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THE VFO FREQUENCY.  ALTERNATIVELY, A QUICK TAP OF THE POWER BUTTON, JUST
ABOVE THE TUNING KNOB, LOCKS THE FREQUENCY UNTIL TAPPED AGAIN.  ON THE LEFT
SIDE OF THE FRONT PANEL ARE TWO SMALLER KNOBS.  ON TOP IS A CONCENTRIC PAIR
PROVIDING AF GAIN AND RF GAIN ADJUSTMENT BECOMES A SQUELCH CONTROL FOR FM
OPERATION.  THE LOWER KNOB IS A SINGLE MULTIFUNCTION KNOB THAT ALSO HAS A
PUSHBUTTON CAPABILITY.  THE KNOB CAN BE USED TO EITHER MOVE THE MAIN VFO A
FREQUENCY IN 500 KHZ STEPS TO CHANGE BANDS OR SEGMENTS, OR WITH A PUSH OF
THE KNOB, IT WILL TOGGLE TO ADJUST THE VFO B OR SECONDARY FREQUENCY AT
NORMAL RATES.  THIS KNOB AND BUTTON ARE ALSO MAJOR PLAYERS IN THE SELECTION
OF FUNCTIONS AND MENU ITEMS, TO BE DISCUSSED LATER.  ON THE TOP OF THE
FRONT PANEL IS A ROW OF EIGHT ILLUMINATED BUTTONS THAT PROVIDE MEMORY
STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL, VFO A/B SELECTION, BAND SELECTION A LONG PRESS
PROVIDES MODE SELECTION, A FAST KEY FOR QUICKER TUNING BUT NOT AS QUICK AS
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