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FT
DX
5000 O
PERATING
M
ANUAL
LOCK
You may lock the setting of the Main Tuning Dial knob, to prevent accidental frequency change.
To lock out the Main Tuning Dial knob, just press the
[
LOCK
] button that is located to the right of the Main
Tuning Dial knob. To unlock the Dial setting, and restore
normal tuning, just press the [
LOCK
] button once more.
When the Main Tuning Dial knob is “locked”, the blue
“
” icon will appear on the display.
DIM
The illumination level of the analog meter and frequency display may be reduced, if you are using the transceiver in a dark
environment where high brightness is not desired.
To reduce the illumination level, press the [
DIM
] button,
located to the left of the analog meter. To restore full bright-
ness, press the [
DIM
] button once more.
A
DVICE
:
The amount of brightness may be customized for different
front panel areas. The follwing menu settings are effective
when the [
DIM
] button is depresses:
008 DISP DIM MTR
: for analog meter
009 DISP DIM VFD
: for frequency dispaly
010 DISP DIM OEL
:
SUB DISPLAY
windows
011 DISP DIM ELCD
: for Spectrum Scope display
of the optional
SM-5000
Sta-
tion Monitor
[LOCK] Button
[LOCK] Button
O
PERATION
ON
60-M
ETER
(
5 MH
Z
)
B
AND
(
U.S.
AND
U.K.
VERSIONS
ONLY
)
The 60-meter frequencies have been incorporated into the
FT
DX
5000
using fixed memory channels. These channels are set to
USB or CW (U.S. version only), and they appear between the “last” PMS channel (“
P-9U
P-9U
P-9U
P-9U
P-9U
”) and the first “regular” memory
channel (Channel 1).
To operate on the 60-meter (5 MHz) band:
1. Press the [
V/M
] button once, if necessary, to enter the
“Memory” mode (the “
” icon will appear on the
display.
2. Press and hold in the [
BAND/MCH
] button for two
seconds. The button will glow yellow to signify that
rotation of the [
CLAR
(
VFO-B
)] knob will allow se-
lection of the memory channel.
3. Memory channels “
US-0
US-0
US-0
US-0
US-0
” through “
US-9
US-9
US-9
US-9
US-9
” (U.S. ver-
sion), or “
US-1
US-1
US-1
US-1
US-1
” through “
US-7
US-7
US-7
US-7
US-7
” (U.K. version), are
pre-programmed at the factory with the permitted fre-
quencies in the 5 MHz band. The USB mode is auto-
matically selected for channels “
US-1
US-1
US-1
US-1
US-1
” through “
US-
US-
US-
US-
US-
5
5
5
5
5
” (U.S. version), or “
US-1
US-1
US-1
US-1
US-1
” through “
US-7
US-7
US-7
US-7
US-7
” (U.K.
version). The CW mode is automatically selected on
channels “
US-6
US-6
US-6
US-6
US-6
” through “
US-0
US-0
US-0
US-0
US-0
” (U.S. version).
4. To exit from 60-meter operation and return to the VFO
mode, just press the [
V/M
] button.
N
OTE
:
The operating frequencies and modes for 5 MHz band op-
eration are both fixed, and may not be changed.
[CLAR(VFO-B)] Knob
[V/M] Button
[BAND/MCH] Button
B
ASIC
O
PERATION
:
R
ECEIVING
ON
A
MATEUR
B
ANDS
C
HANNEL
N
UMBER
US-1
US-2
US-3
US-4
US-5
US-6
US-7
US-8
US-9
US-0
U.S. V
ERSION
5.332000 MHz (USB)
5.348000 MHz (USB)
5.358500 MHz (USB)
5.373000 MHz (USB)
5.405000 MHz (USB)
5.332000 MHz (CW)
5.348000 MHz (CW)
5.358500 MHz (CW)
5.373000 MHz (CW)
5.405000 MHz (CW)
U.K. V
ERSION
5.260000 MHz (USB)
5.280000 MHz (USB)
5.290000 MHz (USB)
5.368000 MHz (USB)
5.373000 MHz (USB)
5.400000 MHz (USB)
5.405000 MHz (USB)
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F
REQUENCY
/M
ODE
