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Hi Tom,

Two quick presses of the number sign or pound key used to enter a 
frequency will yield your frequency.

73,

de W7OQ, Dave


At 08:52 AM 1/19/2008, you wrote:
>Hi, all.
>
>Sorry for another TS480 question, but I just thought of a problem that I
>might encounter down the road as I put my TS480 in the motor home.
>
>It concerns the PF keys.
>
>Right now, as you probably know, the PF key on the TS480 right below the
>on/off button is programmed to read the frequency I'm on.
>
>However, when I use the TS480 in the motor home, I will be tuning my
>screw-driver-type antenna with an out-board device called the turbo-tuner.
>The turbo-tuner is made by N2VZ.
>
>If I'm reading the turbo-tuner instructions correctly, that device requires
>a PF key to activate the tuner.  This means, of course, that I may have to
>use the PF key right below the on/off button for this purpose.  Then, I'll
>have no way to check my frequency voice read-out.
>
>Are there other PF keys on the TS480 that I'm unaware of here?
>
>Am I Going to have to consider purchasing a mic other than the stock mic,
>that'll have extra PF keys on it?
>
>If so, what alternative mic would you recommend?
>
>Thanks for any help you can give me here.
>
>73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>
>
>
>
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