User`s manual

GETTING STARTED

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AR8000

3&0$1$*(5 for DOSUser’s Manual

lower frequency - 12 characters (0.1 - 1950 MHz)

upper frequency - 12 characters (as above)

step size - 6 characters ( 50, 100, 200, 500, 1.00, 2.00, 5.00, 6.25, 9.00, 10.00, 12.50,

20.00, 25.00, 30.00, 50.00, 100.0, 200.0, 250.0, 500.0 or any multiple of 50 Hz)

mode - 3 characters (WFM, NFM, AM, USB, LSB, CW)

attenuator setting - 3 characters (ATT=on, ---=off)

comment - 7 characters ASCII upper or lower case

Auto mode data

Auto mode data is used to determine what mode your

AR8000

selects when it

is tuned in auto mode. You need to select “AUT” mode from the front panel of the

radio to use auto mode tuning. The format used by 3&0$1$*(5 is:

address, frequency, mode, step size, half step, (optional) comment

0, 0.100, CW, 0.05, N ; DATA

1, 0.153, AM, 9, N ; LW & MW

2, 1.800, CW, 0.05, N ; 160 HAM

3, 1.842, LSB, 0.05, N ; 160 HAM

4, 2.000, USB, 0.05, N ; UTILS

5, 2.300, AM, 1, N ; 120M B

6, 2.500, USB, 0.05, N ; UTILS

7, 3.200, AM, 1, N ; 90M B

8, 3.400, USB, 0.05, N ; UTILS

9, 3.500, CW, 0.05, N ; 80M HAM

where the fields are

address - 0 to 127 (maximum)

frequency - in mega Hertz (values in the range 0.1 - 1950.0 MHz)

mode - WFM, NFM, AM, USB, LSB, or CW

step size - in kilo Hertz (one of: 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 5.0, 6.25, 9.0, 10.0, 12.5,

20.0, 25.0, 30.0, 50.0, 100.0, 200.0, 250.0, 500.0 or any multiple of 50 Hz)

step offset - N=none, Y=allow offset of the VFO frequency by half a step in the

positive (+) direction to comply with channel allocation in certain bands

optional comment - this is preceded by a “;” character and is used as a reminder of

what the band being defined is. The comment is not sent to the radio.