Yaesu FT-767GX, Operating Manual

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E=1
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Press the H/G ( ENT ) key again to return to the
Ham mode, and then use the BAND/M C H keys to
s e l ect a b a n d on which you r a n t e n n a is res ­
o n a n t .
Note: The only difference between the Ham
and Gen modes is the st e p p i ng a c tion o f
the BAND keys, just described.
The trans­
m i t t er is d i s a b l e d in ei t h e r mode w h e n
tuned outside of the
500
kHz amateur band
seg m e n t s ( § 1. 1 ). You c a n, however, use
both Gen and Ham modes to receive on any
frequency in t h e receivi ng r a nge of t h e
FT-767G X, o r t o t r an s mi t i n t h e a m a t eu r
b ands.
4.
3
Mode Selection
The six MODE keys just below the right side of
t h e di spl ay a l low quick s e l e c tio n o f o pe r a t i ng
mode.
J u s t press the key b e low t h e desired
l ab e l to s e l ect t h a t mode.
A d just t he AF ( vo l u m e ) co n t ro l (inner knob to
t h e l e f t o f t he tuning knob ) fo r a co m fo r t a b l e
au dio vo l u m e, a n d t h e TONE co n t ro l (ou t e r
knob, t o t h e right of t h e t u ning kno b ) fo r
com fort ab le audio tone from the loudspeaker.
Note: The MUTE switch to the left of the
t u ni ng k no b di s a b l e s a u dio o u t p u t ( i n
which c a s e t h e y e l low ind i c ator n ex t to
the swi t c h g lows ) . This fu n c tio n a l lo w s
you t o l e ave the A F con t ro l u n d i s t urbed
while p u t ting t h e t r a nsceiver i n s t a n d by
( l eaving i t on, but no t usi ng it ) . M ak e
sure that the MUTE switch i s i n t h e unde­
pressed ( ou t ) po si tio n and the i n di c a to r
is o f f b e fo r e adj u s ting t h e A F co n t ro l .
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4. 4
Tuning Methods
Asi de f ro m BAN D s w i t ching, there a re t h ree
w ays to tune t he FT -767GX : the t u n i n g k no b,
the DOWN/UP keys just above the tuning knob,
l abelled 'PROGRAM', and the microphone ( m ic)
u p/down but tons. T h e t u n i ng steps an d r a t e s
for each tuning m ethod have both a norm al and
a ' f ast ' s e t t i ng,
d e t e r m i ned by e i t h e r t he
FA S T b u t t on on t he front p a n e l be ne a t h t he
keypad, or the FAST button on the microphone
( t hese two b u t to n s h ave t h e s a m e e f fe c t ) .
W h e n e i t he r F A S T b u t ton i s depressed, t h e
10
Hz dig i t on t h e d i sp l ay is b l anked.
(
1)
Tuning Knob
When the
FAS T
bu tton is not depressed (ie.,
out), the tuning knob steps are 10 Hz , and
one revolution
of ·
the knob tunes either 5 or
1 0 kHz . P ress the FAS T
button to change
1 00 Hz steps. One revolution now tunes 50
or 1 00 kHz (see § 3 . 7 for how to change
between 5/50 and 1 0/ 100 kHz/revolution).
No te: The D LOCK switch above and to the
l e f t of t h e t un i ng knob w i l l d i s ab l e t h e
t u ning kno b w h e n i t i s pr essed.
A red
i nd i c a tor n ex t to the swi tch w i l l g lo w
when the knob i s locked. Press the D LOCK
swi tch w h e n you w i sh to avoid freq uency
ch anges by inadvertent b u m p i ng o f t h e
k nob.
(2) DOWN/UP PROGRAM Keys
T h e t u n i ng s t e p s o f these keys are p rogr a m ­
m ab l e, a n d m ay b e set di f fere n t l y fo r e a c h
mode ( S SB, CW, A M, F M and FSK). The defau l t
s t e ps ( b e fo r e prog r a m ming ) are
5
k H z on a l l
modes.
Set the FAST button back to t he unde­
p r e sse d posi tion, and t ry t h e s e keys w h i l e
watching the frequency d i s p l ay.
No t i ce t h a t if you press and ho l d o n e of t h e
DOWN/UP PROGRAM keys for more than � -second,
m an u a l s c a n ni ng ( re p e a t e d s t e p p i ng ) o c c u r s a t
a bout 3 s t e ps/sec u n ti l you r e l e a s e t h e key.
The FA ST button does not affect the step size
of the PROGRA M keys, but does change the m an ­
u a l scanning rate. Press the FA ST button and
no tice t h a t t h e r a t e increases to about 4 5
s t e ps/sec.
Program ming new tuning step siz es is described
i n § 4.8.