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24 FILTER 1 Bandwith
Sets crystal filter bandwith at -20dbc

25 FILTER 2 Center frequency offset
Optional filter center frequency adjust (-4.99kHz – +4.99kHz; off)

26 FILTER 2 Bandwith
Sets crystal filter bandwith at -20dbc

27 FILTER A Center frequency offset
Optional filter center frequency adjust (-4.99kHz – +4.99kHz; off)

28 FILTER A Bandwith
Sets crystal filter bandwith at -20dbc

29 FILTER B Center frequency offset
Optional filter center frequency adjust (-4.99kHz – +4.99kHz; off)

30 FILTER B Bandwith
Sets crystal filter bandwith at -20dbc

31 Keybard BEEP

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Summary of Contents for RGO ONE

Page 1: ...Revision 1 00 beta April 2019 1 RGO ONE Short wave amateur transceiver Operating manual ...

Page 2: ...one 10 5 3 Headphones 10 5 4 External speaker rear panel 10 5 5 ACC1 accessory connector 11 5 6 Liquid Crystal Display LCD 11 5 7 Front panel buttons 13 5 8 Encoder functions and buttons 14 6 Menu structure 16 7 Transceiver operation 24 7 1 Switching ON and OFF 24 7 2 VFO A B mode operation 24 7 3 SPLIT mode operation 24 7 4 MEMORY mode 24 7 5 Receiver operation 25 7 6 Transmitter operation 26 7 6...

Page 3: ...ersion superhet topology with popular 9MHz IF Custom made crystal filters for SSB and CW and variable crystal 4 pole filter Johnson type 200 2000Hz Fast acting AGC fast and slow with 134kHz dedicated IF Stylish and professional look Compact and lightweight body Custom made multicolor backlit FSTN LCD Custom molded front panel with ergonomic controls Silent operation with no clicking relays inside ...

Page 4: ...A Radio topology Single conversion superheterodyne receiver transmitter with 9MHz IF Oscillators First LO Silicon Labs SI 570 low phase noise programmable XO VCXO Second generator BFO PITCH BEEP tones SI5351 CMOS clock generator VCXO Frequency drift Less than 50Hz total from cold start at 20 C Temperature compensation built in Frequency steps 1Hz 10Hz 100Hz 1kHz Frequency direct entry via keypad M...

Page 5: ...ilter Johnson type 9MHz third 2 pole noise filter 9MHz Noise Blanker NB is optional plug in accessory IF type 50db blanking range Audio Filter AF is optional plug in accessory Follows selected bandwith Transmitter Power output 50W on CW 40W PEP on SSB Adjustable output 5 50W by steps of 1W T R switching Clickless quiet diode switching PTT VOX on SSB QSK Delay 10ms 1 2s on CW CW sidetone Internally...

Page 6: ... operation Fans run above 33 C and switch off at 31 C METER Various parameters during TX can be showed and measured Current Forward and Reflected power SWR LPF reverse voltage ALC level Keyer Keying modes Iambic Curtis A and CMOS B modes Straight key USB keying via DTR and RTS lines on off in menu Speed range 5 45 WPM CW memory 4 locations 128 bytes each CW beacon function Performance of RGO ONE t...

Page 7: ...al display LCD and two red LEDs so various parameters like frequency modes signal strength and others can be displayed Front panel is shown on fig 1 fig 1 1 On Off meter tune buttons 2 LCD 3 Numeric function buttons 4 TX ALC LED indicator 5 MIC connector 6 Phones 3 5mm jack 7 Power Bandwith Compression level encoder 8 Key speed Mic gain Monitor level encoder 9 Main dial frequency knob 10 RIT XIT F...

Page 8: ...nal XVRT unit output might be covered if option not installed 4 Optional XVRT unit input might be covered if option not installed 5 RX receive antenna connector might be covered if option not installed 6 Ground post 7 External speaker 3 5mm jack 8 Electronic keyer paddle straight key 3 5mm jack 9 Linear amplifier control line RCA connector 10 PTT in control line 11 USB connector 12 Accessory conne...

