1-5
@3 RF GAIN CONTROL [RF] (outer control; p. 3-9)
Adjusts the RF gain level.
While rotating the RF gain control, you may hear
noise. This comes from the DSP unit and does
not indicate a malfunction.
@4 NOISE BLANKER SWITCH (p. 5-16)
➥ Switches the noise blanker ON and OFF when
pushed. The noise blanker reduces pulse-type
noise such as that generated by automobile igni-
tion systems. This function cannot be used in FM
mode, or non-pulse-type noise.
• The [NB] indicator above this switch lights green
while the function is activated.
➥ Enters blanking-width set mode when pushed
and held for 1 sec.
@5 DRIVE GAIN CONTROL [DRIVE] (p. 3-13)
Adjusts the transmitter level at the driver stage. Ac-
tive in all modes
(other than SSB mode with [COMP]
OFF)
.
@6 COMPRESSION LEVEL CONTROL [COMP]
(p. 6-5)
Adjusts the speech compression level in SSB.
@7 MONITOR GAIN CONTROL [MONI GAIN] (p. 6-4)
Adjusts the transmit IF signal monitor level.
@8 VOX GAIN CONTROL [VOX GAIN] (p. 6-2)
Adjusts the transmit/receive switching threshold
level for VOX operation.
@9 ANTI VOX CONTROL [ANTI VOX] (p. 6-2)
Adjusts the VOX sensitivity to speaker audio to pre-
vent unwanted VOX activation.
#0 LCD CONTRAST CONTROL [CONTRAST]
Adjusts the LCD contrast.
#1 LCD BRIGHTNESS CONTROL [BRIGHT]
Adjusts the LCD brightness.
#2 AUTOMATIC TUNING SWITCH [AUTOTUNE]
(p. 5-19)
Turns the automatic tuning function ON and OFF in
CW and AM modes.
NB
IMPORTANT!
When receiving a weak signal, or receiving a sig-
nal with interference, the automatic tuning func-
tion may tune the receiver to an undesired signal.
