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BASIC OPERATION
D Drive gain adjustment
The drive gain is active for all modes, other than
the
SSB mode with speech compressor OFF.
Before transmitting, monitor your selected operating
frequency to make sure transmitting won’t cause
interference to other stations on the same frequency.
q
Push [EXIT/SET] several times to return to the
normal screen, if necessary.
w
Push [SET] (F-6), then push [LEVEL] (F-1) to
select the level set mode.
e
Push [ Y ] (F-1) or [ Z ] (F-2) to select “Drive Gain”
item.
r
Push [METER] (MF2) to select the ALC meter.
t
Push [PTT] (microphone in SSB with [COMP] ON,
AM or FM), key down (CW) or push [TRANSMIT]
(RTTY or PSK) to transmit.
y
While talking into the microphone, keying down or
transmitting, rotate the main dial so that the ALC
meter reading is within 30% to 50% of the ALC
scale. (p. 36)
• Talk into the microphone at your normal voice level.
u
Release
[PTT], stop keying or push [TRANSMIT]
again to return to receive.
i
Push
[EXIT/SET] to exit the display set mode.
Main dial
F-1 F-2
F-6
EXIT/SET
SET
METER TRANSMIT
LEVEL /
Drive gain range