BASIC OPERATION:RECEIVING ON AMATEUR BANDS

Before turning on main power, please verify the following items once more.

￿Have you made all ground connections securely? See page 9 for details.

￿Do you have your antenna(s) connected to the rear-panel Antenna jack(s)? See page 10 for details.

￿Is your microphone (and/or key or paddle) connected? See pages 11 and 12 for details.

￿If using a linear amplifier, have all interconnections been successfully completed? See pages 13 and 14 for details.

￿Please rotate both [AF GAIN] controls to their fully counter-clockwise positions, to avoid a loud blast of audio when the transceiver turns on. See page 21 for details.

￿Rotate the [RF PWR] control fully counter-clockwise, to set minimum power at first. See page 20 for details.

￿If your AC mains power should suffer a significant fluctuation or interruption, we recommend that you go through a complete power-up cycle, in order to ensure that all circuits are properly initialized. To do this, be sure the front panel [POWER] switch is turned off, then set the rear-panel [POWER] switch to the “O” position. Now unplug the AC cable from the rear panel of the transceiver, and wait ten seconds before proceeding with the start-up procedure described below.

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