Vertex Standard VX-6000, Operating Manual

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VX-6000 Operating Manual

MONI (Monitor)

Press the assigned 

PF

 button of the “

MONI

” momentarily to cancel CTCSS and

DCS signaling squelch; the “

MON

” icon appears on the display. Press and hold this

key for 1/2 seconds to hear background noise (unmute the audio); the 

MON

 icon

blinks on the display.

RCL (Channel Recall)

During scan, you can press the assigned 

PF

 button of the “

RCL

” to select the last

called channel.

ST (Selectable Tone)

Press the assigned 

PF

 button of the “

Selectable Tone

”, then rotate the CHANNEL

selector knob to select a 2-Tone.

SP

Press the assigned 

PF

 button of the “

SP

” to switch “Front panel”, “Front panel &

Body” and “Body” speaker. When “Body” is selected, a tone sounds and the “

”

icon appears on the display. You can use this function while scanning and receiving
a call. However, all audio will be emitted from the PA speaker.

SQL (Squelch Level)

You can manually adjust the squelch level using this function:

1. Press the assigned 

PF

 button of the “

SQL

”. A tone sounds and SQL appears on

the display with the current squelch level.

2. Rotate the CHANNEL selector knob to select the desired level.
3. Press the this key. A tone sounds and the display returns to the normal channel.

COMP (Compander)

Press the 

PF

 button assigned to the “

COMP

” function to turn the “Compander” IC

ON or OFF.
This IC contains two variable gain circuits configured for compressing and expand-
ing the dynamic range of the radio's transmitted and received audio signal.
When you enable this function, the signal-to-noise radio can be improved by reduc-
ing the transmitted audio dynamic range.

Encryption (Option)

When the Voice Scrambler feature is enabled, pressing the assigned 

PF

 button of the

“

Encryption

” toggles the Scrambler on and off.

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