Specifications

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(1) AR8600 Index
(1) Index .......................................................................................................................... 1
1-1 Introduction ................................................................................................................ 5
1-2 Take care of your radio .............................................................................................. 5
1-3 Attention while operating ............................................................................................ 6
1-4 Accessories supplied ................................................................................................. 7
1-5 Controls & functions .................................................................................................. 7
1-5-1 Keypad ................................................................................................................... 9
1-5-2 Summary of keys .................................................................................................... 10
1-5-3 Important controls ................................................................................................... 15
1-6 Power supply .............................................................................................................16
1-6-1 Optional internal battery (BP8600) .......................................................................... 16
1-6-2 Charging the optional BP8600 battery .................................................................... 17
1-6-3 Battery considerations ............................................................................................ 18
1-6-4 Cigar lighter lead .................................................................................................... 18
1-7 i.f. output and spectrum display ................................................................................. 19
(2) Making the AR8600 ready for operation .................................................................. 20
2-1 LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) ...................................................................................... 20
2-2 Connect the aerial (antenna) ..................................................................................... 21
2-3 Connect power .......................................................................................................... 21
2-4 Keypad and knobs... what you need to know ‘most’ .................................................. 22
2-4-1 ENTER key ............................................................................................................ 22
2-4-2 FUNCTION key ...................................................................................................... 22
2-4-3 PASS key ...............................................................................................................22
2-4-4 CLEAR key ............................................................................................................. 23
2-4-5 MONITOR key ........................................................................................................ 23
2-4-6 KEY lock ................................................................................................................ 23
2-4-7 STANDBY key ........................................................................................................ 23
(3) Basic manual operation of the receiver .................................................................. 24
3-1 Switching on for the first time .................................................................................... 24
3-2 2VFO twin VFO selection .......................................................................................... 24
3-3 Entering a frequency using the numeric keypad ........................................................ 26
3-4 Correcting frequency input ........................................................................................ 27
3-5 Changing frequency using the  and  keys ............................................................ 27
3-6 Changing frequency using the main dial .................................................................... 28
3-7 Changing receive mode ............................................................................................. 29
3-7-1 Auto-mode selection ............................................................................................... 29
3-7-2 Receive mode selection menu ................................................................................ 29
3-8 Changing tuning STEP size ....................................................................................... 31
3-9 STEP-adjust ..............................................................................................................33
3-9-1 Automatic calculation of step adjust ....................................................................... 33
3-9-2 Cancelling step adjust ............................................................................................ 34
3-9-3 Manual setting of step adjust .................................................................................. 34
3-10 FREQUENCY OFFSET ........................................................................................... 36
3-10-1 Using pre-programmed frequency offset data ....................................................... 36
3-10-2 Entering new frequency offset data ...................................................................... 37
3-11 Attenuator ................................................................................................................ 38
3-12 Noise limiter ............................................................................................................. 38
3-13 AFC - Automatic Frequency Control ........................................................................ 39
(4) VFO enhanced facilities ........................................................................................... 41
4-1 Quick memories ........................................................................................................ 41
4-1-1 Saving quick memory data ..................................................................................... 41
4-1-2 Recalling quick memories ...................................................................................... 42
4-2 VFO scan .................................................................................................................. 42
4-2-1 VFO SCAN sampling time ...................................................................................... 43
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