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FT
DX
5000 O
PERATING
M
ANUAL
S
PLIT
-F
REQUENCY
O
PERATION
A powerful capability of the
FT
DX
5000
is its flexibility in Split Frequency operation, using the Main (VFO-A) and Sub
(VFO-B) frequency registers. This makes the
FT
DX
5000
especially useful for high-level DX-pedition use, as the Split
operation capability is very advanced and easy to use.
T
RANSMITTER
C
ONVENIENCE
F
EATURES
1. Set the VFO-A frequency as desired.
2. Set the VFO-B frequency.
3. Now press the [
SPLIT
] button briefly. The front panel
switch/LEDs will look like this:
(
VFO-A
)[
RX
] button: LED glows green
(
VFO-A
)[
TX
] button: LED off
(
VFO-B
)[
RX
] button: LED off
(
VFO-B
)[
TX
] button: LED glows red
4. 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
] button once
more, Split operation will be cancelled.
(
VFO-A
)[
RX
] button: LED glows green
(
VFO-A
)[
TX
] button: LED glows red
(
VFO-B
)[
RX
] button: LED off
(
VFO-B
)[
TX
] button: LED off
5. You may also press the (
VFO-A
)[
TX
] button to return
transmit frequency control to the VFO-A side, thereby
canceling split operation.
A
DVICE
:
During normal (non-split) VFO-A operation, you may
simply press the (
VFO-B
)[
TX
] button (located above
and to the right of the [
CLAR
(
VFO-B
)] knob) to en-
gage Split operation. The (
VFO-B
)[
TX
] button will
glow red when you press the button.
During Split operation, pressing the [
A
B
] button will
reverse the contents of VFO-A and VFO-B. Press the
[
A
B
] button once more, to return to the original fre-
quency alignment.
During Split operation, if you press the (
VFO-B
)[
RX
]
button above and to the right of the [
CLAR
(
VFO-B
)]
knob, you will engage Dual Receive operation. Now
you can listen to both sides of the DX pile-up, and
transmit on the VFO-B frequency. This is very useful
to determine the timing of your calls, while also moni-
toring both sides of the pile-up.
During Split operation, you may also listen to the TX
frequency temporarily, by pressing the [
TXW
] button
(just below the [
SPLIT
] button).
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 is also possible to set VFO-
A and VFO-B to different amateur bands. But, remem-
ber that Dual Reception must be within the same band.
Q
UICK
P
OINT
:
The [
SPLIT
] button function differs between a brief press
and a long press of the button.
Press the [
SPLIT
] button
briefly
to toggle the trans-
mission control between VFO-A and VFO-B (Split
Frequency Operation).
Press and hold
in the [
SPLIT
] button
for two seconds
to copy the VFO-A frequency to VFO-B, this increases
the VFO-B fre 5 kHz, and the transmission
control switches to VFO-B (Quick Split Operation: See
page 85).
Press and hold
in the [
SPLIT
] button for
two seconds
again
to increment the VFO-B frequency a 5
kHz and keep the transmission control to VFO-B.
[CLAR(VFO-B)] Knob
(VFO-B)[TX] Button
(VFO-B)[RX] Button
[SPLIT] Button
[TXW] Button
(VFO-A)[TX] Button
(VFO-A)[RX] Button
