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Summary of Contents for FTDX-9000 Contest

Page 1: ...FT DX 9000MP CONTEST DATA MANAGEMENT OPERATION MANUAL FTDX9000MP Contest Data Management OPERATION MANUAL...

Page 2: ...side is pressed in Hold in the front panel POWER switch to turn the transceiver on Note The opening screen will appear on the after market moni tor to the DISPLAY and the self check function of the C...

Page 3: ...the 7 17 SE LECT key again Choose highlight LAT using the 1 1 8 T 4 7 X keys then press the 7 18 SELECT key Enter the Latitude in the same manner as de scribed above When entry is complete press the 7...

Page 4: ...ble beep and now the new city is displayed on the world map 6 Correcting the Date Press the 1 1 8 SET key Use the 1 1 8 T and 2 3 5 S keys to high light DATE then press the 7 18 SELECT key Use the 3 5...

Page 5: ...city dis played is the only one in the country select it any way Press the 7 18 SELECT key momentarily and the country name and the city you selected in the above procedure will be indicated If you w...

Page 6: ...if you wish to suspend the setting procedure press the 8 21 DISPLAY key Any changes you started will not be saved and the screen will move forward to the next display Function Tabs Page 2 MY Screen S...

Page 7: ...Press and hold in the 8 21 DISPLAY button Press the 8 21 DISPLAY button Press and hold in the 8 21 DISPLAY button Press and hold in the 8 21 DISPLAY button Press the 8 21 DISPLAY button ABOUT DATA MA...

Page 8: ...ey for at least two seconds the white lettered tabs will disappear and control of the various func tions will be cut off the BAND keys will no longer act as Function keys 2 Press the MNU key momentari...

Page 9: ...RX DSP RX Filter bandwidth and shaping 8 SCOPE Setup of the starting frequency for the Spectrum Scope 9 TUNING Setup of the Dial steps 10 TX AUDIO Setup of the Parametric Equalizer 11 TX GNRL Setup of...

Page 10: ...lly depict the positions of the DSP RX filters for the Main and Sub VFOs indicating any IF Shift or Width tuning changes applied Bandwidth Fields This field indicates the net receiver bandwidth cur re...

Page 11: ...ed will ap pear here World Time Field This area shows the current time at the city se lected on the World Map display Display Pages Individual pages are provided for a wide variety of information or c...

Page 12: ...25 CONFIG Setting 26 CONFIG SETTING Mode Setup 27 Log Book Data Input 28 Log Book Previous QSO Check CHECK 29 Editing Log Book Entries 29 Saving Log Data 30 Loading Log Data LOAD 30 Summary Check 31 T...

Page 13: ...en you turn on the transceiver for the first time after your purchasing this radio please set the local time the place where you operate this radio and confirm this setting If this is not done the var...

Page 14: ...AT 2 Press the 1 1 8 T 2 3 5 S 3 5 W 4 7 X key and select 12 hour or 24 hour display for LO CAL TIME1 CLOCAL TIME2 and the WORLD CITY LIST When SEC is set to ON the seconds digits will be shown at the...

Page 15: ...momentarily Now the country list for the selected zone will be dis played 4 Use the 1 1 8 T 2 3 5 S 3 5 W 4 7 X keys to select the desired country in this area 5 Now press the 7 18 SELECT key momenta...

Page 16: ...nge to the city setup screen where the following settings can be done DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME to select Summer time DISPLAY MAP display or not display city names on the World Clock screen and HIGHLIGHT s...

Page 17: ...the desired setup item the selected item will be highlighted OFF TIMER setup 120 90 60 30 15 minutes and OFF ALARM setup When setting up the Alarm be sure to set the OFF TIMER setting to OFF TIME ZONE...

Page 18: ...apability and it in cludes a wide array functions if you lose your way during operation of this function press the 8 21 DIS PLAY key momentarily to change the screen and then return again to the Spect...

Page 19: ...ng this key it is possible to switch be tween the CTR mode and FIX mode In the CTR mode the current operating frequency is displayed at the center of the screen in the FIX mode the frequency selected...

Page 20: ...l RXU 9000 Dual Receive Unit is installed you may use the 4 7 A B key to make this change just like on the MP version USING THE MARKER Press the 1 1 8 FUNC key to show the screen for setup of the Mark...

Page 21: ...the screen for setup of the Marker 2 Press the 6 14 TRACE key to select the Trace mode of the Spectrum Scope The Trace mode selections are shown below NORMAL AVERAGE PEAK HOLD P NORMAL NORMAL The rea...

Page 22: ...the span will change as follows 25 kHz 50 kHz 100 kHz 250 kHz 500 kHz 1000 kHz 2500 kHz 25 kHz 3 Press the 3 5 ATT key to set the desired at tenuation value By pressing the 3 5 ATT key the attenuation...

Page 23: ...own in the lower area of the display as and RCV Freq is out of range RCV Freq is out of range RCV Freq is out of range RCV Freq is out of range RCV Freq is out of range will also be displayed SETTING...

Page 24: ...than that of WF 1 d 3 5 SOURCE Pressing this key lets you select the source for the audio to be viewed by the Audio Scope The selections are VFO A VFO B EXT VFO A When EXT is selected you can observe...

Page 25: ...he audio to be viewed by the Au dio Scope The selections are VFO A VFO B EXT VFO A Advice In the case of the Contest version the RX switch to the left of the CLAR VFO B knob will when pushed cause bot...

Page 26: ...ss the 7 18 SWEEP key to set the desired sweep time Available values are 10 ms 30 ms 100 ms 300 ms 1 s 10 ms OSCILLOSCOPE SPECIFICATIONS Frequency Range 0 4 kHz Sweep Speed 10 30 100 300 1000ms adjust...

