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Index
IMPORTANT ...................................................................................................................................................... 4
HOW TO READ THIS MANUAL ........................................................................................................................ 4
PRECAUTIONS .................................................................................................................................................. 5
UNPACKING ...................................................................................................................................................... 7
1. PANEL DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................. 8
1.1 Front Panel ........................................................................................................................................ 8
1.2 Rear Panel ......................................................................................................................................... 9
2. GENERAL INFORMATION .................................................................................................................... 10
2.1 Power supply ................................................................................................................................... 10
2.2 Input / Output .................................................................................................................................. 10
2.3 ALC / RELAY / CAT ....................................................................................................................... 10
3. INTERCONNECTION WITH THE TRANSCEIVER ................................................................................. 12
4. USE OF THE LINEAR AMPLIFIER ........................................................................................................ 13
4.1 SO2R (Single Operator Two Radio ) ................................................................................................. 14
4.2 Band-Pass Filters Set “SPE BPF1” .................................................................................................... 15
4.3 QSK (Full Break-In) Operation ......................................................................................................... 17
4.4 Tunable Antenna Control ................................................................................................................ 17
4.5 Setting Up a Single Antenna for Reception ......................................................................................... 19
4.6 Two Possible Sets of Antennas (Bank A or Bank B) ............................................................................ 19
4.7 Predistortion .................................................................................................................................... 20
5. EXTERNAL GROUND CONNECTION .................................................................................................. 21
6. ANTENNA ............................................................................................................................................. 22
7. POWER SUPPLY (PSU) ..................................................................................................................... 23
8. TUNER (ATU) ..................................................................................................................................... 25
9. PROTECTIONS / ALARMS .................................................................................................................... 27
10. PROGRAMMING ................................................................................................................................... 28
10.1 Ways to operate ............................................................................................................................... 28
11. INITIAL OPERATION OF THE AMPLIFIER .......................................................................................... 31
11.1 Initial Programming.......................................................................................................................... 31
11.2 Operating ......................................................................................................................................... 34
Setting Driving Levels .................................................................................................................... 34
12. CONNECTIONS ..................................................................................................................................... 36
12.1 CAT Connector ................................................................................................................................ 36
12.2 Icom ................................................................................................................................................ 37
CAT CI–V Interface ......................................................................................................................... 37
12.3 Kenwood ......................................................................................................................................... 38
CAT RS232 Interface ....................................................................................................................... 38
CAT 5V TTL Interface ..................................................................................................................... 38
12.4 Yaesu .............................................................................................................................................. 39
CAT RS232 Interface ....................................................................................................................... 39
CAT 5V TTL Interface ..................................................................................................................... 39
15.5 BAND DATA Interface .................................................................................................................... 40
12.6 Ten – Tec, Flex-Radio, Elecraft ....................................................................................................... 40
CAT RS232 Interface ....................................................................................................................... 40
ALC with Flex-Radio ..................................................................................................................... 41
12.6 Transceivers of other Brands ........................................................................................................... 42
13. OTHER CONNECTIONS ........................................................................................................................ 43
13.1 ALC, Relay Connections ................................................................................................................. 43
13.2 Remote- ON Link ............................................................................................................................. 43
13.3 Connections TX-INH, / TX-INH...................................................................................................... 44
TX-INH Link ................................................................................................................................... 44
/ TX-INH Link ................................................................................................................................ 45
13.4 AUX Connector ............................................................................................................................... 46
13.5 PORT Connector .............................................................................................................................. 47
SteppIR cable: .................................................................................................................................. 47
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