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USEFUL IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES, SUCH AS MONITORING A BAND FOR OPENINGS.  THE
BANDWIDTH OF THE DISPLAY IS INDEPENDENTLY SET FOR EACH BAND BY A MENU
ENTRY.  A SECOND PUSH OF THE SCOPE BUTTON GIVES IT THE WHOLE LCD SCREEN
FIGURE 2.  IF YOU HAVE THE OPTIONAL FFT BOARD, THE SPECTRUM SCOPE CAN ALSO
FUNCTION AS AN OSCILLOSCOPE TO CAREFULLY OBSERVE EITHER THE RECEIVED SIGNAL
OR YOUR TRANSMIT SIGNAL IN THE TIME OR FREQUENCY WATERFALL DOMAIN.
INSTALLING THE FFT BOARD LOWER LEFT IN FIGURE 4 GAVE ME A GLIMPSE OF THE
INSIDE OF THE 1200 AND I WAS QUITE IMPRESSED BY THE QUALITY OF THE
CONSTRUCTION PARTICULARLY THE SHIELDED COMPARTMENTS PROVIDED BY THE CAST
ALLOY CHASSIS NICE JOB.  THE BACK PANEL THE REAR PANEL FIGURE 3 PROVIDES SO
239 SOCKETS FOR TWO ANTENNAS AND A POWER CABLE SOCKET ALONG THE TOP.  THE
BUSIER BOTTOM ROW INCLUDES THREE CONNECTORS FOR THE OPTIONAL U TUNE
PRESELECTOR, A SOCKET FOR ROTATOR CONTROL FROM THE RADIO IF YOU HAVE A
RECENT YAESU ROTATOR, SPECIAL MINI DIN SOCKETS FOR LINEAR AMPLIFIER
CONTROL, AN EXTERNAL ANTENNA TUNER AND A RTTY/DATA SOCKET.  CONTINUING
ALONG THE BOTTOM ARE PUSH TO TALK PTT SOCKETS HANDY FOR A FOOT OR KNEE
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