Page 9: ...fan cradle to be installed onto the rear heat sink 4 2 Connections 4 2 1 Power requirements Stabilized power supply of 12 14V DC capable of supplying 12A negative ground is required Battery operation RGO ONE can work on battery when the voltage does not fall bellow 11V 4 2 2 Antenna Any matched 50 ohm unbalanced antenna can be used with RGO ONE Antennas with open end or random length wire antennas...

Page 10: ...nel no 8 Key connections shown on Fig 4 Fig 4 5 2 Microphone Standard electret microphone with bias is used It can be connected via RJ 45 socket on the front panel Fig 5 5 3 Headphones front panel Any type 4 32 ohm stereo phones with 3 5mm jack can be used 5 4 External speaker rear panel RGO ONE has internally built in speaker 8ohm 5W but external speaker can be connected also via SP jack on the r...

Page 11: ...from external source PC 8 PTT Push to Talk 9 LINE IN 10 LINE IN 11 LINE OUT 12 8V RX 13 8V TX 14 External Power ON 15 Ground 5 6 Liquid Crystal Display LCD The LCD shows the operating frequency and other parameters like S meter level on receive working mode RF power output ALC meter on transmit and other fig 6 Fig 6 Icons on the LCD activated when icon is lit ...

Page 12: ...00b RTTY R Digital modes reverse not active with sw ver 1 00b AM Amplitude modulation mode not active with s w ver 1 00b FM Frequency modulation mode not active with s w ver 1 00b VFO A variable frequency oscillator tuning A VFO B variable frequency oscillator tuning B M memory mode AGC Fast acting AGC automatic gain control is selected AGC S Slow acting AGC automatic gain control is selected AGC ...

Page 13: ...U scrolls different parameter measures Long press enters in MENU Transmit Tune Short press of XMT TUNE turns the transceiver on transmit Long press starts tuning procedure MODE REV Short press selects between CW and SSB modes Long press enters reverse mode CW to CW R or LSB to USB A B MEM Short press toggles between VFO A and VFO B Long press enters in MEM mode A B SPL Short press copies contents ...

Page 14: ...gles optional filter on off RIT XIT CL Short press toggles RIT XIT RIT XIT off and quits without saving when in menu Long press clears RIT XIT offset AGC OFF Short press toggles AGC decay time and off Relevant icons on LCD are lit Long press disengage receiver AGC ENT LOCK Short press enters in direct frequency entry mode Long press locks frequency changes with main encoder 5 8 ENCODER functions a...

Page 15: ...tions in MENU mode Scrolls channel in MEMORY mode Button short press When in MENU discards changes made and leaves the menu When RIT XIT function is on deletes assigned frequency offset Button long press Deletes memory channel when in MENU mode MEM Encoder 4 Main frequency dial Frequency adjust when in VFO mode Frequency step is selected with short press of a FST SCAN button Scrolls function param...

Page 16: ...Fig 8 Function selection is controlled by rotating of encoder 3 Parameter selection is controlled by rotating main dial 4 01 TUNE Power Assigns tune power when manual auto tune is activated 02 LINE IN Audio input enable disable see ACC1 connector fig 6 Enables microphone input 600ohm from external device PC 03 Channel or Frequency in MEMORY mode In memory mode LCD shows frequency or channel number...

Page 17: ...Assigns tuning speed of the main dial Not selectable in sw ver 1 00b 08 MEMORY WRITE Stores VFO A B and other parameters in specified memory location Memory number blinks if empty Long press of RIT XIT CL button or Encoder 3 button clears selected memory location Long press of Encoder 3 deletes surrent memory location Long press of A B MEM button stores selected memory 09 QSK DELAY TIME VOX DELAY ...

Page 18: ...Revision 1 00 beta April 2019 18 Delay times can be adjusted independently per mode SSB CW Default values are 100mS for CW mode and 500mS for phone modes ...

Page 19: ...atio from 0 9 1 25 13 CW paddle input Selects paddle type Normal Reverse Hand key 14 CW Message 1 Stores a message sent via paddle up to 128 symbols The radio reads the symbol sent via paddle and decrease the counter 15 CW Message 2 Stores a message sent via paddle up to 128 symbols The radio reads the symbol sent via paddle and decrease the counter 16 CW Message 3 Stores a message sent via paddle...

