566 manual Version 4 – October 2006
Part #74410
Printed in USA
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1
Chapter 1 – YOUR NEW ORION II
ORION II – ANOTHER STEP FORWARD IN TEN-TEC INNOVATION 4
UNPACKING YOUR NEW ORION II 4
ABOUT THIS MANUAL 4
CONNECTING A POWER SUPPLY 5
A WORD ABOUT GROUNDING 5
HOW IS ORION II DIFFERENT FROM OTHER HIGH-PERFORMANCE
HF TRANSCEIVERS? 5
FREQUENCY STABILITY NOTES 6
Chapter 2 – ORION II FRONT AND REAR PANEL CONTROLS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS
ANALOG METER 7
(1) POWER 7
(2 – 7) ANTENNA ASSIGNMENTS 7
(8 – 13) VFO ASSIGNMENTS 8
(14) MIC 9
(15) PHONES 10
(16) CW 10
(17) PWR 11
(18) MON 11
(19) SP 11
(20) SEND FUNCTIONS 11
(21) USER 1 AND USER 2 12
(22) RECALL 12
(23) NB 13
(24) NR 13
(25) NOTCH 14
(26) AN 14
(27) MODE 14
(28) PREAMP 14
(29) RF GAIN 15
(30) SPOT 15
(31) STEP 15
(32) SWEEP 15
(33) AGC 15
(34) ATTN 16
(35) MENUS 16
(36) AUDIO 16
(37) VOX 18
(38) S-TONE 18
(39) MIC 18
(40) TUNE 19
ALC 19
BARGRAPH 19
(41) PBT/BW ENCODER 20
(42) MULTI ENCODER 20
(43) HI CUT – LO CUT 20
(44) MAIN AF ENCODER 21
(45) SUB AF ENCODER 21
(46) RIT/XIT ENCODER 21
(47) MAIN TUNING KNOB “A” 21
(48) RIT 21