Split-Frequency Operation; Quick Split Operation - Yaesu FT DX 3000 Operating Manual

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1. Press the [ VFO-B ( RX )] Indicator/Switch, then rotate
the [ CLAR/VFO-B ] knob to set the desired VFO-B
frequency.
2. Press the [ VFO-A ( RX )] Indicator/Switch, then rotate
the Main Tuning Dial knob to set the desired VFO-A
frequency.
3. Now press the [ SPLIT ] button. The front panel Indi-
cator/Switch LEDs will look like this:
[ VFO-A ( RX )] Indicator/Switch: "ON" (LED glows Green)
[ VFO-A ( TX )] Indicator/Switch: "OFF" (LED Off)
[ VFO-B ( RX )] Indicator/Switch: "OFF" (LED Off)
[ VFO-B ( TX )] Indicator/Switch: "ON" (LED glows Red)
[ VFO-A ( TX )] Button
[ VFO-A ( RX )] Button
[ SPLIT ] Button
During Split operation, the VFO-A register will be used
for reception, while the VFO-B register will be used
for transmission. If you press the [ SPLIT ] button once
more, Split operation will be cancelled.
You may also press the [ VFO-A ( TX )] Indicator/Switch
to return transmit frequency control to the VFO-A regis-
ter, thereby canceling Split operation.
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 During normal (non-split) VFO-A operation, you
may simply press the [ VFO-B ( TX )] Indicator/Switch
(located on the upper right of the Main Tuning Dial
knob) to engage Split operation. The [ VFO-B ( TX )]
Indicator/Switch will glow Red when you press the
[ VFO-B ( TX )] Indicator/Switch.
 During Split operation, pressing the [ A
will reverse the contents of the VFO-A and VFO-B.
Press the [ A B ] button once more to return to the
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original frequency alignment.
 During Split operation you may listen to the TX fre-
quency temporarily while pressing the [ TXW ] button lo-
cated on the bottom left of the Main Tuning Dial knob.
 It is possible to set different operating modes (for ex-
ample, LSB and USB) on the two VFOs used during
Split operation.
 During Split operation it is also possible to set VFO-
A and VFO-B to different Amateur bands if you use
a multi band antenna.
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[ VFO-B ( TX )] Button
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Quick Split Operation

The Quick Split feature allows you to set a one-touch
offset of +5 kHz to be applied to your radio's VFO-B
(transmit) frequency, compared to the VFO-A frequency.
1. Start with regular transceiver operation on the VFO-A.
[ VFO-A ( RX )] Indicator/Switch: "ON" (LED glows Green)
[ VFO-A ( TX )] Indicator/Switch: "ON" (LED glows Red)
[ VFO-B ( RX )] Indicator/Switch: "OFF" (LED Off)
[ VFO-B ( TX )] Indicator/Switch: "OFF" (LED Off)
2. Press and hold in the [ SPLIT ] button for one sec-
ond to engage the Quick Split feature, and apply a
frequency 5 kHz above the VFO-A frequency to the
VFO-B frequency register.
The VFO configuration will then be:
[ VFO-A ( RX )] Indicator/Switch: "ON" (LED glows Green)
[ VFO-A ( TX )] Indicator/Switch: "OFF" (LED Off)
[ VFO-B ( RX )] Indicator/Switch: "OFF" (LED Off)
[ VFO-B ( TX )] Indicator/Switch: "ON" (LED glows Red)
3. Press and hold in the [ SPLIT ] switch for one second
to increment the Sub (VFO-B) frequency another +5
kHz.
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 The operating mode applied to the VFO-B register
will be the same as that in use on the VFO-A regis-
ter.
 The offset of VFO-B from VFO-A is programmed
via the Menu and is set to +5 kHz at the factory.
However, other offsets may be selected using the fol-
lowing procedure:
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1. Press the [ MENU ] button to engage the Menu mode.
2. Rotate the [ CLAR/VFO-B ] knob (or press the p/
q button) to select Menu item "042 QUICK SPLIT
FREQ".
3. Press the [ SELECT ] button, then rotate the [ CLAR/
VFO-B ] knob (or press the p /q button) to se-
lect the desired offset. The available selections are
–20kHz ~ +20kHz (factory default: +5 kHz).
4. Press the [ SELECT ] button, then press the [ MENU ]
button to save the new setting and exit to normal op-
eration.
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