You can set the radio up to show, volts or SWR or TX frequency or time left (if you have the Time out TX function engaged) I have shown that in several photos below. It also has some rather neat functions in the transmit mode.
Don’t think that you can go marching up and down the band in 1khz steps because you can’t…(Well yes you can if you used the PC and input them all like that!) it also tunes down to 10hz but can only tune within a 10khz area. I am sure we will be able to reroute the mic gain pot in the radio to the front panel and drop one of the echo controls. Once you get what you want you can save it and go about devising another set which you can save under another name. 60 channels s a lot of inputting and it all has to be done by hand. You have the choice of programming in different frequencies for TX and RX so you have some fixed split frequencies ready to go as well.
No more messing around with the clarifier. I could program in the entire freeband from 27405 to 27705 in 5khz steps. However the PC program made it all come right. It is fiddly and arrived with the Beep on that just drove me nuts while I searched the manual for the buttons to push to get rid of the beeps everytime you pressed or moved something! It also has a strange habit of remembering where you moved the multifunction clarifier to and returning to it instead of the channel that should be in that spot. I did not like this radio too much at does have some weird habits that take getting used to. Although the radio came with 6 banks of 40 channels covering from 26.5 to 28.3 you can use the program to put in whatever frequencies you want up to 60 per band. With the progrm and cable we can program this radio from our PC’s. What makes it so different? Well apart from the pretty colours It shines up like a christmas tree in the dark…it has a PC function.
Although the board is similar it has been redesigned using all SMD components so is very neat and spaced out. This radio finally steps out of the mold of CB radios we have seen coming our way for the past years.
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