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During antenna length changes, both affected band button and
Power/Tuning
LED
located below
POWER
button will blink at one second intervals. When tuning is done,
band button will have a steady green border.
OptimizIR Buttons in Operate Mode
OptimizIR Front Panel
The
NORM
button selects the Forward antenna patterns used in conjunction with the
K1
knob
. The LED next to it will light when pressed.
The
180
button selects reverse, opposite of
NORM
, antenna patterns used in conjunction
with
K1 knob
. The LED next to it will light when pressed.
The
BI 3/4
button selects Bidirectional antenna patterns, the ones that defeat front-to-back
ratio of the antenna used in conjunction with
K1 knob
. The LED next to it will light when
pressed.
The
K1 knob
,
NORM
,
180
and
BI 3/4
buttons all control selectable patterns. The number
of sub-patterns selected with
K1 knob
can be 0 to 15 depending on the antenna and band
selected.
The
K2 knob
controls frequency by rotating knob and step-size by pressing the knob.
When
K2 knob
is pressed, it cycles through five possible frequency step sizes of 5 kHz,
10 kHz, 25 kHz, 50 kHz and 100 kHz. Turning
K2 knob
will adjust frequency by step-size.
The antenna will start tuning immediately upon changing frequency. As long as frequency
is within band limits (can be changed from setup menu) and antenna is allowed to finish
tuning to new frequency, it will be saved as default band frequency. The last used
frequency for each band is saved separately so controller will always return to last
frequency used on a given band.
