Page 34 FT-2000 OPERATING MANUAL
Before turning on main power, please verify the following items once more.
Have you made all ground connections securely? See page 9 for details.
Do you have your antenna(s) connected to the rear-panel Antenna jack(s)? See page 10 for details.
Is your microphone (and/or key or paddle) connected? See pages 11 and 12 for details.
If using a linear amplifier, have all interconnections been successfully completed? See pages 13 and 14 for details.
Please rotate both
[
AF GAIN
]
controls to their fully counter-clockwise positions, to avoid a loud blast of audio when
the transceiver turns on. See page 21 for details.
Rotate the
[
RF PWR
]
control fully counter-clockwise, to set minimum power at first. See page 20 for details.
If your AC mains power should suffer a significant fluctuation or interruption, we recommend that you go through a
complete power-up cycle, in order to ensure that all circuits are properly initialized. To do this, be sure the front panel
[
POWER
]
switch is turned off, then set the rear-panel
[
POWER
]
switch to the “O” position. Now unplug the AC cable
from the rear panel of the transceiver, and wait ten seconds before proceeding with the start-up procedure described
below.
BASIC OPERATION:RECEIVING ON AMATEUR BANDS
