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TABLE OF CONTENTS
IMPORTANT ............................................................... i
FEATURES ................................................................. i
EXPLICIT DEFINITIONS ............................................ i
SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES ....................................... i
FCC INFORMATION ..................................................ii
ABOUT CE AND DOC ................................................ii
DISPOSAL ..................................................................ii
TRADEMARKS ...........................................................ii
ABOUT THE TOUCH SCREEN ................................iii
VOICE CORDING TECHNOLOGY ...........................iii
ABOUT THE MANUALS ............................................iii
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTIONS ..................................iv
PRECAUTIONS ........................................................vii
1 PANEL DESCRIPTION ������������������������������������1-1
Front panel .......................................................1-1
Rear panel ........................................................
1-3
Touch screen display ........................................
1-4
D
FUNCTION screen .................................... 1-6
D
MENU screen ............................................ 1-6
D
QUICK MENU ............................................ 1-6
D
Multi-function menus .................................. 1-7
Multi-function dial .............................................1-7
Keyboard entering and editing .........................
1-8
D
Entering and editing characters .................
1-8
D
Keyboard types .......................................... 1-9
D
Entering and editing ................................... 1-9
D
Entering and editing example .................. 1-10
2 INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS �����������2-1
Selecting a location ..........................................2-1
Using the desktop stands ................................. 2-1
Connecting an external DC power supply ........ 2-1
Heat dissipation ................................................2-1
Grounding .........................................................2-1
When first applying power
................................
3-1
Turning power ON or OFF ................................
3-1
Adjusting the volume level ................................
3-1
3 BASIC OPERATION ����������������������������������������3-1
Selecting the VFO and Memory modes ...........
3-1
Using the VFO mode ........................................
3-1
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Selecting VFO A or VFO B .........................
3-1
D
Equalizing VFO A and VFO B ....................
3-1
Dualwatch operation .........................................
3-2
Selecting the Main and Sub bands ...................
3-2
D
Swapping the Main band and Sub band ....
3-2
Selecting the operating band ............................
3-3
D
Using the band stacking registers ..............
3-3
Selecting the operating mode ...........................
3-3
Setting the frequency .......................................
3-4
D
Using the Main Dial ....................................
3-4
D
About the Tuning Step function ..................
3-4
D
Changing the Tuning Step .........................
3-4
D
About the 1 MHz Step Tuning function ......
3-4
D
About the 1 Hz step Fine Tuning function ..
3-4
D
About the 1/4 Tuning function
....................
3-5
D
About the Auto Tuning Step function .........
3-5
D
Directly entering a frequency .....................
3-5
D
Band Edge Beep ........................................
3-6
D
Entering a Band Edge ................................
3-7
RF gain and SQL level ...................................
3-10
Dial Lock function ...........................................
3-10
Adjusting the transmit output power ...............
3-10
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Adjusting the transmit output power ........
3-10
Transmit Power Limit function ........................
3-10
Meter display ..................................................
3-11
D
Meter display selection ............................
3-11
D
Multi-function meter .................................
3-11
Adjusting the microphone gain .......................
3-11
4 RECEIVING AND TRANSMITTING �����������������4-1
Preamplifiers
....................................................
4-1
Attenuator .........................................................
4-1
RIT function ......................................................
4-1
D
RIT monitor function ..................................
4-1
D
CW Auto Tuning 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 Digital Twin PBT ...............................
4-3
Selecting the IF filter
.........................................
4-4
Selecting the IF filter shape
..............................
4-4
Noise Blanker ...................................................
4-5
D
Adjusting the NB level and time .................
4-5
Noise Reduction ...............................................
4-6
D
Adjusting the Noise Reduction level ..........
4-6
Notch Filter .......................................................
4-6
D
Selecting the Notch filter type
....................
4-6
D
Setting the Manual Notch filter
...................
4-6
Monitor function ................................................
4-7
IP Plus function ................................................
4-7
Setting the Speech Compressor ......................
4-8
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Setting before using the Speech
Compressor function ..................................
4-8
D
Using the Speech Compressor function ....
4-8
Split frequency operation ..................................
4-9
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Using the Quick Split function ....................
4-9
D
Using the receive and transmit frequencies
set to VFO A and VFO B ............................
4-9
Split Lock function ..........................................
4-10
Setting the transmit filter width
.......................
4-10