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CONFIGURATION YOU DESIRE.  IF THE SOFTWARE YOURE USING AT THE REMOTE
COMPUTER HAS THE ABILITY TO CONTROL YOUR RADIO TO CHANGE FREQUENCY OR OTHER
PARAMETERS, THE BLUE OFFERS BOTH A DB 9 PORT FOR AN RS 232C SERIAL
CONNECTION TO YOUR TRANSCEIVER AND A 1/8 INCH JACK FOR ICOM CI V OR YAESU
CAT RIG CONTROL.  FOR THIS REVIEW I CHOSE THE RS 232C CONNECTION TO CONTROL
MY KENWOOD TS 2000.  WITH THE CABLES CONNECTED TO THE RADIO, ALL THAT
REMAINS IS TO SCREW THE FLEXIBLE BLUETOOTH TRANSCEIVER ANTENNA ONTO THE
REAR PANEL.  FRONT PANEL CONTROLS AND PAIRING THE RIGBLASTER BLUE OFFERS
THREE FRONTPANEL CONTROLS THAT YOU SHOULD RARELY HAVE TO ADJUST AFTER THE
INITIAL SETUP.  THE XMIT LEVEL CONTROL SETS THE TRANSMIT AUDIO DRIVE LEVEL
TO YOUR RADIO.  RCV LEVEL ADJUSTS AUDIO LEVEL SENT TO YOUR HEADSET OR
COMPUTER.  VOX DELAY SETS THE HANG TIME BETWEEN TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE.  THE
INTERFACE USES A VOICE OPERATED SWITCH TO KEY YOUR RADIO WHEN IT SENSES
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