Operation Manual

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Drive gain adjustment
The drive gain is active for all modes except SSB with-
out speech compressor. The [DRIVE] control adjusts
the amplifying gain at the driver stage.
Before transmitting, monitor your selected operating
frequency to make sure transmitting won’t cause inter-
ference to other stations on the same frequency.
q Push [METER] to select the ALC meter.
w Push [PTT] (microphone; SSB with [COMP] ON, AM
or FM), key down (CW) or push [TRANSMIT] (RTTY
or PSK) to transmit.
e While talking into the microphone, keying down or
transmitting, rotate [DRIVE] so that the ALC meter
reading swinging within 30 to 50% of the ALC scale.
(see left)
• Talk into the microphone at your normal voice level.
r Release [PTT], stop keying or push [TRANSMIT]
again to return to receive.
[DRIVE][METER]
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BASIC OPERATIONS
S
ID
0
5
10
15
0
0
10
44
ALC
52V
VD
20
dB
1
1.5
2
3
∞
10
50
100
150
200
250
PO
SWR
COMP
A
W
1
5
9
+
20
+
40
+
60dB
Drive gain range