Using the mcHF transciever – brief overview:
For f/w Ver. 0.0.219.26
NOTE:
If you are unfamiliar with the mcHF, please refer to the section: “Before you get on the air -
Initial set-up of the mcHF transceiver” in the “Operator's Manual”.
To turn on the transceiver, press the POWER button briefly and the display should light up, go through its attribution
and boot-up screen and display the frequency and spectrum scope or waterfall display.
Receive:
• Adjust volume using the ENC1 control.
• Tune the frequency using FREQ ENC knob. Select the step size using the STEP- and STEP+ buttons.
• Pressing-and-holding the STEP- or STEP+ button will temporarily decrease/increase the step size
while tuning, the step size display changing colour while this is in effect.
• Pressing-and-holding both the STEP- and STEP+ buttons at the same time will enable/disable the
“Frequency Lock” mode. The main frequency display will turn grey when “Frequency Lock” is
enabled. The RIT is still enabled when the frequency is locked.
• Change the band using the BND- and BND+ buttons.
• Press-and-hold the BND- and BND+ buttons simultaneously for >2 seconds to toggle between Spectrum
Scope and waterfall display modes
• Change the mode (USB, LSB, CW, etc.) using button G1.
• Button G4 selects the receiver bandwidth. In FM transmit, pressing-and-holding will generate a tone burst.
• Pressing button G2 will select the mode of DSP noise reduction - Not available in FM mode.
• Pressing and holding button G2 will turn DSP off, saving the current settings while pressing and
holding again will restore the last-used mode. The available DSP modes are:
• NR = Noise reduction only
• NOTCH = Automatic notch (tone) filter only
• NR+NOT = Both Noise reduction and Automatic notch filter.
• If RIT is desired, use ENC3 to shift the receive frequency: The small frequency display will show actual
receive frequency display when RIT is set to non-zero, but the large display will show the transmit
frequency.
Important note: It is strongly recommended that “Frequency Translation” (menu item “RX/TX Freq Xlate”) be
activated for best receiver performance – see the complete manual for more information on this setting.
Front panel controls of the mcHF transceiver
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