Furuno FS-5070 manual Receiving AM broadcasting stations, Squelch function, Noise blanker

2. SSB RADIOTELEPHONE

2.4.3Receiving AM broadcasting stations

1.Press the RT key to show the radiotelephone screen.

2.Rotate the ENTER knob to choose emission mode and then push the ENTER knob.

CH:	200
Tx:	2182.0 kHz
Rx:	2182.00 kHz

Emission mode

	SSB		HIGH FAST NB SQ			AGC mode
	TLX			S
				10.0A
	AM
MMSI xxxxxxxxx					UTC 00:00
35		00.0000N
135		00.0000E			EPFS 23:59

3.Rotate the ENTER knob to choose AM and then push the ENTER knob.

4.Rotate the ENTER knob to choose Rx and then push the ENTER knob.

	CH:			200
	Tx:			2182.0			kHz
	Rx:			2182.00				kHz
SSB			SIMP HIGH FAST					NB SQ
SEN						S
IA					10.0A
	MMSI xxxxxxxxx								UTC 00:00
POS 35		00.0000N
135		00.0000E							EPFS 23:59

5. Key in RX frequency with the numeric keys and then push the ENTER knob.

2.4.4Squelch function

Squelch on/off

The squelch mutes the audio output in the absence of an incoming signal. Press the ACK/SQ key to turn on and off the squelch alternately. When radio noise is too jarring during stand-by condition, it may be muted by activating the squelch. “SQ” in the equipment states area is hatched when the squelch function is active.

Squelch frequency

To adjust the squelch frequency, see section 6.3.

2.4.5Noise blanker

The noise blanker functions to remove pulse noise. To turn it on or off, see section 6.2.

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