Ramsey Electronics FX-440 Manual page 8

INTRODUCTION
to FX-series VHF Transceiver Kit Assembly
For the 1990's, Ramsey Electronics has adopted a "Learn As You Build"
philosophy for ALL our electronics kits. We feel that licensed ham
operators should know about the equipment they use, and also should
have the desire to understand how their gear works. Additionally, it has
been our corporate response to all those urgings by public officials that
both students and their parents need to become sharper in science and
math. This •Learn as You Build" approach to electronics hobby kits is
now evident in all Ramsey Electronics build-it-yourself kits from our
under-$5 student kits up to this synthesized UHF transceiver suitable for
ham radio and public service applications alike.
We think that "learning (and UNDERSTANDING) as we build" is
especially essential in a more sophisticated project such as the Ramsey
FX-series UHF transceivers. In fact, we are so convinced of this basic
need that this kit instruction manual departs from the traditional scheme
of separating assembly directions from a "theory of operation.•
The FX-series of Ramsey VHF/UHF Transceivers puts today's FM 2-way
radio technology back in YOUR hands at a budget price. Our idea of
"budget• looks far beyond the modest purchase price to our goal that
you can MAINTAIN your FX- unit in good operating readiness with no
need for expensive shop service. On the other hand, we also have made -
the transceiver design as abuse-proof and rugged as possible.
•Alignment,• traditionally an intimidating many steps process is very
easy, quick and fool-proof in this circuit design.
Instead of separate stage-by-stage assembly directions plus separate
theory information, this FX- instruction manual highlights your
transceiver's operational theory, often a single component at a time, with
actual construction steps provided as follow-up after each explanation.
The assembly sequences are easy to find in the following pages. You
indeed have the freedom to solder first and read all about it later. We
hope, though, that you'll take it easy, learning as you build, and then
enjoy the reliability of your Ramsey FX Transceiver for a long time to
come.
The "style" of our kit-building directions presumes that you are peeking
at our multi-color parts layout sheet while seeing that the very same parts
outlines are imprinted on the component side of your FX PC board. This
makes it very easy to properly place each and every component.
You' II install EVERY FX- part perfectly by using our simple
ste~by-step
kit building process. And you'll know the WHY of most assembly steps, if
not all of them. Before you start, THINK about what you'll create from
those bags of parts as a finished product! For a minimal investment of
your time as well as your well-earned money, you will have a UHF FM
voice-data Transceiver that you will truly OWN. Real "owning• ultimately
means knowing how to maintain and understand something that we have,
in contrast to merely possessing a thing because we spent the bucks to
do so. You'll have the flexibility of 12 channels chosen by YOU with the
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