Vertex Standard VX-150, Руководство по эксплуатации

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VX-150 O
PERATING
M
ANUAL
7
F
REQUENCY
N
AVIGATION
Press the [
VFO ( PRI )] button, if necessary, to select the VFO mode. The VX-150
has two
VFOs, labeled “
A
” and “
B
,” either of which can be used for all of the procedures described
in this manual. You can change VFOs with the [
VFO ( PRI )] button at any time.
There are several ways to tune the VX-150 : in selectable channel steps or 1 MHz steps
with the [
s
] / [
t
] keys or
DIAL knob, and direct keypad frequency entry.
Use the DIAL knob to tune the displayed VFO frequency at the current channel step rate.
You can also press the [
s
] / [
t
] keys momentarily to do this.
To change the MHz range of the VFO, you can press the [
F
] key followed by an [
s
] or
[
t
] key (or turn the
DIAL
knob). Note the beeps when using the [
s
] / [
t
] keys when
moving up or down. When done, press [
F
] again, or just wait five seconds.
You can also enter a frequency directly just by keying in the 1 MHz and the kHz digits. If
you are using 5 kHz steps enter five digits. Otherwise, just four digits will do. Partial
entries can be completed using the [
VFO ( PRI )] key.
Examples:
To enter 146.5200 MHz, press
à à à à
To enter 146.5000 MHz, press
à à à
C
HANGING THE
T
RANSMITTER
P
OWER
L
EVEL
You can select between a total of three transmitter power levels on your VX-150 . The
exact power output will vary somewhat, depending on the voltage supplied to the trans-
ceiver. With the standard
FNB-64
Battery Pack, the power output levels available are:
HIGH
: 5 W
MID
: 2 W
LOW
: 0.5 W
To change the power level:

Press the [
F/W
] key, then immediately press the [
3
(
LOW
)] key.
‚
Now rotate the
DIAL
knob to select “
LOW
”, “
MID
,” or “
HIGH
”.
ƒ
Press the
PTT
key to save the new setting and exit to normal operation.
C
HANGING THE
C
HANNEL
S
TEPS
To change a frequency step, follow the procedure below:

Press the [ F
] key, then immediately press the [
0
(
SET
)] key to enter the Set mode.
‚
Rotate the DIAL to select Menu Item #6 (“
STEP
”).
ƒ
Press the [ F
] key to enable modification of the current setting.
„
Now rotate the DIAL knob to select 5, 10, 12.5, 15, 20, 25 or 50 kHz steps.
Press the PTT key to save the new setting and exit to normal operation.
Basic Operation