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7. RotatetheMainTuningDialknobtotunearoundthe
band,andbeginnormaloperation.
Advice:
ClockwiserotationoftheMainTuningDialknob
increasestheoperatingfrequency,one“step”
of the synthesizer at a time; similarly, counter-
clockwiserotationoftheMainTuningDialknob
willdecreasethefrequency.Twosettings,one
“normal” andone “fast”, areavailable for each
operating mode. Pressing the
FAST
buttonen-
gages the“Fast” tuning selection(seechart be-
low).
MAin tuning diAl knob tuning rAte
operAting Mode 1 Step 1 diAl rotAtion
LSB/USB/CW/RTTY/
DATA-LSB/DATA-
USB/AM
5 Hz (100 Hz)
10 Hz (100 Hz)
1 kHz (20 kHz)
2 kHz (20 kHz)
FM/DATA-FM/C4FM 100 Hz (1 kHz) 20 kHz (200 kHz)
Numbers in parentheses indicate steps when the FAST button is On.
Ifyouwanttomakerapidfrequencychanges,
thereareseveraltechniquesavailable:
Directkeyboardentryofthefrequency.
Usethemicrophone
UP
/
DWN
scanning keys,
ifyourmicrophoneissoequipped.
basic operation:
receivinG on aMateur banDs