Page 20: ...ime delay Not available with sw ver 1 00b 19 CW PITCH CW pitch offset tone set in 10Hz increments 20 METER Peak hold Meter peak hold ON and OFF Freezes the highest lit segment on S meter RF meter for certain time 21 SQUELCH level Adjusts SQL level or swtich OFF the function Not active with sw ver 1 00b 22 CAT port Sets serial port communication speed See USB connector on rear panel Available commu...

Page 21: ...ff 26 FILTER 2 Bandwith Sets crystal filter bandwith at 20dbc 27 FILTER A Center frequency offset Optional filter center frequency adjust 4 99kHz 4 99kHz off 28 FILTER A Bandwith Sets crystal filter bandwith at 20dbc 29 FILTER B Center frequency offset Optional filter center frequency adjust 4 99kHz 4 99kHz off 30 FILTER B Bandwith Sets crystal filter bandwith at 20dbc 31 Keybard BEEP ...

Page 22: ... USB port After selecting YES exit the menu with long press of MTR MNU button Then switch off the radio then switch on again RIT XIT LED will start to blink Front panel will work normally but the receiver might be silent Base Main Board microcontroller may be written via USB port See Firmware update manual for more details After successfully flash operation revert 38 functon to no again and cycle ...

Page 23: ...Revision 1 00 beta April 2019 23 CAUTION By this operation some essential adjustments might be erased avoiding the unit to work properly ...

Page 24: ...ncy For example if you need to put 14 150 00 Mhz press ENT LOCK shortly then tap 1 4 1 5 buttons on numeric keypad and press ENT LOCK again The new frequency will be displayed on LCD 7 3 SPLIT mode operation Split mode allows different receive RX and transmit TX frequencies to be used Long press A B SPL s and active VFO will display receive frequency Transmit frequency will be determined from inac...

Page 25: ...r LSB Short press MODE REV button toggles between CW and SSB Long press of the button toggles CW CW R and LSB USB Automatic gain control AGC Set proper AGC delay time by short press of AGCOFF button Usually CW modes require using fast AGC Phone modes require slow AGC Sometimes operator may need to turn AGC off by long press of AGCOFF button PREamplifier and ATTenuator For bands higher than 10MHz i...

Page 26: ...wn Rotate until proper level is adjusted Power short press encoder 1 until power level is indicated on sub display then rotate to set desired output power 5 50W Delay Enter menu 8 and set proper delay time 0 1 2S Full QSK mode is enabled once DELAY time is set to 0 Start transmitting with the paddle and control RF power output SWR and ALC level by short press of MTR MNU button 7 6 2 SSB transmissi...

Page 27: ...panel of the radio 11 fig 2 CAT protocol RGO ONE uses widespread KENWOOD type protocol Establish connection When the radio and PC are connected check which virtual port has been used My computer Device manager Ports COM and LPT Assign same virtual com port in your computer logging contest program Enter menu 22 and select communication speed Assign same comm speed in computer logging contest progra...

Page 28: ... menu It is recommended prior making any changes to the service functions parameters to write down all values in bellow table No Service menu function parameter 70 F cAL frequency calibration 71 IF intermediate frequency 72 bFocAL BFO calibration 73 S FuL S meter full scale calibration 74 S 9 S meter S9 calibration 75 PA t PA temperature calibration Must be aligned for proper t 76 Ic current consu...

Page 29: ... 72 BFO Frequency calibration 73 S meter FULL scale 74 S meter S9 75 Final amplifier PA temperature Rotate main encoder 4 to adjust right temperature of the heatsink 76 Current consumption calibration Rotate main dial encoder 4 to adjust right value 77 Supply voltage measured value calibration Rotate main encoder 4 to achieve right value ...

Page 30: ...n 1 00 beta April 2019 30 78 Power output 25W calibration Set power with encoder 1 to 25W 80 LPF High voltage 210V Diodes turning off voltage Rotate main encoder 4 until measured value matches displayed value ...

Page 31: ...even bands available 01 11 Choose which band you like to change with main dial encoder 4 Then shortly press encoder 3 If you see OFF on main display then this band is not allowed not active Short press of encoder 2 and the band will be allowed Lower limit is shown on display Short pressing of encoder 2 again will turn the band off Short press encoder 3 button to scroll between lower higher limit a...

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