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FRONT PANEL CONTROLS & SWITCHES Cont'd

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(4) PHONES Jack
A 1/4-inch, 3-contact jack accepts either monaural or stereo headphones with 2- or 3-contact plugs. When a plug is inserted, the loudspeaker is disabled.

NOTE

When wearing headphones, we recommend that you turn the AF Gain levels down to their lowest settings before turning power on, to minimize the impact on your hearing caused by audio "pops" during switch on.


(5) MIC Jack
This 8-pin jack accepts input from a microphone utilizing a traditional YAESU HF transceiver pinout.


(6) [ANT] Switch
Prsssing this switch selects the ANT 1 or the ANT 2 connector on the rear panel, and allows convenient antenna switching, at the press of a button. The selected antenna jack is indicated on the Key Function Display shown in the TFT Display.

ADVICE:

The ANT2 jack may be enabled to use a receive only antenna, using the Menu item "033 ANT2 SETTING". See page 114.


(7) [IPO] (INTERCEPT POINT OPTIMIZATION) Switch
This button may be used to set the optimum front end characteristics of the receiver circuit for a very strong signal environment. Available selections are AMP 1 (low distortion amplifier), AMP 2 (2-stage low- distortion RF amplifier), or IPO (bypasses the front end amplifier). The selected receiver RF appears in the IPO column of the Key Fundtion display.


(8) [ATT] Switch
This button selects the degree of attenuation, if any, to be applied to the receiver input. Available selections are -6 dB, -12 dB, -18 dB, or OFF. The attenuation level appears in the ATT column of the Key Funtion Display on the display.

ADVICE:

The Attenuator may be used in conjunction with the [IPO] button to provied additional signal reduction when an extremely strong signal is being received.


(9) [R. FLT] (ROOFING FILTER) Switch
This button selects the bandwidth of the receiver first IF Roofing Filter. Available selections are 3 kHz, 6 kHz, 15 kHz, or Auto.
The selected bandwidth appears in the R.FLT column of the Key Function Display on the display.

ADVICE:

The "AUTO" selection mode selects the optimum bandwith of the Roofing filter for the reception mode. In this case, the selected bandwidth in the R.FLT column of the Key Function Display glows green (The unselected choices glow Blue).


Because the roofing filter is in the first IF, the protection it provides against interference is quite significant. When set to AUTO, the SSB bandwidth is 6 kHz, CW, RTTY and DATA, the bandwidth is 3 kHz, while AM and FM is 15 kHz.

(10) [N.B.] Switch
This button turns the IF Noise Blanker on and off.
Press this button momentarily to reduce short-duration pulse noise.
Available selections ar ON, OFF, or NBW ON. The attenuation level appears in the NB column of the Key Function Display on the display.


(11) [AGC] Switch
This button selects the AGC characteristics for the receiver. Available selections are FAST, MID, SLOW and OFF, or AUTO. The selected AGC characteristic appears in the AGC column of the Key Function Display on the TFT display.
Press the [AGC] button repeatedly to select the desired receiver-recovery time constant.
Press and hold in the [AGC] button for one second to disable the AGC (for testing or week-signal reception).

ADVICE:

The "AUTO" selections mode selects the characteristic of the AGC for the reception mode. The selected AGC charagteristic will glow green in the AGC column of the Key Function Display, (unselected characteristic glow Blue).

The Atteanuator may be using in conjunction with the [IPO] button to provide two stages of signal reduction when an extremely strong signal is being received.

If the AGC receiver-recovery time is set to "Off" by pressing and holding in the [AGC] button, the S-meter will no longer deflect. Additionally, you will likely encounter distorton on stronger signals, as the IF amplifiers and the following stages are probably being overloaded.

(12) [MOX] Switch
Pressing this button engages the PTT (Push to Talk) circuit to activate the transmitter (an icon in the LED indicators area illuminates and the "MOX" icon will appear in the TFT Display). It must be turned off (the icons will disappear) for reception. This button replicates the action of the Push to Talk (PTT) switch on the microphone. When engagine the "MOX" button, or otherwise causing a transmission to be started, be certain you have either an antenna or 50- Ohm dummy load connected to the selected Antenna jack.


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