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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
D Multi-function menus .................................. 1-6
D MENU screen ............................................ 1-6
D FUNCTION screen .................................... 1-6
D 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
D Using the Main Dial .................................... 3-3
D About the Tuning Step function .................. 3-3
D Changing the Tuning Step ......................... 3-3
D About the 1 Hz step Fine Tuning function .. 3-3
D 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
D 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
D RIT monitor function .................................. 4-1
AGC function control ........................................ 4-2
D Selecting the AGC time constant
preset value ............................................... 4-2
D 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
D Manual Notch function ............................... 4-6
VOX function .................................................... 4-7
D Adjusting the VOX function ........................ 4-7
D 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
D Setting the CW pitch control .................... 4-11
D Setting the key speed .............................. 4-12
D About the Break-in function ..................... 4-12
D CW Auto Tuning function ......................... 4-13
D About the CW Reverse mode .................. 4-13
D Electronic Keyer function ......................... 4-14
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Monitoring the CW side tone ................... 4-14