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ENOUGH SENSITIVITY FOR 40 METER OPERATION AND DOES A GOOD JOB WITH STRONG
ADJACENT SIGNALS, ALTHOUGH A STRONG STATION SAY, S 9 40 DB THAT IS 2 KHZ
AWAY FROM THE TUNED FREQUENCY WILL BE HEARD WEAKLY, BLEEDING THROUGH THE
FILTER.  OF INTEREST TO FIELD OPERATORS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED A FAILING
BATTERY, THIS LITTLE TRANSCEIVER WILL KEEP RECEIVING AND TRANSMITTING ALL
THE WAY DOWN TO A SUPPLY VOLTAGE OF 7 V DC, ALTHOUGH THE OUTPUT POWER IS
REALLY LOW AT THAT VOLTAGE.  ALTHOUGH THE QCX 40 HAS A 7 MHZ BAND PASS
FILTER, IT WILL TRANSMIT ON OTHER BANDS.  DO NOT DO THIS THE HARMONICS WILL
EXCEED FCC REQUIREMENTS.  INSTEAD, GET A QCX WITH THE APPROPRIATE FILTER
FOR THE BAND YOURE INTERESTED IN.  4 IN THE MENU SELECTS KEYER MODE, SPEED,
AND SIDETONE SETTINGS.  FROM HERE, GO TO MENU SECTION 3, VFO, TO SET THE
REST OF THE OPERATING CONDITIONS.  THIS LITTLE TRANSCEIVER ALLOWS YOU TO
SET AND VARY A HOST OF FUNCTIONS, JUST LIKE MANY FULL SIZE TABLETOP RADIOS.
IF THERE IS NO SIGN OF POWER OUTPUT, BEFORE BREAKING OUT THE TEST
EQUIPMENT, FIRST GO TO MENU ITEM 6R2 AND CHECK THAT THE MODE SELECTED IS
CW.  NEXT, GO TO MENU ITEM 4R7 AND SEE THAT THE CODE PRACTICE SETTING,
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