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THIS, PRESS THE FREQUENCY BUTTON ON THE FRONT PANEL SEVERAL TIMES
UNTIL IT READS EXTERNAL, RATHER THAN A FREQUENCY.  THE KEY OUT JACK
IS CONNECTED TO THE KEY IN JACK OF YOUR RIG AND THE AUDIO FROM YOUR
RIG SPLIT, HALF TO A SET OF HEADPHONES AND THE OTHER HALF, I.E., A
PARALLEL CONNECTION, TO THE AUDIO IN JACK OF THE MMX.  THE KEYBOARD
IS PLUGGED INTO ITS NORMAL JACK ON THE MMX.  WARNING YOU MUST USE
THE SSB FILTER RATHER THAN THE CW FILTER ON YOUR RIG.  A FULL
EXPLANATION OF THIS FUNCTION IS GIVEN IN THE REFERENCE MANUAL, PAGE
23.  IT ALLOWS THE UNIT TO SET YOUR OUTPUT TEXT AS READABLE WORDS.
IF YOU MANUALLY SET THE OUTPUT MORSE CODE TEXT RATE FASTER THAN YOU
CAN TYPE, OFTEN THE TRANSMISSION WILL BE DISCONNECTED INDIVIDUAL
LETTERS, NOT WORDS.  THIS MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE PERSON, OR
MACHINE, AT THE OTHER END TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SENDING.  THE
TYPING SPEED TEST SETS THE OUTPUT CODE SPEED TO MATCH BUT NOT
OVERRUN YOUR TYPING SPEED.  IF YOU DESIRE, YOU CAN MANUALLY ENTER
ANY SPEED YOU WANT.  ITS ALMOST TIME TO GET ON THE AIR.  KNOWING
THAT THE MMX WILL PROVIDE A KEYBOARD FOR MORSE CODE OUTPUT AND MORSE
CODE IN TO PRINTED TEXT DISPLAY, THE MMX HAS, IN ITS BASIC
ORGANIZATION, A NUMBER OF AUTOMATION FEATURES TO BOTH INITIATE AND
RESPOND TO A QSO IN ALMOST A HANDS OFF MODE. THE QUICK START GUIDE
HAS A ONE STEP AT A TIME SET OF INSTRUCTIONS, DIVIDED INTO RECEIVING
AND TRANSMITTING.  IF YOU SET THE FREQUENCY TO THE EXTERNAL MODE,
YOU CAN PRACTICE THE TRANSMIT COMMANDS WITHOUT RADIATING.
ALTERNATIVELY, YOU CAN LEAVE THE TRANSMITTER SET TO A BAND AND USE A
DUMMY LOAD.  TRANSMITTER COMMANDS.  THE CALL BUTTON IS ON THE MAIN
SCREEN.  AFTER SELECTING THE DEFAULT TRANSMISSION SPEED, BY PRESSING
THE SPACE BAR, THE TRANSMITTER SENDS OUT A SEQUENCE OF SEVERAL
REPETITIONS OF CQ FOLLOWED BY YOUR CALL SIGN TWICE.  THIS WILL
CONTINUE INDEFINITELY UNTIL YOU PRESS THE CALL BUTTON AGAIN.  THEN
THE CURRENT SEQUENCE WILL END, FOLLOWED BY A K. YOU CAN MANUALLY
ENTER THE CALL SIGN LETTERS OF A STATION YOU WISH TO CALL BY
PRESSING THE CCS BUTTON.  THEN PRESS CALL, AND A CALLING SEQUENCE
WILL BE TRANSMITTED.  SUPPOSE WA1WTB ANSWERS.  TO CALL HIM BACK,
PRESS THE NO CCS BUTTON, AND PRESS CALL AGAIN.  YOU WILL TRANSMIT
HIS CALL SIGN A FEW TIMES FOLLOWED BY DE” AND YOUR CALL SIGN.
THIS SEQUENCE WILL BE REPEATED UNTIL YOU PRESS CALL AGAIN.  THEN THE
CURRENT SEQUENCE WILL CONTINUE TO ITS END, AND IT WILL ADD KN TO
FINISH THE CALL.  THE QUICK START GUIDE STEPS YOU THROUGH FOUR BASIC
TRANSMISSION FUNCTIONS OR SEQUENCES GENERAL CALL, DIRECTED CALL,
ANSWER VALIDATE, AND ANSWER.  GOING THROUGH THE EXAMPLE IN THE GUIDE
WILL LEAD YOU TO THE IDEA OF CANNED QSO STARTS, INITIATION, AND
MANUAL FINISHES.  YOU PROBABLY WILL WANT TO PRACTICE THESE SEQUENCES
BEFORE YOU GO LIVE ON THE AIR.  IF YOU WISH, YOU CAN CUSTOMIZE EACH
OF THESE SEQUENCES USING THE RIG PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE, RPL.  THE RPL
IS DISCUSSED IN DETAIL, WITH EXAMPLES, AT THE END OF THE REFERENCE
MANUAL.  RECEIVER COMMANDS THERE IS AN EXTENSIVE SET OF RECEIVER
COMMANDS, INCLUDING

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