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Communicating Aids
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COMMUNICATING AIDS RECEPTION SELECTING YOUR FREQUENCY In addition to turning the Tuning control or pressing Mic [UP]/ [DWN], there are several other ways to select your frequency. This section describes additional methods of frequency selection that may save you time and effort. ■ Direct Frequency Entry When the desired frequency is far removed from the current frequency, directly entering a frequency from the numeric keypad is usually the fastest method. 1 Press [ENT]. appears. 2 Press the numeric keys ([50 (0)] to [28 (9)]) to enter your desired frequency. • Pressing [ENT] at any time fills the remaining digits (the digits you did not enter) with 0 and completes the entry. To select 1.85 MHz for example, press [ENT], [50 (0)], [1.8 (1)], [24 (8)], [14 (5)], then press [ENT] to complete the input (6 key strokes). • Pressing [CLR] before pressing [ENT] cancels the entry and restores the current VFO frequency. Note: ◆ You can enter a frequency in the range of 30.00 kHz to 59.999.99 MHz. Refer to the specifications for the available frequency range. ◆ Attempting to enter a frequency that is outside the selectable frequency range causes an alarm to sound and the entered frequency is rejected. ◆ When the entered frequency does not meet the current VFO frequency step size requirement, the nearest available frequency is automatically selected after the entered frequency is changed. ◆ When the 10 Hz digit (last displayed digit) is entered, the digit 0 is automatically entered for the 1 Hz digit, and frequency entry is completed. The 1 Hz digit is not displayed. ◆ When an entered frequency is accepted, RIT or XIT will be switched OFF, but the RIT or XIT offset frequency is not cleared. ■ Frequency Entry History The last 10 frequencies you entered are stored in the Frequency Entry History. You can access the history to easily re-enter a recently used frequency. 1 Press [ENT]. 2 Turn the MULTI/CH control. • The entered frequency along with its log number appears. The most recent entered frequency is logged as number E0 and the oldest frequency is logged as number E9. 3 Press [ENT] to set the selected frequency to the VFO. Note: When entering a frequency using the numeric keys, if you turn the MULTI/CH control in the middle of the frequency entry, the frequency will be entered into the log. ■ Using the MHz key You can use the MULTI/CH control to change the operating frequency in steps of 1 MHz. 1 Press [MHz]. • " " appears. 2 Turn the MULTI/CH control. • Clockwise increases the frequency and counter-clockwise decreases the frequency. 3 Press [MHz] again to exit. • " " disappears. If you prefer to change the frequency in steps of 100 kHz or 500 kHz, rather than 1 MHz, access Menu No. 10 and select 100 kHz, 500 kHz, or 1 MHz. Note: Even if 100 kHz or 500 kHz is assigned for the [MHz] key, " " appears on the display. ■ Quick QSY To move up or down the frequency quickly, use the MULTI/CH control. Turning this control changes the operating frequency in steps of 5 kHz for SSB/ CW/ FSK/ AM and steps of 10 kHz for FM. • If you want to change the default frequency step size, access Menu No. 14 (SSB/CW/FSK), 15 (AM), or 16 (FM). Press [M.IN]/ [SCAN (SG. SEL)] to select 500 Hz, 1 kHz, 2.5 kHz, 5 kHz, or 10 kHz for SSB/ CW/ FSK, and 5 kHz, 6.25 kHz, 10 kHz, 12.5 kHz, 15 kHz, 20 kHz, 25 kHz, 30 kHz, 50 kHz, or 100 kHz for AM/ FM. The default frequency step size is 5 kHz for SSB/ CW/ FSK/ AM and 10 kHz for FM. • When changing the operating frequency by using the MULTI/CH control, frequencies are rounded such that new frequencies are multiples of the frequency step size. To disable this function, access Menu No. 12 and select "oFF" (default is ON). • Within the AM broadcast band, the step size automatically defaults to the frequency step value in Menu No. 13. This frequency step size can be switched between 9 kHz ("on") and 5 kHz ("oFF") via Menu No. 13. Note: The programmed frequency step size for the MULTI/CH control is stored independently for the HF and 50 MHz bands. You can also set a different frequency step size for SSB/ CW/ FSK, AM and FM modes. 28