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INSTALLATION AND INTERCONNECTIONS
INTERFACING TO OTHER LINEAR AMPLIFIERS
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at the LINEAR jack.
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the FTDX1200LVWR9ROWV'&
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will not work correctly with the FTDX1200 DQG
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case.
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EAR jack. This line is not compatible with negative
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transistor in the FTDX1200 will easily accommodate
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When the FC-40 is connected to the FTDX1200
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PLUG/CONNECTOR PINOUT DIAGRAMS
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[POWER]Switch
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WKH WUDQVFHLYHU RQ 6LPLODUO\ SUHVV DQG KROG LQ WKLV
switch for one second to turn the transceiver off.
[TUNE]Switch
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transmitter for a few seconds while the automatic
antenna tuner rematches the antenna system imped-
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tomatically stored in one of the antenna tuner’s 100
memories for instant automatic recall later when the
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of the transmit line.
NOTE:
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that an antenna or dummy load is connected to the
selected antenna jack before pressing and holding in
the [TUNE]switch to start antenna tuning.
KEY Jack
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er jack with the same name on the reaUSDQHODQGLW
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or pseudo-straight-key operation.
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on.
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nient antenna switching at the press of a button. The
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to be applied to the receiver input.
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[IPO]button to provide two stages of signal reduc-
tion when an extremely strong signal is being re-
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tion pulse noise.
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in the [AGC]button for one second to disable the
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the [IPO]button to provide two stages of signal
reduction when an extremely strong signal is be-
ing received.
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will likely encounter distortion on stronger sig-
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are probably being overloaded.
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microphone. When engaging the [MOX] EXWWRQ RU
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[MIC/SPEED]Knob
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This knob adjusts the microphone input level for
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The display will show the relative microphone gain
level for 3 seconds whenever this knob is turned.
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SPEED
This knob adjusts the keying speed of the internal
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creases the sending speed.
The display will show the keying speed for 3 sec-
onds whenever this knob is turned.
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CAR]knob is set to the fully clockwise position.
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seconds in the right of the TFT display whenever the
outer [PROC/CAR]NQRELVWXUQHGH[FHSWZKHQ
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In the SSB mode the [PROC]value will be shown
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[ NOTCH]Switch
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turned.
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switch.
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then turn the outer [CONT/APF]knob to select the
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is engaged via the [CONT/APF]switch.
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Contour filter response using the [CONT/APF]
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inside this button glows orange.
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display will show the shift value of the IF SHIFT for
3 seconds whenever the [SHIFT]knob is turned.
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rotation increases the bandwidth. The current band-
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IF passband for 3 seconds whenever the [WIDTH]
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this button glows orange.
[AF]Knob
The inner
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in the fully clockwise position.
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noise between incoming transmissions. This control
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glows orange.
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heard in the headphones represents the transmitted
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initiate continuous sweeping.
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various transceiver characteristics may be config-
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manual.
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receiver audio output for recording. It also outputs
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the front panel [AF]knob. Inserting a plug into this
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