Figure
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Transceiver Front Panel
I
.
Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase
of the Kachina
505DSP HF
Transceiver. The
505DSP
is
designed to be controlled entirely from your personal computer. By com bining a state-of-the-art
DSP
transceiver with the processing power and graphics capabilities
of
your
PC,
w e are able
to
provide a product with increased performance and features over similarly-priced conventional
radios.
No
more fiddling with multifunction knobs and tiny
LCD
displays. The
505DSP
marks the
beginning
of
an exciting new era in amateur radio.
Considerable time has been spent designing the radio control software
to be user-friendly and to
accommodate both mouse and keyboard users. Even frequency tuning, a function that some
believe Will always require a knob, has been resolved to the satisfaction
of
most diehard knob
fans.
In the following pages, we
Will
provide information to help you select a Iocation
for
your radio,
connect the radio and control head to your computer and install the control software into your
com pute r.
2. Specifications
Genera
I
:
Frequency Coverage, Tx:
1.8-2.0, 3.5-4.0. 7.0-7.3, 10.1-10.15, 14.0-14.35, 18.068-
18.168, 21
.O-21.45,
24.895-24.995, 28.0-29.7
MHz.
O. 1-30 MHz
Frequency Coverage,
Rx:
Frequency Stability, short term:
Modes:
USB,
LSB,
AM,
CW
Power Requi rements:
Can be automatically calibrated to within
+/-
10
Hz
of
or other external standard.
+
13.8 VDC
nominal,
25A
maximum
(TX)
2A
maximum
(Rx)
