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WHAT I WAS HOPING FOR, AND I DELIBERATELY WADED INTO INTENSE INTERFERENCE,
SWITCHING BETWEEN ROOFING FILTERS AND MANIPULATING THE IF BANDWIDTHS.  THE
TRANSCEIVER DID AN AMAZING JOB OF SEPARATING THE GARBAGE TO THE EXTENT THAT
IT WAS TECHNICALLY POSSIBLE, INCLUDING INTERFERENCE FROM A COUPLE OF
INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST SIGNALS.  AS I ADJUSTED THE FILTERING, THE RESULTS
WERE DISPLAYED ON A TINY INSET WINDOW.  THIS INCLUDED THE DEPICTION OF THE
DSP CONTOUR FUNCTION AND NOTCH.  MY INITIAL FORAY INTO GENERATING RF WITH
THE FTDX10 WAS ON SSB, AND I RECEIVED OUTSTANDING AUDIO REPORTS.  I ALSO
DARED TO DABBLE WITH THE RADIOS PARAMETRIC TRANSMIT AUDIO EQUALIZER WHILE A
FRIEND LISTENED TO MY SIGNAL.  THIS IS ONE FEATURE THAT MADE ME GRATEFUL
FOR HAVING READ THE MANUAL.  I ALTERNATED BETWEEN GIVING THE BASS
FREQUENCIES A BOOST AND ENHANCING THE CRISPNESS AT THE HIGH END.  THE
MANUAL DOES A GREAT JOB OF EXPLAINING HOW THE EQUALIZER WORKS.  LIKE MOST
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