I have recently upgraded to General Class and have only worked a
little CW on my dad's Kenwood TS-820S back in 1995. I just purchased a
Yaesu FT-857 and made a couple of contacts last night on 40 meters.
However, I only have a 40 Meter dipole that a friend let me borrow
made of (what looks like) a long spool of paired electric wire like
you would find on a household lamp. It must be doing fairly well...

The FT-857 has an SWR Meter in the rig itself, however it leaves much
to be desired. I also have never used an antenna tuner before and
would like to be able to work some of the other bands using this one
antenna and the tuner. Really, this should be a three part question:

1) Can anyone explain the SWR meter on the rig?

2) How do I get a continous tone out of the rig so that I can
calibrate my SWR meter?

3) Once I get it calibrated, what would be the process of utilizing
the SWR meter and Antenna Tuner together for optimum performance from
my rig?

Thanks in advance - 73!