15 OPERATOR CONVENIENCES

The transceiver also generates the following warning, confirmation, and malfunction beeps.

Beeps

What it means

 

 

A high pitched short beep

A valid key is pressed.

 

 

 

A Key entry is accepted,

A high pitched long beep

Scan starts, or AT tune

 

has completed.

 

 

A low pitched short beep

An invalid operation is

performed.

 

 

 

“UL” in Morse code

The internal PLL circuit

unlock status is detected.

 

 

 

 

CW Auto Tune cannot be

“S” in Morse code

completed, or an invalid

 

frequency is entered.

 

AT Tune cannot be

“5” in Morse code

completed within the

 

specified time.

 

 

 

The antenna’s SWR is too

“SWR” in Morse code

high (over 10:1) to

 

perform AT Tune.

 

1 minute before the APO

“CHECK” in Morse code

(Auto Power Off) function

switches the transceiver

 

 

OFF.

“BT” in Morse code

Waiting for a CW

message to be recorded.

 

“AR” in Morse code

The current message

memory is full.

 

CALL CHANNEL

A CALL channel is a frequency that is often used when looking for a station with which to make contact in FM mode. Each frequency band (HF, 50 MHz, 144 MHz, 430/ 440 MHz, and 1.2 GHz) has one CALL channel. The default CALL frequencies are shown below.

To recall the CALL channel:

1Press [CALL/ C.IN].

2Press [CALL/ C.IN] again to return to the previous operating frequency.

To revise the default CALL channel frequency:

1Select a new CALL frequency and operating mode on the VFO.

2Press [FUNC], [CALL/ C.IN] to copy the new frequency and mode to the CALL channel.

Band

 

Default CALL Channel

 

frequency and Mode

 

 

HF

 

29.60 MHz / FM

 

 

 

50 MHz

 

51.00 MHz/ FM

 

 

 

144 MHz

 

144.00 MHz/ FM

 

 

 

430/ 440 MHz

 

430.00 MHz1, 440.00 MHz2/ FM

 

 

 

1.2 GHz

 

1240.00 MHz/ FM

 

 

 

1 All E-types 2 K-type

 

DISPLAY

BRIGHTNESS

The brightness of the LCD display can be selected from OFF, and 1 to 4 by accessing Menu No. 00.

1Press [MENU], then turn the MULTI/ CH control to access Menu No. 00.

2Press [+]/ [–]to select OFF, 1, 2, 3, or 4.

3Press [MENU] to store the setting and exit Menu mode.

CONTRAST

The contrast of the LCD dot-matrix display can be selected from 1 to 16 by accessing Menu No. 59.

1Press [MENU], then turn the MULTI/ CH control to access Menu No. 59.

2Press [+]/ [–]to select an appropriate contrast from 1 to 16.

3Press [MENU] to store the setting and exit Menu mode.

KEY ILLUMINATION

The front panel key illumination can be switched ON or OFF.

1Press [MENU], then turn the MULTI/ CH control to access Menu No. 01.

2Press [+]/ [–]to select ON or OFF.

3Press [MENU] to store the setting and exit Menu mode.

DTMF

MANUAL DTMF DIALING

If you have an optional MC-52DM microphone, you can send DTMF tones while you are transmitting.

To send a series of DTMF tones:

1Press Mic [PTT] or [SEND] on the front panel.

2Press the desired DTMF keys to transmit.

• DTMF tones are monitored through the speaker.

3Release Mic [PTT] or press [SEND] on the front panel to return to receive mode.

DTMF MEMORY

■Entering DTMF tones

The transceiver has 10 DTMF Memory Channels. Each channel can store a series of 16 DTMF tones. You can also name each DTMF entry using a maximum of 8 alpha-numeric characters.

1Press [MENU], then turn the MULTI/ CH control to access Menu No. 45.

2Press [SUB] to access Menu No. 45A.

3Press [SUB] again to enter DTMF Memory Channel mode.

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