contour filter level and bandwidth via Menu items
“069 RGEN CNTR LV” and “070 RGEN CNTR WI”.

IF SHIFT OPERATION
1. Click on the [SHIFT] button to enable moving the filter pass- [SHIFT] button
band with the [SELECT] knob. The inside of the [SHIFT]
button glows yellow.
2. Click the left mouse button on the the [SELECT] knob, then
rotate the mouse scroll wheel to move the filter passband.
[CLEAR] button
Alternatively, place the cursor on the edge of the [SELECT]
knob, then move the cursor while holding in the left mouse
button, to move the filter passband.
3. Click on the [CLEAR] button to move the filter passband to
center.

[SELECT] knob

WIDTH OPERATION
1. Click on the [WIDTH] button to enable moving the center [WIDTH] button
frequency of the IF passband with the [SELECT] knob. The
inside of the [WIDTH] button glows yellow.
2. Click on the [SELECT] knob, then rotate the mouse scroll
wheel to adjust the filter bandwidth.
[CLEAR] button
Alternatively, place the cursor on the edge of the [SELECT]
knob. Then move the cursor while holding in the left mouse
button, to adjust the filter bandwidth.
3. Click on the [CLEAR] button to set the bandwidth to de-
fault.

[SELECT] knob

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NOTCH OPERATION
1. Click on the [NOTCH] button to turn the IF NOTCH filter [NOTCH] button
on and off. When the IF NOTCH filter is set to on, the IF
NOTCH filter characteristic will appear in the Block Dia-
gram Display.
2. Click on the [SELECT] knob, then rotate the mouse scroll
wheel to adjust the center frequency of the IF NOTCH filter. [CLEAR] button
Or, place the cursor on the edge of the [SELECT] knob. Then
move the mouse while holding in the left mouse button, to
adjust the center frequency of the IF NOTCH filter.
3. Click on the [CLEAR] button to move the “null” position to
center.
[SELECT] knob

NAR (ONE-TOUCH NARROW IF FILTER SELECTION)

1. Click on the [NAR] button to engage the preset “Narrow” IF [NAR] button
filter selection. When the narrow bandwidth is engaged, the
“NAR” indication will appear in the display.
2. Click on the [NAR] button again; the bandwidth will revert
to the [WIDTH] knob setting
.

NOISE BLANKER OPERATION

Click on the [NB] button to open the “NB” pop-up window, then
select the configuration you wish to use:
NB OFF: Turns the Noise Blanker off.
NB ON: Turns the Noise Blanker on (for short-duration
pulses).
NB-W ON: Turns the Noise Blanker on (for longer-duration
“NB” window [NB] button
pulses).
Ú Adjust the Noise Blanker for short-duration and long dura-
tion pulses via Menu items “067 RGEN NB 1 LVL” and “068
RGEN NB 2 LVL”.

AGC
Click on the [AGC] button to open the “AGC” pop-up window,
then select the desired receiver-recovery time.
Ú The “AUTO” mode selections are:
OPERATING MODE AUTO AGC SELECTION
[AGC] button
LSB SLOW
USB SLOW
CW FAST
AM SLOW
FM FAST “AGC” window
RTTY SLOW
PKT (FM) FAST
PKT (LSB) SLOW

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LOCK FEATURE
Click on the [LOCK] button to turn the Main Tuning Dial knob [LOCK] button
Lock “on” or “off”. When the Main Tuning Dial knob is set to
lock, the “LOCK” icon will appear in the display.

VOX OPERATION
Click on the [VOX] button to turn the VOX circuit “on” or “off”.
When the VOX circuit is set to on, the inside of the button glows
red.
Ú Adjust the VOX Gain and VOX Delay time (“Hang-Time”)
via Menu item “115 TGEN V GAIN” and “116 TGEN VOX
DLY”. [VOX] button

USING THE MICROPHONE EQUALIZER / SPEECH PROCESSOR

Click on the [PROC] button to open the “PROCESSOR” pop-
up window, then select the configuration you wish to use:
OFF: Turns both the Microphone Equalizer / Speech
Processor off. [PROC] button
MIC-EQ: Turns the Microphone Equalizer on.
PROC: Turns the Speech Processor on with the Micro-
phone Equalizer.
Ú Adjust the characteristic of the Speech Processor and Para- “PROCESSOR” window
metric Microphone Equalizer via Menu items “091 TAUD
EQ1 FRQ” ~ “099 TAUD EQ3 BW”(for Microphone Equal-
izer) and “100 TAUD PE1 FRQ” ~ “108 TAUD PE3 BW”(for
Speech Processor).

