Icom IC-7300 - 7 Antenna Tuner Operation; About the Internal Antenna Tuner; Internal Antenna Tuner Operation; D Manual Tuning

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About the internal antenna tuner
The internal automatic antenna tuner automatically
matches the transceiver to the antenna within the
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After the tuner matches an antenna, the latching relay
combinations are memori ed as a preset point for
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when you change the frequency range, the latching
relay combinations are automatically preset to the
memori ed point for fast tuning.
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change the antenna settings, you can clear the all
of the internal antenna tuner preset points with the
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Preset Memory Clear
• You can select whether or not to save the internal
antenna tuner’s status after pushing
TUNER
on each
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set screen.
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unlatched condition. In that case, push
TUNER
to turn
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relays.
Internal antenna tuner operation
1. Push
TUNER
to turn ON the internal antenna
tuner.
• “TUNE” is displayed when the tuner is ON.
2. Tune the antenna.
LTo tune the antenna, see “Manual tuning” or “PTT
Tuner start” below.
D Manual tuning
You can manually tune the antenna before transmitting
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for 1 second to start manual
tuning.
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red.
2. After tuning, “TUNE” is displayed.
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after 20 seconds, tuning stops and “TUNE” goes out.
D PTT Tuner start
The tuner is always activated when PTT is pushed
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case, hold down
TUNER
for 1 second to manually tune.
If the tuner cannot tune the antenna
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tuning, it may success at the second tuning.
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narrow bandwidth. These antennas may not tune at
the edge of their bandwidth, therefore, tune such an
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second to start manual tuning.
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for 1
second to start manual tuning.