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Vertex Standard Spirit VXA-700 Operating Manual

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  • Page 1 AIR BAND TRANSCEIVER VXA-700 Operating Manual SPIRIT...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    ONTENTS Important Notice! ............1 Scanning Operation ............ 22 Introduction ..............2 Basic Scan ................22 Control & Connectors ........... 3 Channel-Skip Scanning ............. 23 Top Panel ................3 Programmable (Band Limit) Memory Scan (PMS) ..23 Dual Watch Operation ..........24 Front Panel ................

  • Page 3: Important Notice

    The radio is transmitting when the red LED on the top of the radio is illuminated. You can cause the radio to transmit by pressing the P-T-T button. ¦ Always use Vertex Standard authorized accessories. NOTICE r There are no user-serviceable points inside this transceiver. All service jobs must be referred to your Authorized Service Center.

  • Page 4: Introduction

    NOAA weather band monitoring, 8-character Alpha/Numeric Display, 102 Memory Channels, and 90 “Book Memory” Channels. We recommend that you read this manual in its entirety, so as to understand the many features of the VXA-700 completely. Keep this manual handy, so you may use it for reference.

  • Page 5: Control & Connectors

    Speaker/Microphone to this jack. Never connect any Speaker/Microphone that is not recommended by the manufacturer. Because these jack connections are unique, using a Speaker/Microphone that is not specified by Vertex Standard may damage the VXA-700. ƒ VOL Knob This control adjusts the audio volume level. Clock- wise rotation increases the volume level.

  • Page 6: Front Panel

    This lamp glows green when a signal is being received and red when transmitting. You may customize the color setup via the Menu mode. ‡ … Loudspeaker The internal speaker is located in this position. VXA-700 S PIRIT PERATING ANUAL...

  • Page 7: Side Panel

    Cable w/Noise Filetr or E-DC-6 DC Cable here. Do not connect any wire to this jack if that wire is connected directly to a 28-Volt DC source. Connecting the VXA-700 directly to a source which exceeds 15.0 Volts DC will result in damage to the unit.

  • Page 8: Keypad

    None ( Press + Thrid Function Recalls Menu Item “Step” (for Recalls Menu Item “Beep” (for Memory “Write” Command setting of the synthesizer steps). setting of the keypad beeper). ( Press and hold key ) VXA-700 S PIRIT PERATING ANUAL...
  • Page 9 Menu mode. See page ( Press + Sets the Memory Skip (Omit) Activates the “Memory Tune” Thrid Function feature to the current memory mode while in the Memory Recall ( Press and hold key ) channel. mode. VXA-700 S PIRIT PERATING ANUAL...

  • Page 10: Before You Begin

    EGIN How to Install the Quick Draw Belt Clip Precautions r Connect the hanger to the rear of the VXA-700, with ¦ This apparatus is capable of two-way communication the notch pointing directly up, using the supplied screw on channels used for critical aviation safety commu- (Figure 1).

  • Page 11: Installation Of Fnb-80Li Battery Pack

    FNB-80LI, follow the appropriate instructions provided with the charger/ battery. Contact your Dealer if you have any doubts about the appropriateness of the particular charger or battery pack you intend to use. VXA-700 S PIRIT PERATING ANUAL...

  • Page 12: Installation Of Fba-23 Alkaline Battery Case

    Slide the batteries into the FBA-23 Alkaline cells. as shown in the illustration, with the ¦ If you do not use the VXA-700 for a long time, re- Negative [–] side of the batteries move the Alkaline batteries from the FBA-23, as bat-...

  • Page 13: Battery Life Information

    (Receiving only) gradually become lower. When the “ ” icon will The VXA-700 may be operated from your house current blink on the LCD display, the battery pack must be by use of the supplied NC-72B/C Battery Charger. The recharged before further use.

  • Page 14: Basic Operation

    If you have an optional Speaker/Microphone or head- will appear on the dis- set. we recommend that it not be connected until you play, then frequency dis- are familiar with the basic operation of the VXA-700. play will appear. r Press the key repeti-...

