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VL-1000

PERATING

ANUAL

YAESU MUSEN CO., LTD.

1-20-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-Ku, Tokyo 146-8649, Japan

YAESU U.S.A.

17210 Edwards Rd., Cerritos, CA 90703, U.S.A.

YAESU EUROPE B.V.

Snipweg 3, 1118DN Schiphol, The Netherlands

YAESU UK LTD.

Unit 12, Sun Valley Business Park, Winnall Trading Estate
Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 0LB, U.K.

YAESU GERMANY GmbH

Am Kronberger Hang 2, D-65824 Schwalbach, Germany

YAESU HK LTD.

11th Floor Tsim Sha Tsui Centre, 66 Mody Rd.,
Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Summary of Contents for VL-1000

Page 1: ...0703 U S A YAESU EUROPE B V Snipweg 3 1118DN Schiphol The Netherlands YAESU UK LTD Unit 12 Sun Valley Business Park Winnall Trading Estate Winchester Hampshire SO23 0LB U K YAESU GERMANY GmbH Am Kronb...

Page 2: ...ion of antennas for different bands Extensive self test system monitoring and protection circuits are provided with status and tuning information being displayed on a huge Liquid Crystal Display panel...

Page 3: ...nges However the AC power cable plug configu ration will be somewhat different depending on the country in which you purchased your amplifier In some countries the VP 1000 is shipped with the standard...

Page 4: ...for the correspond ing exciter as the T R control signal will be made via the BAND DATA cable ceiver a BAND DATA cable may be con nected which provides automatic band change and T R control thus elimi...

Page 5: ...1 ANT 4 The antenna to be used on a particular band will be memo rized once you make the selection manually via the front panel ANT switch See the Op eration section of this manual for more de tails...

Page 6: ...D F 12V INPUT G 12V INPUT BAND DATA 2 DC48V IN 13 5V A TX GND B GND C BAND DATA A D BAND DATA B E BAND DATA C F BAND DATA D G TX INH H F SET COMMON I F SET 1 J F SET 2 K NC L NC M NC N GND 48V INPUT A...

Page 7: ...FT 1000 D The ATT indica tor will appear on the display when this switch is on Front Panel Controls and Switches 1 POWER Switch This switch turns the VL 1000 on and off When the amplifier is turned o...

Page 8: ...ust the LCD contrast 15 LCD Display The upper half of the display consists a 320 x 60 dot matrix display showing operating sta tus of the VL 1000 including the Graphical SWR meter The lower half conta...

Page 9: ...of heavy braided cable All other station equip ment should be grounded to the same ground system 1 ANTENNA Jacks Connect these type M SO 239 jacks to your antennas using large RG 213 or larger 50 imp...

Page 10: ...voltage for the power amplifier of the VL 1000 Rear Panel Connectors and Switch Operating Advice For most operating situations the REMOTE switch on the rear panel of the VL 1000 should be set to the...

Page 11: ...the frequency of the input signal and the amplifier will then set it self to the matching band 4 When the correct band appears on the VL 1000 display release the exciter s PTT switch so as to return...

Page 12: ...he following display will be shown Operation Metering An extensive array of metering selections are available to the owner of the VL 1000 Pressing the DISPLAY SELECT switch allows you to choose from a...

Page 13: ...power ALC Alignment When this amplifier is used with Yaesu transceivers such as the FT 1000MP FT 990 or FT 920 the ALC system normally will not require alignment However if it appears that full power...

Page 14: ...tent r During antenna tuning a special Antenna Tuning Meter display will be observed show ing the progress of the SWR reduction as well as showing a depiction of the relative positions of the two Vari...

Page 15: ...e AVG power meter on the VL 1000 does not exceed 250 watts when transmitting a carrier On voice peaks adjust the MIC GAIN control on the trans ceiver so that the PEAK power meter on the VL 1000 does n...

Page 16: ...ecommended drive level from the exciter transceiver has been exceeded Reduce the drive level or set the ATT switch to the ON po sition r 1005 PROTECTION CIRCUIT DETECTS EXCESSIVE PA DC VOLTAGE The rec...

Page 17: ...Meter Amateur Bands less than 60 dB 6 Meter Amateur Band Third order IMD less than 30 dB 1000 W PEP Typical Input Output Impedance 50 unbalanced Automatic Antenna Tuner Section Impedance Matching Ran...