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PRECAUTIONS IV
CHAPTER 1 INSTALLATION 1
ANTENNA CONNECTION....................................... 1
GROUND CONNECTION........................................ 2
LIGHTNING PROTECTION..................................... 2
DC POWER SUPPLY CONNECTION......................2
REPLACING FUSES........................................... 2
ACCESSORY CONNECTIONS............................... 3
FRONT PANEL.................................................... 3
Headphones (PHONES)................................. 3
Microphone (MIC)........................................... 3
REAR PANEL...................................................... 3
External Speaker (EXT SP) ............................ 3
Keys and Keyboards for
CW Operation (PADDLE and KEY)................. 3
CHAPTER 2 YOUR FIRST QSO 4
RECEIVING............................................................. 4
TRANSMITTING...................................................... 5
CHAPTER 3 GETTING ACQUAINTED 6
FRONT PANEL........................................................ 6
MICROPHONE........................................................ 9
REAR PANEL........................................................ 10
DISPLAY ...............................................................11
CHAPTER 4 OPERATING BASICS 13
SWITCHING POWER ON/OFF ............................. 13
ADJUSTING VOLUME .......................................... 13
AUDIO FREQUENCY (AF) GAIN....................... 13
RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) GAIN ...................... 13
SELECTING VFO A OR VFO B............................. 13
SELECTING A BAND ............................................ 13
SELECTING A MODE ........................................... 14
ADJUSTING SQUELCH ........................................ 14
SELECTING A FREQUENCY................................ 14
FRONT PANEL METER........................................ 14
TRANSMITTING.................................................... 15
SELECTING TRANSMIT POWER..................... 15
MICROPHONE GAIN ........................................ 15
CHAPTER 5 MENU SETUP 16
WHAT IS A MENU?............................................... 16
MENU A/ MENU B................................................. 16
MENU ACCESS .................................................... 16
MENU CONFIGURATION ..................................... 17
CROSS REFERENCE FOR
MENU FUNCTIONS .............................................. 19
CHAPTER 6 BASIC COMMUNICATING 20
SSB TRANSMISSION ........................................... 20
CW TRANSMISSION ............................................ 21
AUTO ZERO-BEAT ...........................................21
TX SIDETONE/ RX PITCH FREQUENCY ......... 21
FM TRANSMISSION ............................................. 22
TX DEVIATION SELECTION............................. 22
CONTENTS
AM TRANSMISSION ............................................. 22
CHAPTER 7 SPECIALIZED COMMUNICATING 23
SPLIT-FREQUENCY OPERATION........................ 23
TF-SET (TRANSMIT FREQUENCY SET).......... 23
FM REPEATER OPERATION................................ 24
SELECTING SUBTONE FREQUENCY .............25
CONTINUOUS OR BURST SUBTONES?......... 25
FM CTCSS OPERATION....................................... 25
DIGITAL OPERATION........................................... 26
RTTY (FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING).............. 26
AMTOR/ PACKET/ PACTOR/ G-TORTM/ CLOVER.27
SLOW SCAN TV/ FACSIMILE ...............................28
SATELLITE OPERATION...................................... 28
CHAPTER 8 COMMUNICATING AIDS 29
RECEIVING........................................................... 29
SELECTING YOUR FREQUENCY.................... 29
Direct Frequency Entry ................................. 29
Using 1 MHz Steps....................................... 29
Quick Changes............................................. 29
Fine Tuning................................................... 29
Equalizing VFO Frequencies (A=B) .............. 30
RIT (RECEIVE INCREMENTAL TUNING)......... 30
AGC (AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL)............... 30
RX EQUALIZER ................................................ 30
TRANSMITTING.................................................... 31
VOX (VOICE-OPERATED TRANSMIT)............. 31
Microphone Input Level................................. 31
Delay Time ................................................... 31
SPEECH PROCESSOR ....................................32
XIT (TRANSMIT INCREMENTAL TUNING)....... 32
CUSTOMIZING TRANSMIT SIGNAL
CHARACTERISTICS......................................... 33
Changing Transmit
Bandwidth (SSB/AM) ....................................33
Equalizing Transmit Audio (SSB/FM/AM) ......33
MONITORING TRANSMITTED SIGNALS ......... 33
TRANSMIT INHIBIT........................................... 33
CHANGING FREQUENCY WHILE
TRANSMITTING................................................ 33
CW BREAK-IN....................................................... 34
USING SEMI BREAK-IN OR
FULL BREAK-IN................................................ 34
ELECTRONIC KEYER .......................................... 34
CHANGING KEYING SPEED............................ 34
AUTO WEIGHTING........................................... 34
Reversible Auto Weighting ............................ 34
CHANGING LOCKED-WEIGHT ........................ 35
BUG KEY FUNCTION ....................................... 35
CW MESSAGE MEMORY................................. 35
Storing CW Messages ..................................35
Checking CW Messages without Transmitting35
Transmitting CW Messages.......................... 35
CHAPTER 9 REJECTING INTERFERENCE 36
IF FILTER.............................................................. 36
CHANGING IF FILTER BANDWIDTH................ 36
IF SHIFT............................................................ 36
NOISE BLANKER.................................................. 36