Yaesu FT DX 3000 Operating Manual page 66

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The Automatic Antenna Tuner (hereinafter referred to as the "ATU") built into each FT
50-Ohm load for the final amplifier stage of the transmitter. We recommend that the ATU be used whenever you operate
on the FT 3000.
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 Because the ATU of the FT
ceiver at the station end of your coaxial cable feedline. It does not "tune" the SWR at the antenna feed point itself.
When designing and building your antenna system, we recommend that every effort be made to ensure a low SWR
at the antenna feed point.
 The ATU of the FT
3000 includes 100 memories for tuning data. Eleven of these memories are allocated, one per
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Amateur band, so that each band has at least one setting preset for use on that band. The remaining 89 memories are
reserved for the 89 most-recent tuning points, for quick frequency change without the need to retune the ATU.
 The ATU in the FT 3000 is designed to match impedances within the range of 16.5 Ohms to 150 Ohms, cor-
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responding to an SWR of 3:1 or less on the 160 through 6 meter amateur bands. Accordingly, simple non-resonant
whip antennas, along with random-length wires and the "G5RV" antenna (on most bands) may not be within the im-
pedance matching range of the ATU.
1. Use the Main Tuning Dial knob to set the radio to
the desired operating frequency within the Amateur
band.
2. Press the [ TUNE ] button momentarily to place the
ATU in the transmit line (no adjustment/tuning will
occur yet). The "TUNER" icon will appear in the
display.
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The momentary press of the [ TUNE ] button will turn
the tuner on, and the microprocessor will automati-
cally select the tuning point closest to the current
operating frequency.
3. Press and hold in the [ TUNE ] button for one second
to begin automatic tuning. The transmitter will be en-
gaged, and the "TUNER" icon will blink while tun-
ing is in progress. When the optimum tuning point
has been reached, the radio will return to receive,
and the "TUNER" icon will again glow steadily (in-
stead of blinking).
4. To disconnect the ATU from the transmit line, press
the [ TUNE ] button momentarily. The "TUNER"
icon will turn off, confirming that the ATU has been
turned off. In the "Off" mode, the transceiver will be
directly connected to the coaxial cable connected to
your antenna, and will respond to whatever imped-
ance is present at the station end of the coax.
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The ATU circuit is located between the final amplifier
and the rear-panel antenna jack; reception is not affected
by the ATU.
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As shipped from the factory, only one ATU alignment
point is saved on each Amateur band. This was memo-
rized during the final alignment and performance verifi-
cation stages on the production line.
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Please check the operating frequency before beginning
the tuning process, to be sure you are not interfering
with others who may already be using the frequency.
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Antenna Tuner Memories: The microprocessor of the
ATU makes a note of the selected tuning capacitors and
inductors, and stores the data for each 10 kHz window
in which tuning has occurred. This eliminates the need
to re-tune every time you return to a frequency on which
you have already completed the tuning process.
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