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“RADIO SETTINGS” menu, and 200 kHz steps on FM mode, until a signal is encountered that is stronger than the SQUELCH setting. While SEEK is engaged, the word “SEEK” will appear on the display.
14. TIME
Pressing the ‘TIME’ key will cause the TIMER 1 screen to appear on the display, allowing TIMER 1 to be enabled or disabled. Pressing it a second time will cause the TIMER 2 screen to appear, allowing it also to be enabled or disabled. Pressing the TIME key the third time brings up the “CLOCKS” menu which will allow selection of GMT or LOCAL time for the time display. Pressing the ‘TIME’ key the fourth time will return the display to the VFO, MEMORY or COUNTRY screens, depending upon which of these screens was being displayed when the ‘TIME’ key was pressed the first time. The receiver dis- plays the time when in the off mode, and when in this state, pressing the ‘TIME’ key will toggle the displa between Local and GMT time.
15. PBT
The PBT (PassBand Tuning) knob varies the IF passband of the receiver plus or minus 2 kHz relative to the detec- tor beat frequency oscillator (BFO) in SSB mode, and rel-
key for approximately 2 seconds will lock out the ‘TUN- ING’ knob and will cause “TUN LOCK” appear on the display. Depressing the key again for approximately 2 seconds will unlock the ‘TUNING’ knob and “TUN LOCK” will disappear from the display.
18. Tuning
The 'TUNING' knob is the primary tuning control of the E1 receiver. In VFO mode, clockwise rotation of the dial increases frequency and counterclockwise rotation decreases frequency. The rate at which frequency is increased or decreased is determined by the band being tuned and by pressing the ‘FAST/TUNING LOCK’ key on a given band. In VFO mode, the ‘FAST/TUNING LOCK’ key also changes the displayed frequency resolution. In MEMORY mode, the ‘TUNING’ knob scrolls through the 500 MEMORY channels one at a time. If the ‘FAST/TUN- ING LOCK’ key is pressed, “FAST” appears on the dis- play and the ‘TUNING’ control scrolls through the 500 MEMORY channels 10 at a time as long as the ‘TUN- ING’ knob is being turned. If the ‘TUNING’ knob is not moved for three seconds, the “FAST” on the display will disappear and the ‘TUNING’ knob will revert to tuning MEMORY channels one at a time.
will be active. Pressing this softkey a second time tog- gles to the AUX function which causes the softkey label to appear as “ FM / AUX ”. The AUX function allows stereo audio fed into the LINE IN connector on the side panel to be fed to the internal speaker or to head- phones plugged into the stereo headphone jack, which is also on the side panel. The ‘VOLUME’, ‘TREBLE’, and ‘BASS’ controls will be active in this mode.
SW BAND - Pressing the ‘SW BAND’ softkey once enables the shortwave band (1.800 - 30.000 MHz). The MW / LW - Repeatedly pressing the ‘MW / LW’ softkey toggles between the LW band (100 - 499.99 kHz) and the MW band (500 - 1799.99 kHz).
VFO - This softkey returns to the VFO mode from MEM- ORY or COUNTRY modes. The frequency displayed will be the same as the frequency last selected in VFO mode before MEMORY or COUNTRY modes were selected.
MEMORY - Selects MEMORY mode which allows pro- gramming or listening to the programmed contents of memory channels 1 through 500.
COUNTRY - Selects COUNTRY mode which allows pro- gramming or listening to the contents of memory channels 501 through 1700. These 1200 memory chan- nels are divided among 111 countries from Afghanistan to Yugoslavia with 10 memory channels per country, and with 90 memory channels remaining with no country assigned. Display will appear as “BAND ”. Pressing the ‘SW BAND’ softkey again once SW has been selected will cause the
ative to the displayed frequency when on AM mode. This is particularly useful in reducing or eliminating interfer- ence to the desired signal from nearby signals. The PBT knob will be ineffective unless the ‘PBT’ softkey beneath the display is pressed. The amount of IF frequency dis- placement from nominal will be displayed directly above the ‘PBT’ function label on the display. PBT tuning is not available in FM or AUX modes. In MEMORY or COUN- TRY modes, the stored PBT value will always be recalled and “MEM” will be indicated above the ‘PBT’ softkey until changed.
16. DX
The ‘DX’ softkey turns on or off an RF preamplifier which is useful in improving the readability of very weak sig- nals, especially when using the built in telescopic anten- na or other short antennas. When the preamplifier is enabled, “DX” will appear on the display. When using long antennas or when the receiver is in close proximity to very strong broadcast transmitters, the receiver will perform best with ‘DX’ off. The DX function is not avail- able in AUX mode. Note that battery life will be reduced somewhat if DX is enabled during portable operation.
17. FAST / TUNING LOCK
Repeatedly pressing the FAST / TUNING LOCK key cycles through the available tuning rates for the current oper- ating mode, as explained in more detail under “Tuning” which follows. Holding down the ‘FAST / TUNING LOCK’
The ‘TUNING’ knob is also used when programming in MEMORY mode to scroll through all available alphanu- meric characters when entering names for each MEMO- RY entry.
In COUNTRY mode, the ‘TUNING’ knob scrolls through COUNTRY memory channels one at a time. If the ‘FAST/TUNING LOCK’ key is pressed, “FAST” appears on the display and the ‘TUNING’ knob scrolls through the available countries one country at a time with 10 mem- ory channels being available per country.
In SW BAND mode, the ‘TUNING’ control will scroll through the available shortwave broadcast bands from 120 meters through 11 meters.
19. Mode Softkeys
The purpose of each of these softkeys is shown along the right edge of the display when the receiver is in the ON state. From top to bottom their descriptions are as follows:
FM / AUX - Pressing this softkey toggles between the FM broadcast band and the AUX function. The selected function will be in reverse video. The first press of this softkey selects the FM broadcast band (76.0 - 90.0 MHz or 87.0
Shortwave Band Designators
Band | Low | High Freq |
120 Meter | 2300 kHz | 2500 kHz |
90 Meter | 3200 kHz | 3400 kHz |
75 Meter | 3900 kHz | 4000 kHz |
60 Meter | 4750 kHz | 5060 kHz |
49 Meter | 5800 kHz | 6200 kHz |
41 Meter | 7100 kHz | 7600 kHz |
31 Meter | 9500 kHz | 9900 kHz |
25 Meter | 11,600 kHz | 12,100 kHz |
22 Meter | 13,570 kHz | 13,870 kHz |
19 Meter | 15,100 kHz | 15,800 kHz |
16 Meter | 17,480 kHz | 17,900 kHz |
13 Meter | 21,450 kHz | 21,850 kHz |
11 Meter | 25,600 kHz | 26,100 kHz |
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20. POWER | 22. Speaker |
Pressing this key toggles the unit on and off. | This is the opening for the internal speaker for the E1 |
21. Display | receiver. |
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This is a dot matrix LCD display. See the DISPLAY | 23. Telescopic Antenna |
description for details. | This is a 39 1/4“ (1.003 meters) telescopic antenna for |
| use on all bands. |
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