Setting Menu Items; D Am Antenna Selection (Am Antenna); D Fm Antenna Selection (Fm Antenna) - Icom IC-RX7 Instruction Manual

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MENU SCREEN OPERATION

■ SETTING menu items

D AM antenna selection (AM ANTENNA)

This setting is active only for the AM broadcast band, 0.495–
1.620 MHz (differ according to the version) reception.
• EXT-DX : Use the antenna connected to the an-
tenna connector, and then received sig-
nals are bypass the RF filter.
• EXT-LOCAL : Use the antenna connected to the an-
tenna connector, and then received sig-
nals are filtered by the RF filter.
• BAR : Use the inter nal bar antenna for AM
broadcast band reception. (default)
Bar antenna setting
The RF filter for EXT-LOCAL does not only reject the in-
terference, but also reduces the receive sensitivity. Thus
the EXT-LOCAL setting is not recommended for weak sig-
nal operation.
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External antenna (DX) setting

D FM antenna selection (FM ANTENNA)

This setting is active for all band and all receiving mode,
but it is mostly effective only for the strong signal, such as
FM broadcast band, 76.000–107.995 MHz (actual recep-
tion range differs according to version). When using an ear-
phone, the FM antenna setting may cause interference on
other bands, and should be turned OFF.
• EXT : Use the antenna connected to the an-
tenna connector. (default)
• EARPHONE : Use the connected earphone's cable as
the antenna for reception.
External antenna setting Earphone antenna setting