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Display (LCD)

Bar graph, receive mode: Shows RX signal
strength in S-units (S-meter). If

C W T

is turned

on, the right half of the S-meter becomes a tuning
aid (pg. 13). Reducing RF gain adds a moving
reference segment (pg. 12).

Bar graph, transmit mode: Shows antenna

S W R

and

R F

output (pg. 14). In voice modes,

shows

C M P

(compression) and

A LC

(mic level)

when mic gain or CMP are set (pg. 15). ALC
scale also used to set DATA audio level (pg. 18).

VFO Icons:

Shows that a VFO or menu

entry is locked. The

TX

icon points to the transmit

VFO:

VFO A is the transmit VFO

VFO B is the transmit VFO; see

VFO A

VFO B

Filter Passband Graphic: Shows location
of receive filter passband (pg. 12)

Filter Icons:

N TC H

Auto or manual notch (

N T C H

, pg. 13)

Manual notch (

N T C H

, pg. 13)

I / II

PBT filter function (

I / I I

, pg. 12)

X FIL

Filter (

FL1

-

FL3

used, pg. 12)

Mode Icons

Basic modes (

LS B

or

U S B

,

C W

,

D A TA

,

A M

, or

FM

) are selected by tapping

M O D E

. Alternate modes

(

C W R E V

,

D A TA R E V

,

A M -S

,

FM +/-

) are

selected by holding

A L T

.

LS B

and

U S B

are alternates

of each other. In SSB mode, the

+

icon indicates

ESSB (pg. 22).

T

indicates FM PL tone (pg. 15) or

CW/DATA text decode (pg. 19).

Other Icons:

C W T

CW/data tuning aid on (

C W T

, pg. 13)

Message play/rec (

M S G

/

R E C

, pp. 16, 21)

V O X

VOX enabled (

V O X

, pp. 15, 16)

Q S K

Full break-in CW enabled (

D L Y

, pg. 16)

N B

Noise blanker on (

N B

, pg. 13)

N R

Noise reduction on (

N R

, pg. 13)

A N T

Antenna

1

/

2

, KXAT100 (

A N T

, pg. 25)


R X

Automatic RX attenuation in effect (pg. 13)

A T T

Attenuator on (

A T T

, pg. 13)

P R E

Preamp on (

P R E

, pg. 13)

A T U

ATU enabled (

A T U T U N E

, pg. 14)

R IT

RIT on (

R I T

, pg. 11)

X IT

XIT on (

X I T

, pg. 11)

S U B

Dual-watch enabled (DUAL RX, pg. 20)

S P LT

Split mode in effect (

S P L I T

, pg. 19)

TX

A

TX

B

SPLIT