  • Page 15: Squelch Adjustment

    Note: When the entered frequency is outside of the current operating band, this feature is ignored (i.e. switch for 3 seconds. VXA-700 does not permit entry of a 2-m Amateur band Squelch Adjustment frequency while operating in the AIR band).

  • Page 16: Accessing The 121.5 Mhz Emergency Frequency

    Throughout this manual, you will see references to sev- eral different frequency setting methods. Each will be par- The VXA-700 can quickly access the 121.500 MHz Emer- ticularly useful in a particular operating situation, and they gency Frequency. This function can be activated even when are described below: the keypad lock function is in use.

  • Page 17: Transmission

    ¦ WX (Weather Channel) Memories (USA version only) Ten Weather Channels are pre-programmed at the factory. The VXA- 700 will automatically scan this special bank when it is selected by the user. BOOK USA version only VXA-700 S PIRIT PERATING ANUAL...

  • Page 18: Reception Of Weather Channel Broadcasts

    “WX” will appear upper left corner of the display. r The VXA-700 will now scan quickly though the ten standard Weather Channels, and will stop on the first active station found. VXA-700 S...

  • Page 19: Monitor Key

    To turn the ANL feature off, press the have a better chance of hear- key again; ing weak signals. the “ANL” icon will disappear from the display. To return to normal operation, press the MONITOR key momentarily. VXA-700 S PIRIT PERATING ANUAL...

  • Page 20: Lock Function

    LOCK Function Beep On/Off The lock function prevents accidental changes to the fre- The VXA-700’s key/button beeper provides convenient quency setting and the keypad controls. audible feedback whenever a button is pressed. Each key and button has a different beep pitch, and each function r To activate the lock fea- has a unique beep combination.

  • Page 21: Receive Battery Saver Setup

    ABS: Automatic Battery Saver, based on activity on the Receive Battery Saver Setup receiver. An important feature of the VXA-700 is its Receive Bat- tery Saver, which “puts the radio to sleep” for a time inter- The setting of 1:5 will promote the greatest conservation val, periodically “waking it up”...

  • Page 22: Memory Operation

    Memory System Operation DIAL selector knob to select the desired memory chan- The VXA-700’s Main Memory system allows the user to nel number for storage. In order to prevent writing store, label, and recall channel frequencies which you may over memory channels, an “...

  • Page 23: Recalling The Memories

    The “ ” icon will show at the right edge of the display when the 10-channel-step tuning mode is active. Press the key once more to resume normal channel selection in one-channel steps. VXA-700 S PIRIT PERATING ANUAL...

  • Page 24: Scanning Operation

    (toward a higher frequency or a higher quency reaches the COM Band (118.000 - 136.975 MHz) channel number). via manual scanning, the VXA-700 will switch to the au- r When the scanner encounters a signal, scanning pauses tomatic scanner mode.

  • Page 25: Channel-Skip Scanning

    DIAL selector knob. PMS operation; the “MR” label will be replaced by “PMS” in the upper left-hand corner of the display. r Tuning and scanning (pressing the key) will now be limited within the just-programmed range. VXA-700 S PIRIT PERATING ANUAL...

  • Page 26: Dual Watch Operation

    To stop Dual Watch, press Ò 500 ms interval, as the VXA-700 looks for activity on each r If you wish, you may use both the Dual Watch and channel. Scan features simultaneously. To do this, start the Dual r To start Dual Watch, press Ò...

  • Page 27: Priority Dual Watch Operation

    While receiving on the Priority channel, if you mo- See page 54 for details. mentarily press the PTT switch, Priority Dual Watch will be disabled. You may then transmit on the Prior- ity Channel. r To stop Priority Dual Watch, press Ò VXA-700 S PIRIT PERATING ANUAL...

  • Page 28: Spectrum Scope Monitor

    Set the radio to the VFO mode by pressing the PTT switch. key, if necessary. Note: Audio output will be interrupted during Spectrum r Press (or press and hold Analyzer operation. This is normal. in) the key to activate the Spectrum Scope Monitor. VXA-700 S PIRIT PERATING ANUAL...
  • Page 29 VXA-700 S PIRIT PERATING ANUAL...

