Albrecht AE540 Receiver User Manual

 
 
 
 
 
User Manual 
 
AE 540   
 
   2-m VHF  Amateur Transceiver 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
© Alan Electronics GmbH 
Daimlerstr. 1 k 
D-63303 Dreieich 

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Contents: 
 
 
Regulatory notes, Declaration of Conformity.....................................................................................3 
Installation and Setup ........................................................................................................................ 4 
General remarks for operating this radio........................................................................................... 4 
Installation as mobile radio...

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Regulatory notes, Declaration of Conformity 
  
 
 
General informations,  
Manufacturer’s Declaration of Conformity 
 
This amateur radio transceiver corresponds to the essential requirements of the EU Directive(s) 
89/336/EEC (EMC),  Low-Voltage-Directive 73/23/EEC, R&TTE Direktive 1999/5/EC, fulfills the 
harmonised European technical standards for commercially  available amateur radios EN 301 783-2, EN 
301 489-1, EN 301 489-15 and EN 60 950 and is marked with CE and „Alert Sign“.  
The...

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Installation and Setup   
General remarks for operating this radio 
Our 2m FM transceiver AE 540 is one of the smallest available compact 12 V transceivers. It can be 
used everywhere provided that a suitable 12 V power supply and an external 2 m antenna is available, 
e.g. as base station, portable (Fieldday) station, on boats , caravans, in motor homes and – with 
restrictions- in road vehicles. The radio is designed for intermitting duty cycle operation- like in a typical 
amateur radio station...

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Connecting to DC power 
 
Connect the power cable of the radio to  12 V DC power supply of your car, motor home or boat. In 
caravans or at home we recommend to use a suitable AC/ DC power supply, capable to deliver 6-8 A at 
stabilized supply voltage between 10.8 and 15.6 V. 
If possible, do not increase cable length and connect the power cord as close as possible directly to the 
battery terminals. The cable has a looped-in glass fuse for 10 A protection. If this fuse should blow, try to 
find out...

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AE 540 as Base Station 
Please respect possible restrictions in some countries (e.g. Germany), where safety distances from 
antennas to other persons have to be declared when certain output power levels are exceeded. 
For safety reasons, please do not operate this radio in high power position (25-30 W atts RF) with any 
kind of indoor antennas. Indoor antenna radiation may interfere with other electronic devices in the 
neighbourhood of your radio.  
 
Operation 
The operating elements, knobs and...

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Direct entry key functions (basic functions)  
To get to know your station we recommend that you duplicate the described steps. In this chapter you 
will learn  the basic functions which you should know about to take part in amateur radio. It is taken for 
granted that you as a licensed radio amateur are familiar with basic knowledge of high frequency 
engineering and amateur radio regulations. This is why basic technical matters, questions of wave 
propagation and regulatory issues have not been...

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Push-to-talk button (PTT) 
You will find the PTT-button at the side of the microphone. For transmission you push this button for as 
long as you want to talk. W hen you finish talking release the PTT and your radio is automatically ready 
for reception again. The correct distance to your microphone is between 4 and 8 cm. Speak with the 
same loudness as if you were on the phone. Most of the radio beginners talk too loud into the 
microphone! W ait a moment after having pushed the PTT before you start...

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Second level of functions (two-touch-functions) 
The following described functions all can be reached by pressing the FUNC key.  
Most of these second-level functions you can recognize by the orange inscription of the keys. 
 
• The function key FUNC first has to be pressed short ( less than ½ a second). The display will read 
FUNC.  
• After this the desired second-level-key will be pressed. 
 
The FUNC  display will automatically disappear after a few seconds or after again pressing FUNC....

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Priority channel  „Dual Watch“ 
Your radio allows monitoring two often used channels automatically in sequence. 
You can always check the present working frequency together with another channel of Your memory (or 
the Call channel). 
 
• Select your working frequency (VFO), e.g. 145.575 MHz 
• Select a second channel from Memory 1-0 or Call channel 
• Press FUNC, then PRI. 
 
Now the radio will monitor what happens on your working frequency (in the example 145.575 MHz) 
alternating with the later...