USING THE MONITOR

1. Click on the [MONI] button to turn the Monitor circuit “on”
and “off”. When the Monitor is set to on, the “MONI” icon
will appear in the display.
2. Click on the [MONI] knob (the indication color of “MONI” [MONI] button
will turn yellow), then rotate the mouse scroll wheel or press
the left/right buttons to adjust the Monitor level.

[MONI] knob

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ANTENNA TUNER OPERATION
Click on the [TUNE] button to open the “TUNER” pop-up win-
dow, then select the configuration you wish to use:
TUNER OFF: Turns the Automatic Antenna Tuner off.
TUNER ON: Turns the Automatic Antenna Tuner on.
TUNING: Turns the Automatic Antenna Tuner on, and
begins the automatic tuning process.
[TUNE] button

“TUNER” window

REPEATER OPERATION
1. Click “Option” on the “PCC-950” Controller menu bar, and
then click on “Repeater” in the drop-down list, to open the
“Repeater” pop-up window.
2. Click on the [ENC], [SQL], or [OFF] button in the pop-up
window, to select the desired CTCSS mode. “Repeater” parameter
3. Click on the “Freq” button in the “Repeater” pop-up window
to open the “CTCSS Tone Frequency” pop-up window, and
then select the desired tone frequency. “Repeater” window Close button
4. Click the [OK] button to close the “CTCSS Tone Frequency”
pop-up window.
5. Click on the [S], [–], or [+] button to select the desired Re-
peater Shift Direction.
6. Click the Close Button “ ” on the “Repeater” pop-up win-
dow to save the new setting and close the “Repeater” pop-up
window.
[Freq] button
[SQL] button [+] button
[ENC] button [–] button
[OFF] button [S] button

“CTCSS Tone Frequency” window

[OK] button

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PARAMETRIC MICROPHONE EQUALIZER ADJUSTMENT
1. Click on “Prmtrc” on the menu bar of the “PCC-950” Con-
troller, and then choose a configuration from the drop down
list:
Prmtric: Adjusts the characteristics of the Parametric Mi-
crophone Equalizer when the Speech Processor
is disabled.
P-Prmtric: Adjusts the characteristics of the Parametric Mi- “Parametric” window
crophone Equalizer when the Speech Processor
is enabled.
2. When you click on “Prmtrc” or “P-Prmtrc” in the menu drop down list, the “Parametric Microphone Equalizer Graph”
window will open on the PC monitor.
3. Click on the arrow switches to adjust the characteristics of the Parametric Microphone Equalizer. You may observe the
effect of the changes in the Graph window:
Red Curve: depicts the characteristic of the lower range for the parametric microphone equalizer.
Blue Curve: depicts the characteristic of the middle range.
Green Curve: depicts the characteristic of the high range.
Black Curve: depicts the characteristic of the overall range for the parametric microphone equalizer.
4. Click on the [APPLI] button to save the new settings. Then click [EXIT] to close the “Parametric Microphone Equal-
izer Graph” window.
“Parametric Microphone Equalizer Graph” window

c f i
d g j
e h k

c PRMTRC EQ1 (P-PRMTRC EQ1) FREQ d PRMTRC EQ1 (P-PRMTRC EQ1) LEVEL
To change the lower frequency range of the paramet- To change the gain of the low range of the parametric
ric microphone equalizer, left click on the [Å] or [Æ] microphone equalizer, left click on the [Ç] or [È] but-
button. ton.
Available selections are 100 ~ 700 Hz (100 Hz/step) Available selections are –20 dB ~ +10 dB.
or OFF.
e PRMTRC EQ1 (P-PRMTRC EQ1) BWTH
To adjusts the Q-factor of the low range of the para-
metric microphone equalizer, click on the [ÆÅ ] or
[ÅÆ] button.
Available selections are 1 ~ 10.

