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ON/OFF AND A LED JUST ABOVE THE BUTTON.  WHEN THIS SWITCH IS OFF, YOUR
TRANSMITTER IS CONNECTED DIRECTLY TO THE MAIN ANTENNA CONNECTOR.  WHEN THE
UNIT IS TURNED ON AND YOU ARE RECEIVING, THE LED GLOWS RED/ORANGE.  WHEN
YOU TRANSMIT AND THE PTT LINE INPUT IS GROUNDED, THE LED GLOWS GREEN.  I
FOUND THAT THE LED IS NOT VERY BRIGHT IN THE FLUORESCENT LIGHTING IN MY
STATION.  BREAKING THE INSTRUCTIONS INTO STEPS 1 MAKE ALL CONNECTIONS.
SELECTION OF THE SECOND ANTENNA AUX ANT TO BE DISCUSSED SHORTLY.  2 ADJUST
THE GAIN CONTROL SO THE NOISE APPEARS TO HAVE THE SAME AMPLITUDE ON BOTH
ANTENNAS.  3 ADJUST THE PHASE KNOBS FOR MINIMUM NOISE.  4 CONTINUE
REPEATING STEPS 2 AND 3 UNTIL YOU HAVE MAXIMIZED THE NOISE REDUCTION.  YOU
MAY HAVE TO TUNE OFF FREQUENCY TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE ELIMINATING MORE NOISE
THAN THE DESIRED SIGNAL.  HOWEVER, CONTROL ADJUSTMENT DID NOT SEEM OVERLY
CRITICAL AND I COULD MAKE LARGER FREQUENCY CHANGES WITHOUT READJUSTMENT
THAN WITH ANOTHER UNIT I PREVIOUSLY USED.  ANTENNA SELECTION AND PLACEMENT
SUPPOSE YOUR MAIN ANTENNA, SOME 50 FEET UP IN THE AIR, PICKS UP THE SIGNAL
YOU WANT TO HEAR, ALONG WITH SOME AMOUNT OF NOISE.  THE SECOND ANTENNA
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