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DX
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PERATING
M
ANUAL
[
NB
]
Switch
This button turns the IF Noise Blanker on and off.
Press this button briefly to reduce a short-duration pulse
noise; the “
” icon will appear in the display.
Press this button once more to reduce a longer-dura-
tion man-made pulse noise; the “
” icon will appear
at the right of the “
” icon.
Press this button again to disable the noise blanker;
the “
” and “
” icon will disappear.
[
KEYER
]
Switch
This button toggles the internal CW keyer on and off.
While activated, the “
” icon appears in the dis-
play. The keyer sending speed is adjusted via the front
panel [
SPEED
] knob, and the CW Hang Time is ad-
justed via the front panel [
DELAY
] knob.
A
DVICE
:
When this button is held for more than one second, the
keying speed will be displayed in the lower right cor-
ner of the Main Display until the button is released.
Alternately, the 3-second display feature may be
changed to show in the
SUB DISPLAY-
III
window
via Menu item “
018 DISP INDI
”. See page 122 for
details.
[
SPOT
]
Switch
This button turns on the CW receiver spotting tone; by
matching the SPOT tone to that of the incoming CW
signal (precisely the same pitch), you will be “zero
beating” your transmitted signal with the frequency of
the other station.
A
DVICE
:
The offset tone frequency will be displayed in the lower
right corner of the Main Display when this button is
pressed.
Alternately, the 3-second display feature may be
changed to show in the
SUB DISPLAY-
III
window
via Menu item “
018 DISP INDI
”. See page 122 for
details.
[
BK-IN
]
Switch
This button turns the CW break-in capability on and
off. While the CW break-in is activated, the “
”
icon appears in the display.
[
(
DOWN
)]
/
[
(
UP
)]
Switches
These buttons adjust the operating frequency of the
VFO or a recalled memory in 100 kHz steps.
SUB DISPLAY-
I
This OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) display
shows the VFO-B frequency, and it indicates the Menu
List while the Menu Mode is active.
[
RX CLAR
(
FAST
)]
Switch
The function of this button differs with the setting of
the [
A/B
] button (described later).
When the LED in the
[
A/B
]
button is turned off
, press-
ing this button activates the RX Clarifier, to allow off-
setting the VFO-A receiving frequency temporarily.
Press this button once more to return the Main receiver
to the frequency shown on the main frequency display
field; the Clarifier offset will still be present, though,
in case you want to use it again. To cancel the Clarifier
offset, press the [
CLEAR
] button.
When
[
A/B
]
button glows orange
, pressing this but-
ton will change the VFO-B tuning step to 100 Hz.
When this function is activated, the “
” icon ap-
pears in the display.
[
CLEAR
]
Switch
Pressing this button clears out any frequency offset you
have programmed into the Clarifier register (thereby
setting the offset to “Zero”).
[
TX CLAR/LOCK
]
Switch
The function of this button is changed by the setting of
the [
A/B
] button (described later).
When the
[
A/B
]
button is turned off
, pressing the [
TX
CLAR/LOCK
] button activates the TX Clarifier, to
allow offsetting the VFO-A transmit frequency tempo-
rarily. Press the button once more to return the trans-
mitter to the VFO-A frequency shown on the main fre-
quency display field; the Clarifier offset will still be
present, though, in case you want to use it again. To
cancel the Clarifier offset, press the [
CLEAR
] button.
When the
[
A/B
]
button glows orange
, the [
TX CLAR/
LOCK
] button toggles locking of the [
CLAR
(
VFO-
B
)] knob, to prevent accidental frequency changes.
When the lock is active, the [
CLAR
(
VFO-B
)] knob
can still be turned, but the VFO-B frequency will not
change, and the “
” icon appears in the display.
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