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Drive gain adjustment
The drive gain is active for all modes other than SSB
mode with speech compressor OFF. The [DRIVE] con-
trol adjusts the amplifying gain at the driver stage.
Before transmitting, monitor your selected operating
frequency to make sure transmitting won’t cause inter-
ference to other stations on the same frequency.
qPush [METER]
(MF2) to select the ALC meter.
wPush [PTT] (microphone; SSB with [COMP] ON, AM
or FM), key down (CW) or push (RTTY
or PSK) to transmit.
eWhile talking into the microphone, keying down or
transmitting, rotate [DRIVE] so that the ALC meter
reading is between 30 to 50% of the ALC scale. (see
left)
•Talk into the microphone at your normal voice level.
rRelease [PTT], stop keying or push
again to return to receive.
TRANSMIT
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BASIC OPERATIONS
