‰ NOW 35 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM OCTOBER 2018 QST PAGE 52‰ THERE ARE MULTIPLE OTHER WAYS TO DO ANY OF THE POPULAR COMPUTER BASED DIGITAL MODES. FOR RTTY, AN ACCESSORY JACK ACC1 PROVIDES CONNECTIVITY TO SUPPORT TRADITIONAL FSK RTTY OPERATION, AS WELL AS AFSK RTTY OR THE MANY SOUND CARD DIGITAL MODES, SUCH AS FT8. AS NOTED PREVIOUSLY, THE REAR USB CONNECTORS CAN SUPPORT AUDIO AND CONTROL SIGNALS, SAVING SOME WIRING IN THE PROCESS. THE FRONT PANEL MIC CONNECTOR CAN ALSO BE USED WITH ANY OF THE POPULAR INPUT SWITCHING AND INTERFACE DEVICES. IT IS HANDY BECAUSE THE RECEIVE AUDIO IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THAT CONNECTOR. AS WITH OTHER MODES, ALL THE SELECTIVITY AND AUDIO FILTERING OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE IN DATA MODES, AS WELL AS A RTTY SPECIFIC TWIN BAND PASS FILTER THAT CAN PROVIDE OPTIMUM SELECTIVITY FOR TWO TONE FREQUENCY SHIFT SIGNALS. DOCUMENTATION OUR IC 7610 CAME WITH A COMPREHENSIVE 80 PAGE BASIC MANUAL THAT INCLUDES A DESCRIPTION OF EVERY CONTROL, ALONG WITH A SET OF CONNECTION DIAGRAMS. THAT IS ONLY THE BEGINNING. A SUPPLIED CD/ROM INCLUDES A PDF COPY OF THE BASIC MANUAL, ALONG WITH A MULTI LANGUAGE VERSION OF THE SAME, A 91 PAGE ADVANCED MANUAL, AND A 31 PAGE BOOK OF SCHEMATIC DIAGRAMS. UNFORTUNATELY, THE INDICES OF THE TWO MANUALS DO NOT LIST SOME KEY FUNCTIONS, AND YOU MUST GO FROM MANUAL TO MANUAL TO FIND OUT HOW TO PERFORM SOME KEY TASKS. I THINK THE MANUALS COULD USE A BIT MORE STRUCTURE TO HELP USERS FIND THEIR ‰ END OF 35 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