  • Page 30: Advance Operation (Vor Navigation: Air Band)

    NAV BAND ( 108.0000 - 117.9750 MHz ) COM BAND ( 118.0000 - 136.9750 MHz ) VOR MODE CDI MODE COURSE Indicator COURSE Indicator COURSE Deviation Needle è ç “TO” - “FROM” Flag Indicator OVERFLOW Indicator “TO” - “FROM” Flag Indicator VXA-700 S PIRIT PERATING ANUAL...

  • Page 31: To Select The Vor Mode

    To Select the VOR Mode COURSE Indicator r When entering the NAV band (108.000 - 117.975 MHz), the VXA-700 selects the VOR mode automati- cally. The “Course Indicator” will appear on the dis- play, and the “TO” or “FROM” indicator will appear at the right of the “Course Indicator”...

  • Page 32: Flying To A Vor Station

    AVIGATION Flying to a VOR Station The Aircraft is “ON COURSE” The VXA-700 can indicate the deviation from the direct course to a VOR station. r Select a VOR station on your aeronautical chart and turn the DIAL selector knob (or enter the frequency directly with the keypad) to the frequency of the VOR station.
  • Page 33 ( VOR N DVANCED PERATION AVIGATION The Aircraft is “ON COURSE” VOR TAC Magnetic Los Angeles North LAX - 113.600MHz Station The Aircraft is “OFF COURSE” VOR TAC Magnetic Los Angeles North LAX - 113.600MHz Station VXA-700 S PIRIT PERATING ANUAL...

  • Page 34: Entering A Desired Course

    Note 2: If the overflow indicator “u” appears on the right side, select a heading plus 10 degrees to the de- The VXA-700 can also be configured to indicate the de- sired course; if the overflow indicator “t” appears viation from the desired course, not only the deviation from on the left side, select a heading minus 10 degrees.

  • Page 35: Position Cross-Checking

    Your aircraft is located at the point where the lines deviation from the VOR radial. Note the radial you intersect. currently are on. Cross-checking Position Magnetic Magnetic North North Station Station VOR TAC VOR TAC Long Beach Los Angeles LAX - 113.600MHz - 115.700MHz VXA-700 S PIRIT PERATING ANUAL...

  • Page 36: Split Operation

    . The “ ” icon will blink, and the a memory channel. transmit frequency will appear on the display. r Now set your radio’s transmit frequency, where the Flight Service Station will be listening for calls, using the DIAL selector knob or keypad. VXA-700 S PIRIT PERATING ANUAL...

  • Page 37: Advanced Operation (Amateur Radio Band)

    Menu Item. Repeater Shifts r Rotate the DIAL selector knob to select “ON” (to en- Your VXA-700 has been configured, at the factory, with able Automatic Repeater Shift). the repeater shift set to 600 kHz on the 2-m amateur band.
  • Page 38 Note: If you just have one “odd” split that you need to program, don’t change the “default” repeater shifts using this Menu Item! VXA-700 S PIRIT PERATING ANUAL...

  • Page 39: Ctcss Operation

    Note: You may notice an additional “DCS” icon ap- pearing while you rotate the DIAL selector knob in this step. We’ll discuss the Digital Code Squelch sys- tem shortly. r Rotating the DIAL selector knob in above step will VXA-700 S PIRIT PERATING ANUAL...
  • Page 40 DIAL selector knob so that “SQL” pears, this means that the Tone SQuelch system is ac- tive, which mutes your VXA-700’s receiver until it disappears - this will allow you to hear all traffic on receives a call from another radio sending out a match- the channel being received.

  • Page 41: Dcs Operation

    CTCSS. The DCS Encoder/Decoder is working simplex, just set up the DCS Code to be the built into your VXA-700, and operation is very similar to same as that used by your friend(s). that just described for CTCSS. Your repeater system may r When you have made your selection, press the be configured for DCS;...

