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- Page 1 RANGER Communications, Inc. RI-IF-618 AM/FM/SSB/CW Dual Band Amateur Base Transceiver With Touch Screen anger User's Manual...
- Page 2 Table of Contents PAGE Chapterl Specifications ....Chapter 2 Introduction Unpacking ......Chapter3 Installation Transceiver M ounting. Power Connection Chapter4 Operation. Front Panel ....Softwarekeysandcontrolareasonthe TFTscreen... Rear Panel ......... Microphone .. Frequency Selection ............Mode Selection RF Power Control ....... Chapter5 Programming..
- Page 3 Chapterl Specifications Table of Contets PAGE GENERAL Youcandownload single image ina position..Model RHF-618 Frequency Range: 12 meter 24.8900—24.9900 MHz Chapte 7 Frequency Scanning... : 10 meter 28.0000—29.6999 MHz 10KHz, All-Frequency scanning..TuringSteps 100 KHz.1 MHz Memor Scanning (Continued)..
- Page 4 Unpacking NOTE Thefollowingitemsare included with our RHF-618. C arefully r emove and The condition of a vehicles e lectrical system canaffect t heoperation of examine all materials f romthepacking carton.If anyitemsaremissing or appear yourRHF-618.
- Page 5 Operation (Continued) Chapter 4 Operation RBBUTTON: This switch activates theROGER BEEP circuit, when itsfunction Front Panel isselected. When enabled, theradio automatically transmits anaudio tone each time y ou release the PTT. This i ndicates the end ofeach t ransmission sothat stations who may b ehaving trouble receiving will k now that y ou have finished transmitting.
- Page 6 Operation(Continued) Operation(Continued) RF POWE CONTRO This c ontrol adjust the Transmitter's RF power output Software keysandcontrolareason theTFTscreen level. . MI C GAI N CONTR This f eature adjust the microphone gain f or t he transmit . .20) d PA mode Experime with t his control for t he setting that will provide best...
- Page 7 Operation (Continued) Operation (Continued) 8. SCANKEY.LikeSCANhardwarebutton.Thiskey lookssemi-transparent when Frequency mode. scanning modeis not activated. Usefrequency s elector a ndSHIFT buttontosetthedesired receive frequency. UseMODE button forchange current u nitmode 9. RB.LikeRBhardware b utton.Thiskeylookssemi-transparent whenrogerbeep mode is disabled. Channel mode. PressMEM button tosetchannel memory mode. C urrent c hannel number w ill 10.RF POWERmeter bar.
- Page 8 Operation (Continued) Operation (Continued) Screen backlight. Rear Panel Press D IM button several timestosetappropriatq backlight level. Displayprofileswitching. Displa has two profile ofappearanc Every profile has own f ont color and FOR cmvxuEo PROTECTm AS MARKEO NEAR background picture. c.Auncn PILOT SOLDERED PLACE.
- Page 9 Operation (Continued) Operation (Continued) Microphone Frequency Selection Frequency selection in theRHF-618 canbeaccomplished usinganyoneof the The receiverand transmitter a re controlledby the push-to-talk s witch on the followingthreemethods: microphone. Pressthe switchand the transmitter i s activated, r eleaseswitchto receive.Whentransmitting h old the microphone t wo inchesfromthe mouthand 1.Thefirstmethod offrequency selection u sestheSHF(Shift) b utton andthe speakclearlyin a normal "...
- Page 10 Operation (Continued) Chapter5 Programming Memory functions. RF Power Control Unit c anstore upto99frequencies inmemory l ocations 1 — 99. s featur allows theadjustmen oftheRFoutput power continuously over t he Toprogram afrequency into memory, follow the procedure described below: range of IWthrough 2 5W. 1.
- Page 11 Chapter 5 Programming (Continued) Chapter 5 Programming (Continued) Split functions. Year setting. To transmit f requency offset: Press Fn button for 2 seconds 1. Press PRG button 2. Press Fn again 2. Press SPL button 3. Currentyear appearson the screen 3.
- Page 12 Chapter 6 Connecting to PC Chapter6 Connectingto PC(Continued) To enter PC Connect mode: 1. TurnOffunit powersupply NundWP(1ØJ 2. Press MAN button and hold it. 3. Tumon unitpowersupply 4. WhenyouwillseeGREEN or BLUEscreen - release MANbutton. COMO COM34 COMI COM2 COM25 COM2S 1.
- Page 13 Chapter 6 Connecting to PC (Continued) Chapter6 Connecting to PC(Continued) Updatingfirmware. Firmwareconsists of two files: White.BlN and Recourse.BlN. PottOpened. NunofWP11-20) Save WP White.binis softwareimage. rcjM2d Recourse.bin issetofsystem fonts, s ystem pictures a ndsystem sounds. COM2 OpenLowLevelpage. cm.'25 Updating status i sdisplayed althebottom ofthewindow. Try to updateagainif statusis not 0K.
- Page 14 Chapter7 Frequency Scanning Memory Scanning Frequen scannin can beachieved byeither oftwomethods: thefirst m ethod The RHF-618 has16non-volatib memory locations which c anbeprogrammed with involve scanning o f all frequencies between a pre-set u pper andlowerscan any f requency within the operating range ofthe radio.
- Page 15 Chapter8 Offset Frequency Operation Memo Thesplitfrequency function offsetsthetransmitter f requency eitheraboveor below the receiverfrequency by a user-programmable amount. This is necessary for operating on FMrepeaters.In thefollowing example, t heprogramming o f a 1 MHz offsetwillbedescribed.Beforeattempting to program theoffsetfrequency, ensure thattheradioisoperating inthemanual m odeby pressing theMANbutton. NOTE:FMrepeaters m ayrequire thata sub-audible C TCSS tonebetransmitted t o gainaccess to therepeater.
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