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Keyboard Frequency Entry

The Operating frequency may be entered directly into
the current VFO, using the front panel [ BAND ] key but-
tons.
Example: Enter 14.250.00 MHz
1. Press the [ ENT ] button to
begin the direct frequency
entry process. Now, begin-
ning with the first digit of
the frequency (the leftmost
digit), we will enter the re-
quired digits of the frequency.
2. Press, in order, the digits of the operating frequency,
using the [ BAND ] buttons (the frequency entry digit
or decimal point is printed on the right side of the
buttons). In this example, enter
[ 1.8 ( 1 )] à [ 10 ( 4 )] à [ GEN ( . )] à [ 3.5 ( 2 )] à
[ 14 ( 5 )] à [ 50 ( 0 )] à [ 50 ( 0 )] à [ 50 ( 0 )] à
[ 50 ( 0 )]
The decimal point after the "MHz" portion of the
frequency must be entered, but no decimal point is
required after the "kHz" portion.
3. Press the [ ENT ] button once more to complete the
operating frequency entry. A short "beep" will con-
firm that the entry was successful, and the new oper-
ating frequency will appear on the display.
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If you attempt to enter a frequency outside the oper-
ating range of 30 kHz ~ 56 MHz, the microprocessor
will ignore the attempt, and you will be returned to
the previous operating frequency. If this happens,
please try again, taking care not to repeat the error in
the frequency entry process.
Using the [ VFO-B/CLAR ] knob
You may change the VFO-
A f r e q u e n c y i n 1 M H z
steps. Press the [ MHz/µT ]
button located at the bot-
tom left of the [ VFO-B/
CLAR ] knob. The 1 MHz
steps will be applied to the
VFO-A frequency. The "MHz 1MHz" notation will ap-
pear in the display.
When tuning in 1 MHz steps, clockwise rotation of the
[ VFO-B/CLAR ] knob will increase the frequency, while
counter-clockwise rotation will decrease the frequency.
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Using the [ UP ] / [ DWN ] buttons of the
supplied MH-31
The [ UP ] / [ DWN ] buttons on the supplied MH-31
Hand Microphone may also be used to manually scan
the frequency upward or downward.
The microphone's [ UP ] /
[ DWN ] buttons utilize the
tuning steps of the Main
Tuning Dial knob.
W h e n t h e m i c r o p h o n e
[ FST ] button is pressed,
the tuning rate increases by
a factor of ten, in a manner
similar to the transceiver
front panel [ FST ] button.
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You may independently set
the tuning steps of the [ UP ] /
[ DWN ] buttons in the AM and FM modes. To set new
tuning steps, use Menu items "156 AM CH STEP" and
"157 FM CH STEP".
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