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Page 1: ...FTDX9000 TFT OPERATION MANUAL FTDX9000 TFT OPERATION MANUAL...

Page 2: ...check function of the CPU inside the radio will begin Then the Tuning circuitry will receive the data from the CPU and it will perform its own self check and will preset itself to the proper set tings...

Page 3: ...F7 SELECT key again Choose highlight LAT using the F1 T F4 X keys then press the F7 SELECT key Enter the Latitude in the same manner as described above When entry is complete press the F7 SELECT key...

Page 4: ...and now the new city is displayed on the world map 5 Correcting the Date Press the F1 SET key Use the F1 T and F2 S keys to highlight DATE then press the F7 SELECT key Use the F3 W and F4 X keys to na...

Page 5: ...ntarily and the country name and the city you selected in the above procedure will be indicated If you want to input a city name which is not in the list press the F7 SELECT key and confirm that the c...

Page 6: ...ward to the next display On each screen the action of the function key may vary At the bottom area of the screen the function is indicated please confirm the function displayed as you read along You m...

Page 7: ...B knob It is also possible to move the Menu items and values by pressing the function keys lo cated below the TFT screen For details please refer to How to Use the Menu Mode When you have completed th...

Page 8: ...ositions of the DSP RX filters for the Main and Sub VFOs indi cating any IF Shift or Width tuning changes applied Bandwidth Fields This field indicates the net receiver bandwidth cur rently set for th...

Page 9: ...ere World Time Field This area shows the current time at the city se lected on the World Map display Page 5 TFT Display Pages Individual pages are provided for a wide variety of information or command...

Page 10: ...ng 24 CONFIG SETTING Mode Setup 25 Log Book Data Input 26 Log Book Previous QSO Check CHECK 27 Editing Log Book Entries 27 Saving Log Book 28 Loading Log Data LOAD 28 Summary Check 29 Temperature SWR...

Page 11: ...you turn on the transceiver for the first time after your purchasing this radio please set the local time the place where you operate this radio and confirm this setting If this is not done the vari...

Page 12: ...ss the F1 T F2 S F3 W F4 X key and select 12 hour or 24 hour display for LOCAL TIME1 CLOCAL TIME2 and the WORLD CITY LIST When SEC is set to ON the seconds digits will be shown at the top right corner...

Page 13: ...nd press the F7 SELECT key momentarily Now the country list for the selected zone will be dis played 4 Use the F1 T F2 S F3 W F4 X keys to select the desired country in this area 5 Now press the F7 SE...

Page 14: ...setup screen where the following settings can be done DAYLIGHT SAV ING TIME to select Summer time DISPLAY MAP display or not display city names on the World Clock screen and HIGHLIGHT select yellow or...

Page 15: ...up item the selected item will be highlighted OFF TIMER setup 120 90 60 30 15 minutes and OFF ALARM setup When setting up the Alarm be sure to set the OFF TIMER setting to OFF TIME ZONE LOCAL TIME 1 L...

Page 16: ...nd it includes a wide array functions if you lose your way during opera tion of this function press the DISP DISPLAY key momentarily to change the screen and then return again to the Spectrum Scope sc...

Page 17: ...ge of the display i F7 LBWS Press this key to activate the Limited Band Width Sweep LBWS function whichpermitshigh speed sweeping of a band segment As the bandwidth is set narrower the sweep speed bec...

Page 18: ...B key to select the desired VFO to monitor 6 If you want to display both VFO spectra press the F5 DUAL key to engage the dual display mode The Main VFO A will appear in the upper display field and the...

Page 19: ...C key to show the screen for setup of the Marker 2 Press the F6 TRACE key to select the Trace mode of the Spectrum Scope The Trace mode selections are shown below NORMAL AVERAGE PEAK HOLD P NORMAL NOR...

Page 20: ...the F2 SPAN key you can set the bandwidth of the span viewed using the Spectrum Scope By pressing the F2 SPAN key the span will change as follows 25 kHz 50 kHz 100 kHz 250 kHz 500 kHz 1000 kHz 2500 k...

Page 21: ...display field and the Sub VFO will appear in the lower If the receive frequency is outside of the screen the position of the operating frequency will be shown in the lower area of the display as and...

Page 22: ...time speed of WF 2 is faster than that of WF 1 d F3 SOURCE Pressing this key lets you select the source for the audio to be viewed by the Audio Scope The selections are VFO A VFO B EXT VFO A When EXT...

Page 23: ...re Waterfall displays with WF 2 utilizing a faster sweep time than the WF 1 se lection 2 Pressing the F3 SOURCE key lets you select the source for the audio to be viewed by the Au dio Scope The select...

Page 24: ...EP key to set the desired sweep time Available values are 10 ms 30 ms 100 ms 300 ms 1 s 10 ms OSCILLOSCOPE SPECIFICATIONS Frequency Range 0 4 kHz Sweep Speed 10 30 100 300 1000ms adjustable Time Base...

Page 25: ...FTDX9000 TFT OPERATION MANUAL NOTE AUDIO SCOPE AND OSCILLOSCOPE Page 21...