Page 27: ...FT DX 9000MP CONTEST DATA MANAGEMENT OPERATION MANUAL NOTE AUDIO SCOPE AND OSCILLOSCOPE Page 23...

Page 28: ...iously with the logged station and you may also create a summary of QSOs by band and mode by press ing this key The log may be viewed solely for the current operator or for all operators registered in...

Page 29: ...MP CONTEST DATA MANAGEMENT OPERATION MANUAL LOG BOOK FUNCTION LOG BOOK EXAMPLE Page 25 Enter key 1 1 8 FUNC c d e f g h l 4 7 EDIT 7 18 SAVE LOAD 4 7 CHECK 5 10 SUMMARY 6 14 CONFIG i k j Enter key 6 1...

Page 30: ...tilize the SELECT USER function 2 When you want to register a new user or change the name of an existing user press the 5 10 NAME EDIT key and input the call sign and or other information 3 Press the...

Page 31: ...T INIT INPUT RST Automatic Input ON Automatic filling in of the RSTR and RSTS RST Received Sent reports is enabled Manual correction of individual log lines is of course possible OFF On CW mode 599 wi...

Page 32: ...the CALLSIGN REPETITION CHECKLIST will open listing this and any other duplicates Dur ing the QSO if you wish to delete the callsign and other information for this line just press ESC 3 Enter all des...

Page 33: ...row keys on your key board to move the highlighted area through the log 3 Use the keyboard to change data within the cur rently highlighted area 4 Press the 4 7 RECORD key when you are fin ished editi...

Page 34: ...18 SAVE LOAD key to move to the Save Load page 2 Press the 5 10 SAVE key to choose the Save protocol 3 Input the desired FILE NAME and press the 6 14 GO key to save the data in the CF card Note Be su...

Page 35: ...MMARY to bring up the Summary page then press 3 5 OP SEL and then use the keyboard s arrow keys to select ALL OP or CURRENT OP as desired ALL OP All log data from all operators registered on the data...

Page 36: ...you identify quickly the frequency on which a particular SWR reading is being ob served d 3 5 W This key moves the marker cursor to the left e 4 7 X This key moves the marker cursor to the right f 5 1...

Page 37: ...r e TEMP This indicates the temperature measured of the final amplifier FETs heat sink The measured temperature range of this meter is 0 100 C and above 80 C is the Red Zone temperature range to be av...

Page 38: ...ther stations be sure to ask if the frequency is clear and identify in accordance with regulations Then press the 6 14 SWR CK key 3 Perform the above procedure several times across the band and the SW...

Page 39: ...be low 1 5 1 If the SWR is over 1 5 1 the final protec tion circuit activates and the RF output power may be reduced If the SWR is over 3 0 in the amateur band there is a possibility that the coaxial...

Page 40: ...default setting is zero north If your controller starting point is south then the menu must be set to 180 degrees If not set properly the TFT display will not show the correct direction EXPLANATION O...

Page 41: ...vice If the Great Circle display is utilized you probably already know the approximate location of the other station on the map so even if the country name and the city name are not entered into the r...

Page 42: ...If you want to display a station on the Great Circle Map start by pressing the 1 1 8 ZONE key the World Map s zones will be displayed Select the Zone of the other station by pressing the 1 1 8 T 2 3 5...

Page 43: ...tor cable to the connector located on the back of the transceiver 1 Press the 4 7 MODE key as necessary to se lect the PRESET mode 2 Press the 7 18 MAP key if necessary to bring up the Great Circle ma...

Page 44: ...nected your after market keyboard to the transceiver you can append a name tag to the memory channel maximum 6 characters It of ten is convenient to enter the callsign of a station or perhaps a label...

Page 45: ...3 5 LOAD Press this key to load memory data previously saved on the CF card to the transceiver d 3 5 SAVE Press this key to save the current memory data to the CF card e 5 10 MASK RESTROKE It is poss...

Page 46: ...data from the FTDX9000 s internal memory may be saved to the supplied Compact Flash CF card 1 Press the 3 5 SAVE key to open the Save win dow If there are several file names stored select the desired...

Page 47: ...key to commence loading of the memory data to the transceiver If you wish to cancel the download press the 2 3 5 CANCEL key Advice When the ERROR message PLEASE CHECKADISK appears on the right side o...

Page 48: ...ay color clarifier display etc FH 2 This is the group relating to the FH 2 keypad setup GENERAL This group covers miscellaneous items which are not included in other groups MODE AM MODE CW MODE DATA M...

Page 49: ...configuration value of the menu item The value may also be changed by rotating the CLAR VFO B knob g 6 14 T This is the down key for scrolling through the menu mode list The items also can be selecte...

Page 50: ...VFO B knob or the 4 7 W 5 X keys to change the setting of the selected Menu item 4 Press the MNU key is pressed for 2 seconds to save within the transceiver the new setting the menu screen will close...

Page 51: ...rite the data on an existing file name and want to save the data in the new file Press the 4 7 FILE key now enter the desired file name from your keyboard the file extension will be mep for Menu data...

Page 52: ...ng the 6 14 T and 7 18 S keys 2 Press the 3 5 GO key to download the Menu configuration from the CF card to the radio To cancel the download press the 2 3 5 CAN CEL key Advice When the ERROR message P...

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Page 56: ...DATA MANAGEMENT OPERATION MANUAL Copyright 2009 VERTEX STANDARD CO LTD All rights reserved No portion of this manual may be reproduced without the permission of VERTEX STANDARD CO LTD Printed in Japa...

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