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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