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PARAMETRIC MICROPHONE EQUALIZER ADJUSTMENT
f PRMTRC EQ2 (P-PRMTRC EQ2) FREQ [EXIT] Button
To change the middle frequency range of the paramet- Click on this button to close the “Parametric Micro-
ric microphone equalizer, left click on the [Å] or [Æ] phone Equalizer Graph” window.
button. [CANCEL] Button
Available selections are 700 ~ 1500 Hz (100 Hz/step)
Click on this button to cancel the changes.
or OFF.
[APPLI] Button
g PRMTRC EQ2 (P-PRMTRC EQ2) LEVEL Click on this button to save the new settings.
To change the gain of the middle range of the para-
metric microphone equalizer, left click on the [Ç] or [FILE SAVE] Button
[È] button. Click on this button to open the “File Save” pop-up
Available selections are –20 dB ~ +10 dB. window and save the new settings to your computer
(pef file).
h PRMTRC EQ2 (P-PRMTRC EQ2) BWTH
To adjusts the Q-factor of the middle range of the para- [FILE LOAD] Button
metric microphone equalizer, click on the [ÆÅ ] or Click on this button to open the “File Load” pop-up
[ÅÆ] button. window and load previously stored settings.
Available selections are 1 ~ 10.
i PRMTRC EQ3 (P-PRMTRC EQ3) FREQ
To change the high frequency range of the parametric
microphone equalizer, left click on the [Å ] or [Æ ]
button.
Available selections are 1500 ~ 3200 Hz (100 Hz/step)
or OFF.
j PRMTRC EQ3 (P-PRMTRC EQ3) LEVEL
To change the gain of the high range of the parametric
microphone equalizer, left click on the [Ç ] or [È ]
button.
Available selections are –20 dB ~ +10 dB.
k PRMTRC EQ3 (P-PRMTRC EQ3) BWTH
To adjusts the Q-factor of the high range of the para-
metric microphone equalizer, click on the [ÆÅ ] or
[ÅÆ] button.
Available selections are 1 ~ 10.

KEYER OPERATION
1. Left click on the [KEYER] button to turn the CW Keyer on
and off. When the CW Keyer is set to on, the “KEYER” icon
will appear in the graphic display.
2. Click on the [SPEED] knob (the indication color of “SPEED” [KEYER] button
will turn yellow), then rotate the mouse scroll wheel, or press [BK-IN] button
the left/right buttons to set the desired keying speed.
3. Click on the [BK-IN] button to turn the CW Break-in circuit [SPEED] knob
on and off. When the CW Break-in circuit is set to on, the
“BK-IN” icon will appear in the graphic display.

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CONTEST MEMORY KEYER
TEXT MEMORY STORAGE
1. To open the “CW” pop-up window, click “Option” on the
“PCC-950” menu bar. Then choose “CW” in the drop-down
list.
2. In the “CW” pop-up window, click on the desired Text “CW” parameter
Memory Channel (“Text Ch-1” ~ “Text Ch-5”), then enter
the message from the computer’s keyboard. Remember to add
“Message Play” button’s “Text Play” button’s
the “}” character at the end to signify the termination of the
message.
3. Click on the [CH-x WR] button to save the message.
PLAYBACK
1. To open the “CW” pop-up window, click “Option” on the
“PCC-950” menu bar. Then choose “CW” in the drop-down
list.
2. In the “CW” pop-up window, click on the desired Playback
Memory Channel (Message Play [Ch-1] ~ Message Play [Ch- Text Memory Channel [CH-x WR] button
5] or Text Play [Ch-1] ~ Text Play [Ch-5]) to begin play- “CW” window
back of the recorded audio.

ROTATOR CONTROL
1. To open the “Rotator” pop-up window, click “Option” on the
“PCC-950” menu bar. Then click on “Rotator” in the drop-
down list.
2. Click on the [CCW] or [CW] button, to rotate the antenna. “Rotator” parameter
3. Click on the [SLOW] or [FAST] button, to adjust the rota-
tion speed.

“Rotator” window

[CW] button [FAST] button

[CCW] button [SLOW] button

QMB MEMORY
ˆ Click on the [STO] button to write the current VFO-A data to [STO] button
the QMB memory. [RCL] button
ˆ Click on the [RCL] button to recall the QMB memory.

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[METER] BUTTON
Click on the [METER] button to open the “METER” pop-up [METER] button
window, then select the desired function of the meter during trans-
mission.

“METER” window

[MIC GAIN] KNOB [MIC GAIN] knob

Click on the [MIC GAIN] knob (the indication color of “MIC
GAIN” will turn yellow), then rotate the mouse scroll wheel or
press the left/right buttons to select the Microphone gain level.

[MOX] BUTTON [MOX] button

To begin transmission, click on the [MOX] button. When the
MOX circuit is set to on, the inside of the button glows red.

