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CONTENTS
CARRIER LEVEL ............................................................ 23
CHAPTER 6 ENHANCED COMMUNICA TIONS
SPLIT -FREQUENCY OPERA TION ...................................... 24
DIRECTL Y ENTERING THE FREQUENCY SPLIT
SPECIFIED BY A DXer ................................................... 24
TURN THE TUNING CONTROL TO SEARCH FOR THE
TRANSMIT FREQUENCY ............................................... 24
TF-SET (TRANSMISSION FREQUENCY SET) ................. 24
SHIFT ABLE RX FREQUENCY DURING SPLIT
TRANSMISSION ............................................................ 25
FM REPEA TER OPERA TION .............................................. 25
TRANSMITTING A TONE ............................................... 26
Activating the T one Function .................................... 26
Selecting a T one Frequency ..................................... 26
TONE FREQUENCY ID SCAN ......................................... 26
FM CTCSS OPERA TION .................................................... 27
CTCSS FREQUENCY ID SCAN ....................................... 27
CROSS TONE ................................................................ 28
CHAPTER 7 COMMUNICA TING AIDS
RECEPTION ...................................................................... 29
SELECTING YOUR FREQUENCY .................................... 29
Direct Frequency Entry ............................................ 29
Frequency Entry Histor y .......................................... 29
Using the MHz key ................................................... 29
Quick QSY ............................................................... 29
Fine T uning .............................................................. 30
T uning Control Adjustment Rate .............................. 30
Equalizing VFO Frequencies (A=B) ........................... 30
RIT (RECEIVE INCREMENT AL TUNING) ........................ 30
AGC (AUTOMA TIC GAIN CONTROL).............................. 30
AGC Time Constant Adjustment ............................... 30
TRANSMISSION ............................................................ 31
VOX (VOICE-OPERA TED TRANSMISSION) ................... 31
Microphone Input Level ........................................... 31
Delay Time ............................................................... 31
Anti-VOX Adjustment ............................................... 31
Data VOX ................................................................. 31
Data VOX Delay Time ............................................... 32
USB/ ACC2 VOX Gain............................................... 32
SPEECH PROCESSOR ................................................... 32
Speech Processor Effect .......................................... 32
XIT (TRANSMIT INCREMENT AL TUNING) ..................... 32
CUSTOMIZING TRANSMISSION SIGNAL
CHARACTERISTICS ....................................................... 33
TX Filter Bandwidth (SSB/ AM) ................................ 33
TX Filter Bandwidth (SSB-DA T A) ............................. 33
TX Equalizer (SSB/ SSB-DA T A / FM/ FM-DA T A/ AM/
AM-DA T A) ................................................................ 33
TRANSMIT INHIBIT ....................................................... 33
BUSY LOCKOUT ............................................................ 33
CHANGING FREQUENCY WHILE TRANSMITTING ......... 33
CW BREAK-IN ................................................................... 34
USING SEMI BREAK-IN OR FULL BREAK-IN ................. 34
ELECTRONIC KEYER ........................................................ 34
ELECTRONIC KEYER MODE .......................................... 34
CHANGING KEYING SPEED ........................................... 34
Invalid Break-In Operation ....................................... 34
RISE TIME OF CW ......................................................... 35
AUTO WEIGHTING ........................................................ 35
Reverse Keying Weight Ratio ................................... 35
BUG KEY FUNCTION ..................................................... 35
THANK YOU ......................................................................... i
FEA TURES ........................................................................... i
NOTICE TO THE USER ......................................................... i
BEFORE ST ARTING ............................................................. ii
MARKET CODES ................................................................. ii
WRITING CONVENTIONS FOLLOWED ................................ ii
SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES .................................................. ii
PRECAUTIONS .................................................................. iii
CONTENTS ........................................................................ iv
CHAPTER 1 INST ALLA TION
ANTENNA CONNECTION ..................................................... 1
GROUND CONNECTION ...................................................... 1
LIGHTNING PROTECTION .................................................. 1
DC POWER SUPPL Y CONNECTION .................................... 1
UTILIZING THE BAIL ........................................................... 2
REPLACING FUSES ........................................................... 2
ACCESSORY CONNECTIONS .............................................. 2
FRONT P ANEL ................................................................. 2
Headphones (PHONES) ............................................. 2
Microphone (MIC) ..................................................... 2
REAR P ANEL ................................................................... 2
External Speaker (EXT .SP) ......................................... 2
Keys for CW (P ADDLE and KEY) ................................ 2
CHAPTER 2 GETTING ACQUAINTED
FRONT P ANEL .................................................................... 4
LCD DISPLA Y ..................................................................... 7
REAR P ANEL ...................................................................... 9
MICROPHONE .................................................................... 9
CHAPTER 3 OPERA TING BASICS
SWITCHING POWER ON/ OFF .......................................... 10
ADJUSTING THE VOLUME ............................................... 10
AF (AUDIO FREQUENCY) GAIN ..................................... 10
RF (RADIO FREQUENCY) GAIN ..................................... 10
SELECTING VFO A OR VFO B ............................................ 10
SELECTING A BAND ......................................................... 11
SELECTING A MODE ......................................................... 11
ADJUSTING THE SQUELCH .............................................. 12
TUNING A FREQUENCY .................................................... 12
MUL TI-FUNCTION METER ................................................ 12
TRANSMITTING ................................................................ 13
SELECTING TRANSMISSION POWER ........................... 13
MICROPHONE GAIN ...................................................... 13
CHAPTER 4 MENU SETUP
WHA T IS A MENU? ........................................................... 14
MENU A/ MENU B ............................................................. 14
MENU ACCESS ................................................................. 14
QUICK MENU .................................................................... 14
PROGRAMMING THE QUICK MENU.............................. 14
USING THE QUICK MENU ............................................. 14
MENU CONFIGURA TION ................................................... 15
CHAPTER 5 BASIC COMMUNICA TIONS
SSB TRANSMISSION ........................................................ 21
AM TRANSMISSION ......................................................... 21
FM TRANSMISSION ......................................................... 22
NARROW BANDWIDTH FOR FM ....................................... 22
CW TRANSMISSION ......................................................... 22
AUTO ZERO-BEA T ......................................................... 23
TX SIDETONE/ RX PITCH FREQUENCY ......................... 23