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- DR590T.1
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- 5) cut, unsolder, remove, destroy, nuke, the blue wire (your choice) [I
- neither advocate nor encourage the indiscriminate use of nukes]
-
- 6) undo step 3
-
- 7) undo step 2
-
- 8) undo step 1
-
- 9) connect the rig to antennas, power etc as outlined in the manual.
-
- 10) hold down the function key and turn on the power
-
-
- This is what you will find . . .
- The rig now transmits everywhere.
- it now will display (not receive) 800Mhz band and 300Mhz band on the 440
- side of the display in rotation (press the uhf switch to switch from band
- to band)
- It will now display (not recieve) the aircraft band (yes it does indicate
- AM) on the 2 meter side of the rig. There is no AM detector presently but
- I am working on it.
-
- Cross band operation:
- To enable cross band remote press (and hold) the funciton key and then (while
- still holding the function key) press the vhf switch. Cross band operation
- is now enabled using the displayed TX and RX frequencies. Splits still
- function in cross band operation so don't link 2 repeters together! Frequency
- selection for each band can be from the vfo, memory, or ARM (a cool Alinco
- function).
- To disable cross band operation simply press (and hold as before) the funciton
- key and press the uhf switch. Note: failing to hold the f-key down and then
- pressing uhf or vhf enables a strange function that I have yet to figure
- out.
-
- >2, The Autodialer (an option for the 590E according to page 13 of the manual)
- >did not work as in the insturctions. Another call to Alinco and I found
- >that it is also an option in the 590T. On page 19 it was pointed out to
- >me is a note to this effect. These instructions are also unclear. Anyway
- >I went out and purchased the required DTMF unit and installed it. Now I
- >can store the numbers in the autodialer's memories, however I cannot get
- >the rig to autodial any number except the number stored in memory #1. I
- >have tried every possible interpretation of the directions on page 13 of
- >the manual and had no success. Another call to Alinco . . . they told me
- >that they knew that the manual was written in jinglish (japanese/english)
- >and was hard to understand. They said that they would send me a complete
- >manual written by someone who spoke english as their primary language. I
- >asked them why this manual was not provided with the rig and they said that
- >it was free to anyone who asked for it ?!?!
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