[SPOT] BUTTON
Click on the [SPOT] button to turn on the CW receiver spotting
tone.
[SPOT] button

[SPLIT] BUTTON
Click on the [SPLIT] button to open the “SPLIT” pop-up win-
dow, then select the configuration you wish to use.
SPLIT: Toggle the Split Frequency operation on and
off. The VFO-A will be used for reception,
[SPLIT] button
and VFO-B will be used for transmssion.
QUICK SPLIT: Activates the Quick Split feature. [TXW] button
(Sub (VFO-B) register will automatically
be set to a frequency 5 kHz higher than the
Main (VFO-A) register with same operat-
ing mode.)
[TXW] BUTTON
Place the cursor on the [TXW] button. Then press and hold the
left mouse button to monitor the transmit frequency when split
frequency operation is engaged. Release the mouse button to re-
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[(VFO-A)RX] BUTTON [VFO-A(RX)] button [VFO-A(TX)] button
ˆ Click on the [(VFO-A)RX] button to toggle the Main Band
receiver (VFO-A) “on” and “off”. When the Main Band (VFO-
A) receiver is set to “on”, the button glows green.
ˆ While receiving the VFO-A frequency, click the [(VFO-
A)RX] button again to silence the receiver audio (audio mut-
ing). This button blinks green.
To restore reception, just click the left mouse button on this
button once more.
[(VFO-A)TX] BUTTON
Click on the [(VFO-A)TX] button to toggle transmitter control
between the VFO-A and VFO-B. When the transmitter control is
set to VFO-A, this button glows red.
[(VFO-B)RX] BUTTON
ˆ Click on the [(VFO-B)RX] button to toggle the VFO-B re- [VFO-B(RX)] button
ceiver “on” and “off”. When the VFO-B receiver is set to
“on”, the button glows green.
ˆ While receiving the VFO-B frequency, click the [(VFO-
B)RX] button again to silence the receiver audio (audio mut- [VFO-B(TX)] button
ing). The button blinks green.
To restore reception, just click on this button once more.
[(VFO-B)TX] BUTTON
Click the left mouse button on the [(VFO-A)TX] button to toggle
transmitter control between VFO-A and VFO-B. When the trans-
mitter control is set to VFO-B, this button glows red.

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[FAST] BUTTON
Click on the [FAST] button to toggle the tuning rate of the Main
Tuning Dial knob between “Fast” and “Slow.” When the tuning [FAST] button
rate is set to “Fast,” the “FAST” icon will appear in the display. [AXB] button
[AXB] BUTTON WB] button
[AX
Click on the [AXB] button to transfer frequency data from the [V/M] button
VFO-A (or a recalled memory channel) to VFO-B. [MXA] button
WB]
[AX BUTTON [AXM] button
Click on the [AXWB] button to exchange the contents of VFO-A

(or a recalled memory channel) and VFO-B.

[V/M] BUTTON
Click on the [V/M] button to toggle the VFO-A receiver opera-
tion between the memory system and the VFO.
[MXA] BUTTON
Click on the [MXA] button to copy the data from the currently-
selected memory to the Main VFO (VFO-A).
[AXM] BUTTON
Click on the [AX M] button to copy the current operating data
from the VFO-A into the currently selected memory channel,
overwriting any previous data stored there.
[BAND] BUTTON
Clicking on the [BAND] button (the inside of the button will
glow yellow) allows you to select the VFO-A operating band
(Amateur bands) using the [CLAR/VFO-B] knob. [GRP] button
[BAND] button
[MHZ] BUTTON
Clicking on the [MHz] button (the inside of the button will glow
yellow) allows you to tune the VFO-A frequency down or up in [MCH] button
1 MHz increments, using the [CLAR/VFO-B] knob. [MHz] button
[GRP] BUTTON
Clicking on the [GRP] button (the inside of the button will glow
yellow) allows you to select the memory group using the [CLAR/
VFO-B] knob.
[MCH] BUTTON
Clicking the left mouse button on the [MCH] button (the inside
of the button will glow yellow) allows you to select the memory
channel using the [CLAR/VFO-B] knob.

