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FT
DX
9000 C
ONTEST
O
PERATION
M
ANUAL
S
PLIT
-F
REQUENCY
O
PERATION
A powerful capability of the FT
DX
9000 Contest is its flexibility in Split Frequency operation, using the VFO-A and VFO-
B frequency registers. This makes the FT
DX
9000 Contest especially useful for high-level DX-pedition use, as the Split
operation capability is very advanced and easy to use.
1. Set the VFO-A frequency as desired.
2. Set the VFO-B frequency.
3. Now press the SPLIT switch (#
). The “Split”
mode will be engaged, and the front panel switch/LEDs
will look like this:
VFO-A
RX switch (#
) “ON” (LED glows Green)
TX switch (#
) “OFF” (LED Off)
VFO-B
RX switch (#
) “OFF” (LED Off)
TX switch (#
) “ON”(LED glows Red)
During Split operation, the VFO-A register will be used
for reception, while the VFO-B register will be used for
transmission. If you press the SPLIT switch once more,
Split operation will be cancelled.
You may also press the TX switch located above and to
the right of the Main Tuning Dial knob (#
) to return
transmit frequency control to the VFO-A side, and thereby
cancel Split operation.
Advice
During normal (non-split) VFO-A operation, you may
simply press the VFO-B TX switch (located above
and to the right of the CLAR/VFO-B knob: #
)
to engage Split operation. The TX indicator will
glow Red when you press the switch.
During Split operation, pressing the A
X
W
B switch
(#
) will reverse the contents of the VFO-A and
VFO-B. Press the A
X
W
B switch once more to re-
turn to the original frequency alignment.
During Split operation, you may also press the TXW
(#
) switch (below and to the left of the Main Tun-
ing Dial) to listen to the TX frequency temporarily.
It is possible to set different operating modes (for ex-
ample, LSB and USB) on the two VFOs used during
Split operation.
During Split operation, it also is possible to set the
VFO-A and VFO-B to different Amateur bands, and
it also is possible to engage Crossband operation for
multiplier hunting while calling CQ on the “TX” band.
C
ONVENIENT
T
RANSMITTER
A
CCESSORIES
VFO-A
RX switch “ON”
(LED glows Green)
VFO-A
TX switch “OFF”
(LED Off)
VFO-B
RX switch “OFF”
(LED Off)
VFO-B
TX switch “ON”
(LED glows Red)
SPLIT switch
SPLIT
(LED glows Orange)
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