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TABLE OF CONTENTS
IMPORTANT............................................................... i
FEATURES................................................................. i
EXPLICIT DEFINITIONS............................................ i
SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES ....................................... i
FCC INFORMATION ..................................................ii
TRADEMARKS...........................................................ii
DISPOSAL..................................................................ii
ABOUT THE TOUCH SCREEN ................................iii
DTouch operation...................................................iii
DTouch screen precautions ...................................iii
DTouch screen maintenance .................................iii
ABOUT THE SUPPLIED CD .....................................iii
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTIONS ..................................iv
PRECAUTIONS........................................................vii
1 PANEL DESCRIPTION .................................... 1-1
Front panel ....................................................... 1-1
Rear panel........................................................ 1-3
Touch panel display.......................................... 1-4
DMulti-function menus.................................. 1-6
DMENU screen ............................................ 1-6
DFUNCTION screen .................................... 1-6
DQUICK MENU............................................ 1-6
Keyboard entering and editing ......................... 1-7
DEntering and editing characters ................. 1-7
DKeyboard types.......................................... 1-7
DEntering and editing................................... 1-7
DEntering and editing example .................... 1-8
2 INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS ........... 2-1
Selecting a location .......................................... 2-1
Front panel connection..................................... 2-1
Heat dissipation................................................ 2-1
Grounding......................................................... 2-1
Rear panel connection ..................................... 2-2
Connecting an external DC power supply ....... 2-3
Connecting the antenna tuner .......................... 2-3
3 BASIC OPERATION ........................................ 3-1
When rst applying power ................................ 3-1
Turning power ON or OFF................................ 3-1
Adjusting the volume level................................ 3-1
About the VFO and Memory modes................. 3-1
Using the VFO mode........................................ 3-1
DSelecting the VFO A or VFO B................... 3-1
DEqualizing VFO A and VFO B .................... 3-1
Selecting the operating band............................ 3-2
DUsing the band stacking registers.............. 3-2
Selecting the operating mode........................... 3-2
Setting the frequency ....................................... 3-3
DUsing the Main Dial.................................... 3-3
DAbout the Tuning Step function.................. 3-3
DChanging the Tuning Step ......................... 3-3
DAbout the 1 Hz step Fine Tuning function.. 3-3
DAbout the 1/4 Tuning function .................... 3-4
DAbout the Auto Tuning Step function ......... 3-4
DDirectly entering a frequency ..................... 3-4
DBand Edge Beep........................................ 3-5
DEntering a Band Edge................................ 3-6
RF gain and SQL level ..................................... 3-9
Dial Lock function ............................................. 3-9
Basic transmission ........................................... 3-9
Adjusting the transmit output power ................. 3-9
DAdjusting the transmit output power .......... 3-9
Meter display .................................................. 3-10
DMeter display selection ............................ 3-10
DMulti-function meter ................................. 3-10
Adjusting the microphone gain ....................... 3-10
About the 5 MHz frequency band operation
(USA version only).......................................... 3-11
4 RECEIVING AND TRANSMITTING................. 4-1
Preampliers .................................................... 4-1
Attenuator......................................................... 4-1
RIT function ...................................................... 4-1
DRIT monitor function .................................. 4-1
AGC function control ........................................ 4-2
DSelecting the AGC time constant
preset value ............................................... 4-2
DSetting the AGC time constant................... 4-2
Using the Twin PBT.......................................... 4-3
Selecting the IF lter......................................... 4-4
Selecting the IF lter shape.............................. 4-4
IP Plus function ................................................ 4-5
Noise Blanker ................................................... 4-5
DAdjusting the NB level and time................. 4-5
Noise Reduction ............................................... 4-6
DAdjusting the Noise Reduction level .......... 4-6
Notch Filter ....................................................... 4-6
DAuto Notch function ................................... 4-6
DManual Notch function ............................... 4-6
VOX function .................................................... 4-7
DAdjusting the VOX function........................ 4-7
DTurning ON the VOX function .................... 4-7
∂TX function..................................................... 4-8
D∂TX monitor function................................. 4-8
Monitor function................................................ 4-8
Setting the Speech Compressor ...................... 4-9
Split frequency operation................................ 4-10
DUsing the Quick Split function.................. 4-10
DUsing the receive and transmit
frequencies set to VFO A and VFO B.......4-10
Split Lock function .......................................... 4-11
Setting the transmit lter width ....................... 4-11
Operating CW................................................. 4-11
DSetting the CW pitch control .................... 4-11
DSetting the key speed .............................. 4-12
DAbout the Break-in function ..................... 4-12
DCW Auto Tuning function ......................... 4-13
DAbout the CW Reverse mode .................. 4-13
DElectronic Keyer function ......................... 4-14
DMonitoring the CW side tone ................... 4-14