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Table of Contents
General Description ........................................4
Safety Precautions .........................................6
Accessories & Options ...................................8
Installation and Interconnections ....................9
Antenna Considerations .................................... 9
Antenna Connections ........................................ 9
Power Cable Connections ............................... 10
FTDX101MP ................................................ 10
FTDX101D .................................................. 11
Linear Amplifier Interconnections
VL-1000 Linear Amplifier Interconnections
Interfacing to Other Linear Amplifiers
Rear Panel....................................................16
SSM-75G Microphone Switches...................18
Be sure to study this information to
maximize the receiver performance
of the high-class FTDX101 series
shortwave transceiver. ..................................19
Display Indications........................................20
Meter Display .................................................. 20
Filter Function Display ..................................... 21
bandwidth information ................................. 21
Frequency Display ........................................... 21
Important Receiver Settings ............................ 22
ANT (Switching the Antenna) .......................... 22
ATT (Attenuator) .............................................. 22
IPO ................................................................. 22
R.FIL (
) .......................... 23
AGC (Automatic Gain Control) .......................... 23
Scope Display Setting ..................................... 24
CENTER ...................................................... 24
CURSOR ..................................................... 24
FIX ............................................................... 25
SPEED ........................................................ 27
PEAK ........................................................... 27
MARKER ..................................................... 27
COLOR ........................................................ 27
LEVEL ......................................................... 27
Other On-Screen Indications ........................... 29
Screen Saver ................................................... 30
Adjust contrast ................................................. 30
Adjusting the brightness (Dimmer) .................. 30
Font setting for frequency display ................... 30
Inputting the Call Sign ..................................... 30
Front Panel Controls & Switches ..................32
Adjusts the VOX GAIN ................................ 33
Adjusts the VOX Delay Time ....................... 33
Adjusts the VOX anti-trip sensitivity ............ 33
QMB Channel Storage ................................ 35
QMB Channel Recall ................................... 35
Changing the number of QMB channels ..... 35
Mark the operation band ............................. 35
Quick Split Operation .................................. 37
Direct input of offset frequency .................... 37
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Adjust transmit frequency to the
offset frequency ........................................... 39
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To offset the frequency with the
TX Clarifier Adjust receive frequency
VC TUNE ......................................................... 40
Fine tune the tuning point ............................ 40
C.S (Custom Select) ........................................ 40
How to assign functions .............................. 40
MAIN/SUB ....................................................... 40
Switching the operation of the
[RF/SQL] knob ............................................. 42
MAIN Band Operation ..................................... 44
Adjusting the Noise Attenuation .................. 44
Reduces longer duration pulse noise .......... 44
Set the MULTI knob to NB level
adjustment knob .......................................... 44
Adjust the GAIN of the CONTOUR Circuit .. 46
Sets the Bandwidth (“Q”) of the
CONTOUR Circuit ....................................... 46
Voice Communications (SSB and AM) .........50
When transmitting in SSB or AM mode ........... 50
Speech Processor ........................................... 51
RF Power output control .................................. 51
Parametric Microphone Equalizer ................... 52
Voice Memory .................................................. 54
Adjustable Receiver Audio Filter ..................... 55
Using the Automatic Antenna Tuner ................ 56
ATU Operation ............................................. 56