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PANEL DESCRIPTION
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POWER SWITCH [POWER] (p. 31)
➥
Push to turn ON the transceiver power.
• First, confirm the DC power source is turned ON.
➥
Hold down for 1 second to turn OFF the power.
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TRANSMIT SWITCH [TRANSMIT] (p. 46)
Push to select transmit or receive.
• While transmitting, the MAIN Band’s TX/RX indica
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tor (
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) lights red. Only on the satellite mode, the SUB
Band’s TX/RX indicator (
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• While receiving or when the squelch opens, the indica
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tor lights green.
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ANTENNA TUNER SWITCH [TUNER] (p. 159)
(Frequency band: HF/50 MHz)
➥
Push to turn the internal antenna tuner ON or
OFF (bypass).
• “
” appears when the tuner is turned ON.
• The internal antenna tuner settings can be memo
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rized in each frequency band.
➥
Hold down for 1 second to manually start the an-
tenna tuner.
• If the tuner cannot tune the antenna within 20 sec
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onds, the tuning circuit is automatically bypassed.
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ANTENNA•METER SWITCH [ANT•METER]
ANTENNA SWITCH Operation
(p. 158)
(Frequency band: HF/50 MHz)
➥
Push to select either the ANT1 or ANT2 connec-
tor.
METER SWITCH Operation
(p. 45)
(Frequency band: ALL)
➥
Hold down for 1 second to toggle the transmit
meter function between ALC, COMP and SWR.
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HEADPHONE JACK [PHONES]
Plug in standard stereo headphones (impedance: 8
to 16
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).
• Output power: More than 5 mW with an 8
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load.
• When headphones are connected, the internal speaker,
and any external speaker, are disabled.
• The MAIN and SUB Band audio can be mixed or sepa
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rated when using stereo headphones, depending on the
“Phone Separate” option in the Set mode. (p. 166)
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ELECTRONIC KEYER JACK [ELEC-KEY]
Plug in a bug or paddle type key to use the internal
electronic keyer for CW operation. (p. 22)
• Set the keyer type to ELEC-KEY, BUG KEY or Straight
key in the “Keyer Type” item of the Keyer Set mode.
• When a straight key is connected, “Straight key” must
be selected in the “Keyer Type” item of the Keyer Set
mode. (p. 55)
• A straight key jack is located on the rear panel. See
[KEY] on pages 11 and 22.
• You can reverse the keyer paddle polarity (dot and
dash) in the “Paddle Polarity” item of the Keyer Set mode.
(p. 55)
• Four keyer memory channels are available for your con
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venience. (p. 51)
(dot)
(com)
(dash)
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MICROPHONE CONNECTOR [MIC]
Plug in the supplied or an optional microphone.
• See page 199 for appropriate microphones.
• See page 30 for microphone connector information.
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MAIN BAND TX/RX INDICATOR
➥
Lights green when the squelch opens, or a signal
is received on the MAIN Band; lights red during
transmit.
➥
Blinks green when an off-frequency signal is re-
ceived, depending on the “FM/DV Center Error”
option in the Set mode. (p. 162)
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