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FT
DX
5000 O
PERATING
M
ANUAL
Main Tuning Dial knob
[ANTENNA] Buttons
[BAND] Buttons
(VFO-B)[SQL] Knob
[BAND/MHz] Button
[FAST] Button
[CLAR(VFO-B)] Knob
1. Plug the AC cable back in, set the rear
panel main power switch to the “
I
”
position.
2. Press and hold in the front panel
[
POWER
] switch for one second to turn
the transceiver on.
3. The transceiver will start up on 7.000.00
MHz LSB, and normal operation may begin.
N
OTE
:
To turn power off, press and hold in the front panel
[
POWER
] switch for one second.
4. Rotate the (
VFO-A
)[
AF GAIN
]
knob to set a comfortable audio level
on incoming signals or noise. Clock-
wise rotation of the (
VFO-A
)[
AF
GAIN
] knob increases the volume
level.
N
OTE
:
When using headphones, start by rotating the (
VFO-
A
)[
AF GAIN
] knob counter-clockwise, then bring the
volume level up after you put the headphones on. This
will minimize the chance of damage to your hearing
caused by an unexpectedly-high audio level.
5. Press the (
VFO-A
)[
RX
]
button to engage the VFO-
A receiver; the imbedded
LED will glow green.
A
DVICE
:
If you press the (
VFO-
A
)[
RX
] button when the LED is already glowing
green, the LED will begin blinking; this indicates
that the VFO-A receiver is temporarily muted. Press
the (
VFO-A
) [
RX
] button once more to restore
VFO-A receiver operation.
Press the (
VFO-B
)[
RX
] button to
engage Dual Reception (using the
VFO-B receiver in addition to the
VFO-A receiver). When you press
the (
VFO-B
)[
RX
] button, it will
glow green; pressing the button
once more will turn the VFO-B
receiver off, and the LED will go
dark. Use the (
VFO-B
)[
AF
GAIN
] knob to adjust the VFO-
B receiver volume level.
6. Press the [
BAND
] button
corresponding to the Ama-
teur band you wish to oper-
ate on.
A
DVICE
:
One-touch selection of
each Amateur band be-
tween 1.8 and 50 MHz is provided.
The
FT
DX
5000
utilizes a triple band-stack VFO
selection technique. This permits you to store up to
three favorite frequencies and modes for each band
in the VFO registers. For example, you may store
one frequency for 14 MHz CW, one for RTTY, and
one for USB, then recall each VFO by successive,
momentary presses of the [
14
] MHz band button.
Each Amateur band button has three frequency/
mode settings associated with it.
[POWER] Switch
(VFO-A)[RX] Button
B
ASIC
O
PERATION
:
R
ECEIVING
ON
A
MATEUR
B
ANDS
Here is the typical start-up procedure for normal operation:
(VFO-A)[SQL] Knob
[MODE] Buttons
(VFO-B)[AF GAIN] Knob
(VFO-A)[AF GAIN] Knob
[(
)DOWN] /[(
)UP] Buttons
(VFO-B)[RX] Button