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[F1] ~ [F7] BUTTONS [F1] button
Clicking on these buttons to activates/selects the various func- [F2] button
tion of the optional DMU-2000 Data Management Unit. [F3] button
[DISPLAY] BUTTON [F4] button
Click on the [DISPLAY] button to open the “Display Page” pop-
up window, and then select the display page which you wish to
engage for operation of the optional DMU-2000 Data Manage-
ment Unit.
WORLD CLOCK DISPLAY:
SPECTRUM SCOPE DISPLAY: [DISPLAY] button
AF SCOPE/OSCILLOSCOPE DISPLAY: [F7] button
LOG BOOK DISPLAY: [F6] button
TEMPERATURE/SWR DISPLAY: [F5] button
ROTATOR DISPLAY:
MEMORY CHANNEL DISPLAY:

“Display Page” window

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MENU OPERATION
1. Click on the [MENU] button to open the “MENU” window.
2. Rotate the mouse scroll wheel to select the Menu item you
wish to change, then double click the left mouse button on
the Menu item to open the pop-up window.
3. Change the current setting of the selected Menu item, then
click the [OK] button to close the pop-up window.
4. Click the [OK] button on the “MENU” window to save the
new setting and close the “MENU” window.

[MENU] button

“MENU LIST” window

“MENU LIST SETTING” window

[OK] button

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COMMAND SEND
1. Click “File” on the “PCC-950” menu bar. On the menu drop-
down list, click “Command Send” to open the “Command
Send” pop-up window.
2. Enter the CAT command you wish to send to the FT-950 with “Command Send” parameter
the PC keyboard.
For example: Set the VFO-A frequency to 14.250000 MHz.
FA14250000; “Command Send” window
Refer to a “FT-950 CAT Operation Reference Book” for a list
of the CAT commands.
3. Click the [OK] button to send the CAT command to the trans-
ceiver and close the pop-up window.

[OK] button

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FUNCTION KEY OPERATION
You can program and assign the CAT commands to your computer’s Function keys using the Vertex Standard KSE4PCC
Keyboard Shortcut Editor. Then you may control the transceiver by pressing your computer’s Function keys.
Each of the following 46 Function keys may be programmed with a CAT command sequence. There are a total of 52
commands to chose from:
[F2] key ~ [F9] key, [F11] key, [F12] key,
[Shift] + [F1] key ~ [Shift] + [F9] key, [Shift] + [F11] key, [Shift] + [F12] key,
[Cntl] + [F1] key ~ [Cntl] + [F9] key, [Cntl] + [F11] key, [Cntl] + [F12] key,
[Alt] + [F1] key ~ [Alt] + [F3] key, [Alt] + [F5] key, [Alt] + [F7] key ~ [Alt] + [F12] key,
[Page Up] key, [Page Down] key, [Home] key, and [End] key
Following is an example of programming a CAT command shortcut into one of the Function keys:
1. Copy the “KSE4PCC.exe” file into the folder where you in-
stalled the “PCC-950.exe” file.
2. Double click on “KSE4PCC.exe” to open the “Keyboard
Shortcut Editor” pop-up window.
3. Enter the desired CAT commands to each of the Function
keys.
Example 1: Set the VFO-A frequency to 14.250000 MHz.
FA14250000;
Example 2: Set the Operating Mode to “USB”.
MD02;
Example 3: Set the VFO-A frequnecy to 14.250000 MHz,
USB mode.
FA14250000; MD02;
(Notice in Example 3 that you may assign more than one CAT
command to a single function key. Simply add a semi-colon
after each command, and end the command line with a semi-
colon).
Refer to the “FT-950 CAT Operation Reference Book” for a
list of the CAT commands.
Note: You can not enter CAT commands into the following “View” menu
function keys.
[F1] key, [F10] key, [Shift] + [F10] key,
[Cntl] + [F10] key, [Alt] + [F4] key, and [Alt] + [F6] key
4. You may append an Alpha-numeric “Tag” to a CAT Com-
mand for your reference (This is for reference only. The Al-
pha-numeric “Tag” is not displayed on the “PCC-950” Per-
sonal Computer Controller).
To append a “Tag” to your CAT shortcut key, click the left
mouse button on the “Tag” or the “Both” parameter in the
“View” menu on the “Keyboard Shortcut Editor”. Your new
reference “Tag” appears in the “Tag” column on the “Key-
board Short-cut Editor”.
5. To close the “Keyboard Shortcut Editor” and save the CAT
commands, click “File” in the menu bar, and then click “Save”
in the drop-down list. In the Confirmation pop-up window,
click the [Yes] button to save the new setting.

“Tag” column “Tag” column

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