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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-TOR
TM
/ 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