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THANK YOU

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FEATURES ..............................................................

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NOTICE TO THE USER...........................................

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BEFORE STARTING ...............................................

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MARKET CODES.....................................................

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WRITING CONVENTIONS FOLLOWED .................

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SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES.....................................

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PRECAUTIONS ......................................................

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CONTENTS.............................................................

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CHAPTER 1INSTALLATION

 

ANTENNA CONNECTION ......................................

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GROUND CONNECTION .......................................

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LIGHTNING PROTECTION ....................................

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DC POWER SUPPLY CONNECTION ....................

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UTILIZING THE BAIL ..............................................

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REPLACING FUSES ..............................................

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ACCESSORY CONNECTIONS ..............................

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FRONT PANEL ...................................................

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Headphones (PHONES) ................................

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Microphone (MIC)...........................................

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REAR PANEL......................................................

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External Speaker (EXT.SP)............................

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Keys for CW (PADDLE and KEY) ..................

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CHAPTER 2

GETTING ACQUAINTED

 

FRONT PANEL .......................................................

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LCD DISPLAY .........................................................

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REAR PANEL..........................................................

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MICROPHONE........................................................

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CHAPTER 3

OPERATING BASICS

 

SWITCHING POWER ON/ OFF............................

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ADJUSTING THE VOLUME..................................

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AF (AUDIO FREQUENCY) GAIN......................

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RF (RADIO FREQUENCY) GAIN .....................

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SELECTING VFO A OR VFO B ............................

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SELECTING A BAND............................................

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SELECTING A MODE...........................................

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ADJUSTING THE SQUELCH................................

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TUNING A FREQUENCY......................................

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MULTI-FUNCTION METER ..................................

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TRANSMITTING ...................................................

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SELECTING TRANSMISSION POWER ...........

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MICROPHONE GAIN........................................

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CHAPTER 4

MENU SETUP

 

WHAT IS A MENU? ..............................................

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MENU A/ MENU B ................................................

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MENU ACCESS ....................................................

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QUICK MENU .......................................................

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PROGRAMMING THE QUICK MENU ..............

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USING THE QUICK MENU...............................

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MENU CONFIGURATION.....................................

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CHARACTER ENTRY...........................................

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CHAPTER 5

BASIC COMMUNICATIONS

 

SSB TRANSMISSION...........................................

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FM TRANSMISSION.............................................

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AM TRANSMISSION.............................................

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NARROW BANDWIDTH FOR FM.........................

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CW TRANSMISSION ............................................

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AUTO ZERO-BEAT...........................................

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TX SIDETONE/ RX PITCH FREQUENCY ........

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CARRIER LEVEL ..................................................

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POWER ON MESSAGE........................................

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CHAPTER 6

ENHANCED COMMUNICATIONS

 

SPLIT-FREQUENCY OPERATION.......................

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TF-SET (TRANSMISSION FREQUENCY SET) 24

FM REPEATER OPERATION...............................

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TRANSMITTING A TONE.................................

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Activating the Tone Function........................

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Selecting a Tone Frequency ........................

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TONE FREQUENCY ID SCAN .........................

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FM CTCSS OPERATION......................................

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CTCSS FREQUENCY ID SCAN .......................

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CROSS TONE.......................................................

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CHAPTER 7

COMMUNICATING AIDS

 

RECEPTION

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SELECTING YOUR FREQUENCY ...................

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Direct Frequency Entry.................................

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Frequency Entry History...............................

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Using the MHz key .......................................

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Quick QSY....................................................

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Fine Tuning ..................................................

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Tuning Control Adjustment Rate ..................

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Equalizing VFO Frequencies (A=B) .............

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RIT (RECEIVE INCREMENTAL TUNING)............

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AGC (AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL)..............

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AGC Time Constant Adjustment ..................

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TRANSMISSION ...................................................

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VOX (VOICE-OPERATED TRANSMISSION)...

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Microphone Input Level................................

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Delay Time ...................................................

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Anti-VOX Adjustment ...................................

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Data VOX .....................................................

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Data VOX Delay Time..................................

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USB/ ACC2 VOX Gain .................................

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SPEECH PROCESSOR....................................

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peech Processor Effect ................................

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XIT (TRANSMIT INCREMENTAL TUNING) .....

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CUSTOMIZING TRANSMISSION SIGNAL

 

CHARACTERISTICS ........................................

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TX Filter Bandwidth (SSB/ AM)....................

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TX Filter Bandwidth (LSB-DATA/ USB-DATA). 32

TX Equalizer (SSB/ AM/ FM)........................

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TRANSMIT INHIBIT ..........................................

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BUSY LOCKOUT ..............................................

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CHANGING FREQUENCY WHILE

 

TRANSMITTING ...............................................

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CW BREAK-IN ......................................................

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USING SEMI BREAK-IN OR FULL BREAK-IN.....

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ELECTRONIC KEYER ..........................................

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ELECTRONIC KEYER MODE ..........................

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CHANGING KEYING SPEED ...........................

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Invalid Break-In Operation............................

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RISE TIME OF CW ...........................................

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AUTO WEIGHTING...........................................

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Reverse Keying Weight Ratio ......................

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BUG KEY FUNCTION.......................................

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CW MESSAGE MEMORY ................................

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Storing CW Messages..................................

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Checking CW Messages without

 

Transmitting..................................................

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