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the
FV-901
on
receive,
with
transmit
control
remaining
with the FT-901.
Now
we must
select
the
operating
mode
of the
FV-901.
PressCVFO)
to provide VFO control of the FV-901. However,
the
button
may
also
be pressed.
The
reason
is as follows:
the EX
MR)leaves
the FV-
901
in the VFO
mode on receive, and transfers
control
to the
memory
bank
on
transmit.
But
we
already
decided
that transmit
control was to
be
by
the
FT-901
when
we
pressed
RX
MR,
Therefore,
the "selection
between (VFO) and@X_
MRis, in this case, trival.
Another
example
follows:
Let
us decide
to re-
tive on
the FT-901
VFO,
and
transmit on the
FV-901
memory
bank.
Following
the
decision
tree,
press
EXT
and TX
MR;
this transfers
fre-
quency
control
to
the
FV-901
transmit
(activate the MOX control to confirm this). Now
press (MR) and@PX_MR).
Remember
that control
has
been
relinquished
by the
FT-901
only
on
transmit
and thus the condition of the FV-901
on receive is irrelevant. As a result, we can press
(MR or CX MR) with identical results.
on
IV.
PRACTICAL OPERATING EXAMPLES
(a)
You are operating on 40 meter phone, listen-
ing for DX
between
7050 and
7100 kHz,
while
transmitting
above
7150
kHz
(oper-
ators
outside
the USA
should
reverse
the
preceeding).
Station
DXIDX
heard
on
7095 kHz, listening at 7205 kHz.
is
Proceed as follows:
If you
are
tuning on the FT-901
VFO, mo-
mentarily
press
EXT
and
MR,
and
set
the
FV-901
main dial to 7205 KHz. Next, push
or(RX MR). Return
the FT-901
to
receive
frequency
control
by
pressing TX
MR, leaving the EXT button depressed.
If you
were
tuning initially on the FV-901
VFO,
store
DX1IDX's
frequency
in memory
position
1 by pressing). Now tune the PV-
901
main
dial to 7205
kHz
(the FV-901
ICT
s
hould still be pressed),
and then press(RX_MR). Receive control will
be on
the memory
(7095 kHz) and transmit
control
will
be on
the dial (7205 kHz),
To listen
to the pile-up calling DXIDX
on
(b)
(ce)
7205
kHz,
press(VFO).
Should
DX1IDX
begin to drift in frequency. the RX clarifier
may
activated
to
follow
the
signal.
be
unstable
You are net control station for a net meet-
ing on
14315 kHz. Stations call into the net,
then
are
moved
off frequency,
Prior to the
start
of the net, store typical QSY
frequen-
cies (14280,
14285,
14290,
14295, ete.) in
the
FV-901
memory
bank. The net control
station may then, quickly, de
or not a particular frequency is clear by press-
ing(RX_MR)and setting the MEMORY CHAN-
NEL
switch
appropriately.
In this way,
41
frequencies
could,
potentially,
be examined
by one station (40 memory
frequencies plus
the VFO frequency).
rmine whether
You are operating in a DX contest, where a
number
of desired stations are on the band
at the same
time. If some
of them do not
respond immediately
to your call, or if they
are not acknowledging
your call area, store
them in the FV-901
memory
bank by push-
ing EXT and MR or RX MR for receive con-
trol on the FV-901, (VFO) for FV-901
main
dial
tuning,
and @D) for frequency
storage.
Then, by pressing
(MR) and setting the MEM-
ORY
CHANNEL
switch
appropriately,
the
various
stations
may
be
checked
quickly.
Total
exposure
on
the
band
thus.
in-
Note
that,
even
though
a band
change
is made
in the meantime,
the mem-
orized
frequencies
remain yalid upon
return
to the band on which they were stored!
is,
creased,
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