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WHICH INHIBITS TRANSMISSION, IS SET TO OFF.  TOWARD THE END OF THE ASSEMBLY
MANUAL IS A CHEAT SHEET WITH SOME BASIC INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO USE THE RIT,
CHANGE THE TUNING RATE, AND A FEW OTHER COMMON OPERATING FUNCTIONS.  IN MY
CASE, I COULD NOT WAIT TO TRY OUT THE QCX, SO I JUST CHOSE A COMFORTABLE
KEYER SPEED AND STARTED OPERATING.  AFTER USING IT A WHILE, I FORGOT I WAS
NOT ON MY 100 W TABLETOP RIG.  THE NEXT DAY, I WAS ABLE TO TRY OUT MORE OF
THE AVAILABLE FUNCTIONS.  THE CW DECODER WORKED, BUT NOT SURPRISINGLY, IT
WAS SENSITIVE TO THE SELECTED SPEED.  I CONTACTED TWO DX STATIONS WHO WERE
USING SPLIT FREQUENCY OPERATION WITHOUT DIFFICULTY.  THERE IS NO AGC AND
THERE IS PLENTY OF AUDIO, SO YOU MIGHT HAVE TO RIDE THE VOLUME CONTROL AS
YOU TUNE ACROSS THE BAND.  I LEFT THE CW OFFSET AND SIDETONE FREQUENCIES AT
THE DEFAULT SETTINGS BUT TURNED DOWN THE SIDETONE VOLUME A BIT.  IN
SUMMARY, THIS LITTLE UNIT FUNCTIONS AS A CAPABLE SINGLE BAND CW TRANSCEIVER
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