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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
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Touch operation ...................................................iii
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Touch screen precautions ...................................iii
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Touch 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
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Multi-function menus .................................. 1-6
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MENU screen ............................................ 1-6
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FUNCTION screen
.................................... 1-6
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QUICK MENU
............................................ 1-6
Keyboard entering and editing
......................... 1-7
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Entering and editing characters ................. 1-7
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Keyboard types
.......................................... 1-7
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Entering and editing ................................... 1-7
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Entering 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 first 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
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Selecting the VFO A or VFO B
................... 3-1
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Equalizing VFO A and VFO B
.................... 3-1
Selecting the operating band ............................ 3-2
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Using the band stacking registers .............. 3-2
Selecting the operating mode ........................... 3-2
Setting the frequency
.......................................3-3
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Using the Main Dial
.................................... 3-3
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About the Tuning Step function .................. 3-3
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Changing the Tuning Step ......................... 3-3
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About the 1 Hz step Fine Tuning function .. 3-3
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About the 1/4 Tuning function
....................
3-4
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About the Auto Tuning Step function .........
3-4
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Directly entering a frequency
.....................
3-4
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Band Edge Beep
........................................ 3-5
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Entering 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
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Adjusting the transmit output power ..........
3-9
Meter display ..................................................3-10
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Meter display selection ............................ 3-10
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Multi-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
Preamplifiers
....................................................
4-1
Attenuator .........................................................
4-1
RIT function ......................................................
4-1
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RIT monitor function ..................................
4-1
AGC function control ........................................
4-2
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Selecting the AGC time constant
preset value ...............................................
4-2
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Setting the AGC time constant ...................
4-2
Using the Twin PBT
..........................................
4-3
Selecting the IF filter
.........................................
4-4
Selecting the IF filter shape
..............................
4-4
IP Plus function ................................................
4-5
Noise Blanker
...................................................
4-5
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Adjusting the NB level and time
.................
4-5
Noise Reduction ...............................................
4-6
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Adjusting the Noise Reduction level ..........
4-6
Notch Filter .......................................................
4-6
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Auto Notch function ...................................
4-6
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Manual Notch function ...............................
4-6
VOX function
....................................................
4-7
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Adjusting the VOX function
........................
4-7
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Turning ON the VOX function
....................
4-7
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TX function .....................................................
4-8
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TX monitor function .................................
4-8
Monitor function ................................................
4-8
Setting the Speech Compressor ......................
4-9
Split frequency operation
................................
4-10
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Using the Quick Split function ..................
4-10
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Using the receive and transmit
frequencies set to VFO A and VFO B.......4-10
Split Lock function
..........................................
4-11
Setting the transmit filter width
.......................
4-11
Operating CW
.................................................
4-11
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Setting the CW pitch control ....................
4-11
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Setting the key speed ..............................
4-12
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About the Break-in function
.....................
4-12
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CW Auto Tuning function .........................
4-13
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About the CW Reverse mode ..................
4-13
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Electronic Keyer function
.........................
4-14
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Monitoring the CW side tone ...................
4-14