MOBILE WIDE RANGE ALL MODE RECEIVER 530 …

1 AR8600 OPERATING MANUALMOBILE wide RANGE ALL MODE RECEIVER530 kHz ~ 2040 MHz (MK2 = 3 GHz)1(1) AR8600 Index(1) Index ..11-1 Introduction ..51-2 Take care of your radio ..51-3 Attention while operating ..61-4 Accessories supplied ..71-5 Controls & functions ..71-5-1 Keypad ..91-5-2 Summary of keys ..101-5-3 Important controls ..151-6 Power supply ..161-6-1 Optional internal battery (BP8600) ..161-6-2 Charging the optional BP8600 battery.

2 171-6-3 Battery considerations ..181-6-4 Cigar lighter lead ..181-7 output and spectrum display ..19(2) Making the AR8600 ready for operation ..202-1 LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) ..202-2 Connect the aerial (antenna) ..212-3 Connect power ..212-4 Keypad and what you need to know most ..222-4-1 ENTER key ..222-4-2 FUNCTION key ..222-4-3 PASS key ..222-4-4 CLEAR key ..232-4-5 MONITOR key ..232-4-6 KEY lock ..232-4-7 STANDBY key.

3 23(3) Basic manual operation of the RECEIVER ..243-1 Switching on for the first time ..243-2 2 VFO twin VFO selection ..243-3 Entering a frequency using the numeric keypad ..263-4 Correcting frequency input ..273-5 Changing frequency using the and keys ..273-6 Changing frequency using the main dial ..283-7 Changing receive mode ..293-7-1 Auto-mode selection ..293-7-2 Receive mode selection menu ..293-8 Changing tuning STEP size ..313-9 STEP-adjust.

4 333-9-1 Automatic calculation of step adjust ..333-9-2 Cancelling step adjust ..343-9-3 Manual setting of step adjust ..343-10 FREQUENCY OFFSET ..363-10-1 Using pre-programmed frequency offset data ..363-10-2 Entering new frequency offset data ..373-11 Attenuator ..383-12 Noise limiter ..383-13 AFC - Automatic Frequency Control ..39(4) VFO enhanced facilities ..414-1 Quick memories ..414-1-1 Saving quick memory data.

5 414-1-2 Recalling quick memories ..424-2 VFO scan ..424-2-1 VFO SCAN sampling time ..43 Section 124-3 VFO Search ..434-3-1 Defining VFO search ..434-3-2 Starting VFO search ..434-3-3 Forcing VFO search to resume & changing search direction ..444-3-4 Locking out unwanted frequencies (PASS) ..444-3-5 Saving active frequencies to memory ..454-3-6 Exiting VFO search ..464-4 VFO environment menu ..464-4-1 VFO SCAN ..464-4-2 VFO search DELAY.

6 464-4-3 VFO search LEVEL squelch ..474-4-4 VFO search VOICE squelch ..484-4-5 VFO FREE search ..484-4-6 VFO AUTO STORE ..494-4-7 VFO DELETE bank J ..494-4-8 VFO QUICK MEMORY ..50(5) Memory channels & banks ..515-1 Memory channel overview ..515-2 Storing VFO frequencies & data into memory ..525-2-1 Another example of memory write ..545-2-2 Automatic memory allocation ..555-3 Memory write protect ..555-4 Memory read ..565-4-1 Memory channel review / hunt.

7 575-5 Deleting memory channels ..575-5-1 Memory channel editing ..575-5-2 Adding text names to memory banks ..585-6 Transfer of memory channel to VFO ..585-7 Dynamic memory bank resizing ..58(6) Priority operation ..596-1 Engaging PRIORITY channel ..606-2 Changing PRIORITY channel data ..606-2-1 Changing the priority channel data pickup channel ..616-2-2 Changing priority interval time ..61(7) SCAN - scanning memory channels & banks ..627-1 SCAN - outline introduction.

8 627-2 SCAN considerations ..627-3 Starting to SCAN ..637-3-1 Transfer of active memory to VFO ..647-4 Selecting a scan bank ..647-5 Channel PASS ..647-5-1 Toggling memory channel PASS ..657-5-2 Removing ALL memory PASS tags in one go ..657-6 Deleting memory channels ..667-6-1 Deleting single memory channels ..667-6-2 Deleting whole memory banks in one go ..667-7 Scan bank link (scan group) ..667-8 Additional scan facilities ..677-8-1 Scan DELAY.

9 687-8-2 Scan LEVEL ..687-8-3 Scan VOICE ..697-8-4 Scan FREE ..707-8-5 Scan (receive) MODE ..707-8-6 Write protect of memory channels & banks ..717-9 Select scan ..717-9-1 Adding select scan channels in memory read ..717-9-2 Starting / stopping select scan ..71 Section 137-9-3 Select scan environment ..727-9-4 Editing the contents of the select scan list ..727-9-5 Deleting all select scan channels ..73(8) Search mode ..748-1 Search types.

10 748-1-1 Program search overview ..748-2 Starting program search ..758-2-1 Reversing the direction of search ..758-2-2 Forcing the search to resume ..758-2-3 Stopping the search ..758-2-4 Copying an active frequency to the VFO or memory location ..768-3 Selection of search bank ..768-4 Programming a search bank ..788-5 Locking out unwanted active frequencies (PASS) ..808-5-1 Search pass menu ..808-6 Search bank link ..818-7 Additional search facilities.