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FUNCTIONS FOR TRANSMIT
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Measuring SWR
The IC-746PRO has a built-in circuit for measuring an-
tenna SWR— no external equipment or special adjust-
ments are necessary.
The IC-746PRO can measure SWR in 2 ways— spot
measurement and plot measurement are available.
D
D
Spot measurement
q
Push [TUNER] to turn the antenna tuner OFF.
w
Turn the COMP meter OFF.
➥
Push [MENU] for 1 sec. to enter set mode.
➥
Push [F1
≤
] or [F2
≥
] several times to select the
COMP Meter
item.
➥
Rotate the tuning dial to set the COMP meter OFF.
➥
Push [MENU] to exit set mode.
e
Push [CW/RTTY] several times to select RTTY
mode.
r
Push [TRANSMIT] or [PTT] on the microphone.
t
Rotate [RF PWR] clockwise past the 12 o’clock po-
sition for more than 30 W output power (30%).
y
Read the SWR on the SWR meter.
u
Push [TRANSMIT] or release [PTT] to receive.
The built-in antenna tuner matches the transmitter
to the antenna when the SWR is lower than 3:1.
D
D
Plot measurement
Plot measurement allows you to measure the SWR
over an entire band.
q
While
M2
is selected with [MENU], push [F3
SWR
].
• SWR graph screen appears.
w
Rotate [RF PWR] clockwise past the 12 o’clock po-
sition for more than 30 W output power (30%).
e
Set the center frequency for the SWR to be mea-
sured.
r
Push [F5] for 1 sec. several times to select the de-
sired measuring step from 10, 50, 100 and 500 kHz.
t
Push [F3] several times to select the desired num-
ber of measuring steps from 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 13
steps.
y
Push [F1] to start the measuring.
u
Push [TRANSMIT] or push and hold [PTT] on the
microphone to measure the SWR.
• Frequency marker, “
∫
,” appears below SWR graph.
• RTTY mode is automatically selected.
i
When pushing [TRANSMIT] again or releasing
[PTT], the frequency marker and frequency indica-
tion move to the next frequency to be measured.
o
Repeat steps
u
and
i
to measure SWR over the
entire frequency range.
!0
When the measured SWR is less than 1.5:1, the
antenna is well matched with the transceiver in the
measured frequency range.
A G C D U P 1 / 4 R T Y S C P
The best match is in this range.
F 1
F 2
F 3
F 4
F 5
F 1
F 2
F 3
F 4
F 5
S C N M E M S W R T C N V S C
1 O k
S T E P
1 O k
S T E P
Push [F3]
Push [F5] to select
SWR measuring step.
Push [F3] to select number of SWR measuring steps.
Push [F1] to start
measuring.
• Measuring
(after pushing [F1])
Frequency marker appears and moves after meas-
urement.
*When mesurement point/s is/are set outside of the oper-
atable frequency band, the frequency marker flashes.
Typical display SWR varying between 1 and 2,
full scale up to SWR 4.0:1.
— 1.0:1
— 1.5:1
— 2.0:1
— 3.0:1
— 4.0:1
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