  • Page 42: Arts (Automatic Range Transponder System) Operation

    ARTS is de-activated, DCS will also be deactivated (if Item “4. ARTS,” then press the key. . you were not using it previously in non-ARTS operation). r Press the key again to enable adjustment of this Menu Item. VXA-700 S PIRIT PERATING ANUAL...
  • Page 43 When that station re- the PTT key repetitively until the radio exits to nor- sponds with its own ARTS polling signal, the display mal operation. VXA-700 S PIRIT PERATING ANUAL...

  • Page 44: Miscellaneous Setting

    2-m amateur band, should an unusual operat- ating requirements. The VXA-700 is set up at the factory ing situation arise in which you need to change between...

  • Page 45: Transmitter Time-Out Timer (Tot)

    PTT switch (perhaps if the radio or a Speaker/Mic is wedged between aircraft’s seats) it can prevent interfer- ence to other users as well as battery depletion. As config- ured at the factory the TOT feature is set to OFF, and here VXA-700 S PIRIT PERATING ANUAL...

  • Page 46: Programming The Key Assignments

    The available choices are: ANL: Activates the Automatic Noise Limiter in the AM mode. VXA-700 S PIRIT PERATING ANUAL...

  • Page 47: Display Customization

    PTT key key to save the new setting, then press the PTT key repetitively until the radio exits to normal operation. repetitively until the radio exits to normal operation. VXA-700 S PIRIT PERATING ANUAL...

  • Page 48: Tx/Busy Indicator Customization

    Note: You may also change the indicator’s color of the key again to enable adjustment of the Emergency lamp, Weather Alert lamp, and Over-Heating selected Menu item. lamp by the Menu Items. See page 51 for details. VXA-700 S PIRIT PERATING ANUAL...

  • Page 49: Field Programming Mode

    “A” character on the LCD. want to use frequently by placing the VXA-700 into the To attach an alpha/numeric name (label) to the “Field Programming mode.”...

  • Page 50: Cpu Resetting

    CPU R ESETTING IMER The VXA-700 is provided the “STOP WATCH” timer In some instances of erratic or unpredictable operation, the cause may be corruption of data in the microprocessor (due and “COUNT DOWN” timer. These can be used for a to static electricity, etc.).

  • Page 51: Menu ("Set") Mode

    . r Once you have selected the desired Menu Item, press default settings be changed, however, until you are thor- oughly familiar with the operation of the VXA-700. key once to view the current setting for the item. Here is the procedure for initiating Menu configuration...

  • Page 52: Menu Listing

    10. PRI Time Selects the Priority Checking Time. 500ms/1s/1.5s/2s/ [+22.8 °F (+12.7 °C)] 2.5s/3s 3. Clock Shift CPU Clock Shift Off / On 11. SPECT Width Selects the visible bandwidth of the Spectrum Ana- ±30ch/±15ch lyzer. VXA-700 S PIRIT PERATING ANUAL...
  • Page 53 Temp: Indicates the current temperature inside the Default Setting: Off transceiver’s case. 4. Contrast Volt: Indicates the battery voltage and battery type. Function: Setting of the display contrast. Available Values: 00 - 15 Default Setting: 06 VXA-700 S PIRIT PERATING ANUAL...
  • Page 54 Available Values: Individual adjustments of the Red, Green, and Blue color hue may be performed, on a nu- merical scale of “000” to “255.” See page 46 for details. Default Setting: Green (R000, G127, B000) VXA-700 S PIRIT PERATING ANUAL...
  • Page 55 Available Values: 0 - 8 ABS: Automatic Battery Saver, based on activity on the Default Setting: 1 receiver. Note: This feature cannot be activated during Scan or Dual Watch/Priority operation. VXA-700 S PIRIT PERATING ANUAL...