Page 26: ...the logged station and you may also create a summary of QSOs by band and mode by press ing this key The log may be viewed solely for the current operator or for all operators registered into the Logb...

Page 27: ...FTDX9000 TFT OPERATION MANUAL LOG BOOK FUNCTION LOG BOOK EXAMPLE Enter key F1 FUNC c d e f g h l F4 EDIT F7 SAVE LOAD F4 CHECK F5 SUMMARY F6 CONFIG i k j Enter key F6 SETTING Page 23...

Page 28: ...CT USER function 2 When you want to register a new user or change the name of an existing user press the F5 NAME EDIT key and input the call sign and or other information 3 Press the F5 NAME EDIT key...

Page 29: ...T RST Automatic Input ON Automatic filling in of the RSTR and RSTS RST Received Sent reports is enabled Manual cor rection of individual log lines is of course possible OFF On CW mode 599 will be auto...

Page 30: ...EPETITION CHECKLIST will open listing this and any other duplicates During the QSO if you wish to delete the callsign and other information for this line just press ESC 3 Enter all desired data in acc...

Page 31: ...ng the entries you have worked on If you do not wish to save your changes press the F5 UN RECORD key instead Advice Data may easily be deleted if you make a mistake enter duplicate data accidentally e...

Page 32: ...We recommend that you save and download the current memory data to the CF card if you want to use it again later SAVE LOAD MODE Page 28 SAVE LOAD MODE SAVING LOG DATA Log data can be saved in the sup...

Page 33: ...ng to Figure 2 on page 23 press F5 SUMMARY to bring up the Summary page then press F3 OP SEL and then use the keyboard s arrow keys to select ALL OP or CURRENT OP as desired ALL OP All log data from a...

Page 34: ...y quickly the frequency on which a particular SWR reading is being ob served d F3 W This key moves the marker cursor to the left e F4 X This key moves the marker cursor to the right f F5 ERASE Press t...

Page 35: ...ill cause less heat to be dissipated thus reduc ing the heat sink temperature fSWR This displays the SWR characteristic of the ama teur band that you are currently using with points along the graph in...

Page 36: ...R is over 1 5 1 the final protection circuit activates and the RF output power may be reduced If the SWR is over 3 0 in the amateur band there is a possibility that the coaxial cable or the antenna it...

Page 37: ...FTDX9000 TFT OPERATION MANUAL NOTE Page 33...

Page 38: ...your controller starting point is south then the menu must be set to 180 degrees If not set properly the TFT display will not show the correct direction EXPLANATION OF THE FUNCTION KEYS ON THE GREAT C...

Page 39: ...reat Circle display is utilized you probably already know the approximate location of the other station on the map so even if the country name and the city name are not entered into the radio the Grea...

Page 40: ...ction 3 If you want to display a station on the Great Circle Map start by pressing the F1 ZONE key the World Map s zones will be displayed Select the Zone of the other station by pressing the F1 T F2...

Page 41: ...ble to the connector located on the back of the transceiver 1 Press the F4 MODE key as necessary to se lect the PRESET mode 2 Press the F7 MAP key if necessary to bring up the Great Circle map screen...

Page 42: ...your after market keyboard to the transceiver you can append a name tag to the memory channel maximum 6 characters It often is convenient to enter the callsign of a station or per haps a label such a...

Page 43: ...Press this key to load memory data previously saved on the CF card to the transceiver d F3 SAVE Press this key to save the current memory data to the CF card e F5 MASK RESTROKE It is possible to erase...

Page 44: ...e FTDX9000D s internal memory may be saved to the supplied Compact Flash CF card 1 Press the F3 SAVE key to open the Save win dow If there are several file names stored select the desired file by pres...

Page 45: ...nce loading of the memory data to the transceiver If you wish to cancel the download press the F2 CANCEL key Advice When the ERROR message PLEASE CHECK A DISK appears on the right side of the MEM CARD...

Page 46: ...color clarifier display etc FH 2 This is the group relating to the FH 2 keypad setup GENERAL This group covers miscellaneous items which are not included in other groups MODE AM MODE CW MODE DATA MODE...

Page 47: ...n value of the menu item The value may also be changed by rotating the CLAR VFO B knob g F6 T This is the down key for scrolling through the menu mode list The items also can be selected by ro tating...

Page 48: ...or the F4 W 5 X keys to change the setting of the selected Menu item 4 Press the MNU key is pressed for 2 seconds to save within the transceiver the new setting the menu screen will close and you will...

Page 49: ...ta on an existing file name and want to save the data in the new file Press the F4 FILE key now enter the desired file name from your keyboard the file ex tension will be mep for Menu data 3 Press the...

Page 50: ...T and F7 S keys 2 Press the F3 GO key to download the Menu con figuration from the CF card to the radio To cancel the download press the F2 CANCEL key Advice When the ERROR message PLEASE CHECK A DIS...

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Page 52: ...TFT OPERATION MANUAL Copyright 2009 VERTEX STANDARD CO LTD All rights reserved No portion of this manual may be reproduced without the permission of VERTEX STANDARD CO LTD Printed in Japan E H 0 1 0...

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