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RISK OF FINDING YOURSELF THOROUGHLY CONFUSED AND WITH THE RADIO LABORING
UNDER SOME ODD SETTINGS.  SHOULD THAT HAPPEN TO YOU, THE MANUAL HELPFULLY
DESCRIBES THE STEPS NECESSARY TO RESET THE RADIO TO FACTORY DEFAULTS.
SATISFIED WITH MY DEEPER DIVE INTO THE MANUAL, IT WAS TIME AGAIN TO APPLY
POWER.  THE FTDX10S RELAYS SPRING TO LIFE AND THE TFT DISPLAY IS ALWAYS A
MARVEL TO BEHOLD.  SELECTING THE 3DSS DISPLAY MODE, IM TREATED TO A
MESMERIZING THREE DIMENSIONAL FIELD OF SIGNAL SPIKES SEE FIGURE 3.  YOU CAN
SELECT A MORE TRADITIONAL WATERFALL DISPLAY, IF YOU PREFER, AND EVEN BRING
UP INSET DISPLAYS FOR AUDIO AND MORE.  PICKING AT ONE MINOR NIT, SOME POPUP
SCREENS, SUCH AS BAND SELECTION, DISAPPEAR IF YOU DONT MAKE A CHOICE WITHIN
COUPLE OF SECONDS.  THE RADIO SOON TRAINED ME TO THINK FAST AND NOT
CONTEMPLATE MY OPTIONS, BUT THIS WAS STILL AN ANNOYING BEHAVIOR.  IT WOULD
BE NICE IF ALL SCREENS REMAINED VISIBLE UNTIL YOU MADE YOUR CHOICE, HOWEVER
LONG THAT MIGHT TAKE.  A SMOOTH SPIN OF THE LARGE VFO KNOB SENT THE CURSOR
RACING THOUGH THE DISPLAY.  AS I LISTENED TO SSB SIGNALS ON 40 METERS, THE
FTDX10S PERFORMANCE WAS STRIKING.  THE BAND WAS CROWDED, WHICH WAS JUST
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