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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR FTL-METER
Your FTL-Meter is a quality, precision instrument that will give you many years of outstanding service;
take a few minutes to get to know it.
Front Panel:
The front panel of the FTL-Meter shows seven calibrated scales:
S: Received signal strength
ALC: Automatic Level Control voltage, on transmit. Shares the S-meter scale.
PWR: Transmit power output in watts
SWR: Transmit Standing Wave Ratio
MOD: Transmit modulation percentage
VOLT: Battery voltage, in transmit or receive
DISC: FM discriminator reading on receive
The FTL-Meter displays different scales on receive and transmit. Selection of which scales is made in
the radio’s setup menu. There are no controls on the FTL-Meter; operation is fully automatic.