  • Page 56: Tone Set

    Function: Setting of the CTCSS Tone Frequency. Available Values: 38 standard CTCSS tones. Default Setting: 67.0Hz 9. DCS Set Function: Setting of the DCS Code. Available Values: 106 standard DCS codes. Default Setting: 023 – – – – VXA-700 S PIRIT PERATING ANUAL...
  • Page 57 5. ARTS Itvl on the Amateur Band. Function: Selects the polling interval during ARTS op- 3. ARS eration. Function: Enables/disables the Automatic Repeater Shift Available Values: 15secs/25secs function. Default Setting: 25secs Available Values: On/Off Default Setting: On VXA-700 S PIRIT PERATING ANUAL...
  • Page 58 Available Values: 121.5/HOME tion. Default Setting: 121.5 Available Values: DIAL/KEY/KEY+DIAL/PTT/ 121.5: Pressing this key instantly recall a 121.5 MHz DIAL+PTT/KEY+PTT/ALL “Emergency” channel. Default Setting: KEY HOME: Pressing this key instantly recalls a favorite “Home” channel. VXA-700 S PIRIT PERATING ANUAL...
  • Page 59 Illuminate the BUST/TX lamp when receive LED: Available Values: Off/0.5h/1h/8h the Weather Alert Signal Default Setting: Off Beep+LED: Sounds a loud beep and illuminates the BUSY/TX lamp when receiving the Weather Alert Signal. VXA-700 S PIRIT PERATING ANUAL...
  • Page 60 This allows you to calibrate the internal thermometer with NOTE: When the temperature reaches approximately 220 a known-to be-accurate source. °F (105 °C), the radio will disable transmission, to allow the radio to cool off. VXA-700 S PIRIT PERATING ANUAL...
  • Page 61 Function: CPU Clock Shift Available Values: Off/On Default Setting: Off This function is only used to move a spurious response “birdie” should it fall on a desired frequency. Consult your Vertex Standard dealer for details regarding this function. VXA-700 S PIRIT PERATING ANUAL...

  • Page 62: Specifications

    Temperature Range: +14º F to +140º F (–10º C to +60º C) Case Size (WxHxD): 2.36” x 3.78” x 1.12” (60 x 96 x 28.5 mm) w/FNB-80LI Weight (approx.): 9.9 oz. (280 grams) with FNB-80LI, antenna VXA-700 S PIRIT PERATING ANUAL...
  • Page 63 AM: Low Level Modulation, FM: variable reactance Maximum deviation: ± 5 kHz Spurious Emission: > 60 dB below carrier Int. Microphone Type: Condenser Ext. Mic. Impedance: 150 Ohms Specification are subject to change without notice. VXA-700 S PIRIT PERATING ANUAL...

  • Page 64: Accessories & Options

    ¦ Some accessories are supplied as standard per local requirements, while others may be unavailable in some regions. ¦ Consult your Vertex Standard Dealer for details re- garding these and any newly-available options. ¦ Connection of any non-Vertex Standard-approved ac- cessory, should it cause damage, may void the Lim- ited Warranty on this apparatus.
  • Page 65 á External Antenna Headset PTT Switch (not supplied) (not supplied) An external PTT switch is required for use with an avia- tion headset. CT-96 Headset Cable CN-3 Antenna Adapter (Option) E-DC-5B External Power Cable (Option) VXA-700 S PIRIT PERATING ANUAL...

  • Page 66: Incase Of Difficulty

    If the dealer is unable to assist you, you may contact us at There is no additional charge for the estimate if you Vertex Standard USA. We can be reached by telephone at authorize the repair. If you decline the repair after re-...
  • Page 67 Part 15.21: Changes or modifications to this device not expressly approved by Vertex Standard could void the user’s authorization to operate this device.
  • Page 68 VERTEX STANDARD CO., LTD. Copyright 2002 4-8-8 Nakameguro, Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 153-8644, Japan VERTEX STANDARD CO., LTD. VERTEX STANDARD US Headquarters All rights reserved. 10900 Walker Street, Cypress, CA 90630, U.S.A. International Division No portion of this manual may be 8350 N.W. 52nd Terrace, Suite 201, Miami, FL 33166, U.S.A.

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