Page 53FT-991 OperaTing Manual
iF notch Filter operAtion
(
SSb/cW/rtty/dAtA/AM ModeS
)
TheIFNOTCHlterisahighlyeffectivesystemthatallowscuttingoutaninterferingbeatnoteorothercarriersignal
frominsidethereceiverpassband.
1. Press the
F(MLIST)
buttontoshowthefunctions
listed on the TFT display.
2. Touch
[
NOTCH
]
ontheTFTdisplay.TheNotch
functionwillbesetto“
ON
”.
MULTI Knob
F(M-LIST) Button
NOTCH indicator
NOTCH level indicator
3. Rotatethe
MULTI
knobtoadjustthe“null”position
oftheNotchlter.
4. TocanceltheNOTCHlter,touch
[
NOTCH
]
on the
TFT display, “
OFF
”will appear inthe display,con-
rmingthattheNOTCHlterisnolongerinopera-
tion.
Advice:
Alternate touches of
[
NOTCH
]
, will switch the
NOTCHlterbetweenonandoff.
Advice:
The bandwidth of theNOTCH lter (either narrow
orwide)maybeadjustedusingMenuitem“
116
IF NOTCH WIDTH
”.Thefactorydefaultsettingis
“
WIDE
”.
TheperformanceoftheIFNOTCHlterisillus-
trated in Figure “
A
”,wherethedesiredsignaland
the interfering heterodyne are shown within the
IFpassband.InFigure“B”thenotchingeffectof
theIFNOTCHlterisillustratedasthe
MULTI
knobis rotated toeliminate theinterfering het-
erodyne.
A B
Desired Signal Desired Signal
QRM
(Heterodyne)
QRM
(Heterodyne)
IF BANDWIDTH IF BANDWIDTH
MULTI
interference reJection