In article ,
Lawrence Rogers wrote:

The instruction manual that comes with my brand new R75 talks about
memory and VFO. I understand memory, but what is VFO?

TIA,

Larry Rogers
Hilo

This is just the ham-radio heritage of ICOM showing through. VFO is ham
jargon, its the acronym for Variable Frequency Oscillator. Here, it means
the same thing as Continuous Tuning. On the R75, the difference between
memory & VFO modes becomes most important when you punch the SCAN button.
In VFO mode, the frequency starts changing continuously, as if some
internal motor were turning the tuning knob. Push SCAN in Memory mode,
and the R75 starts jumping through the preset channels without covering
any frequencies "between".
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R F Wieland Newark, DE 19711-5323 USA 39.68N 75.74W
Icom R75 Heathkit GR-81 Inverted-L in the attic
Reply to wieland at me dot udel dot edu

Close - but not really "continuous tuning" like an analog tuned receiver.

For New Digital types like your R75 -- the VFO tuning is in selectable
discrete steps i.e.,
from as low as 1 Hertz -- up to 100 kHz see -- page 12 and 13 of the ICOM
Manual. Also a 1 MHz "Quick Tuning" increment can be used for fast tuning.

And many mil and commercial rigs -- use the term VFO - so not an exclusive
Ham term per se

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73 From The Signal In The Noise
Caveat Lector Ya All
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"Robert F Wieland" wrote in message
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In article ,
Lawrence Rogers wrote:

The instruction manual that comes with my brand new R75 talks about
memory and VFO. I understand memory, but what is VFO?

TIA,

Larry Rogers
Hilo

This is just the ham-radio heritage of ICOM showing through. VFO is ham
jargon, its the acronym for Variable Frequency Oscillator. Here, it means
the same thing as Continuous Tuning. On the R75, the difference between
memory & VFO modes becomes most important when you punch the SCAN button.
In VFO mode, the frequency starts changing continuously, as if some
internal motor were turning the tuning knob. Push SCAN in Memory mode,
and the R75 starts jumping through the preset channels without covering
any frequencies "between".
--

R F Wieland Newark, DE 19711-5323 USA 39.68N 75.74W
Icom R75 Heathkit GR-81 Inverted-L in the attic
Reply to wieland at me dot udel dot edu

Caveat Lector wrote:

Close - but not really "continuous tuning" like an analog tuned receiver.

For all practical purposes a tuning step of 1-Hz is continuous. This
tuning rate is common on high end receivers.


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For practical purposes -- yep u is right -
but technically -- it ain't continuous

Just wanted poster to be aware that he/she cud change the tuning rate as the
manual stated

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"starman" wrote in message
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Caveat Lector wrote:

Close - but not really "continuous tuning" like an analog tuned
receiver.

For all practical purposes a tuning step of 1-Hz is continuous. This
tuning rate is common on high end receivers.


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RFW,

Hey I learned something new today: That the R75 has two scanning
modes Continuous (Discrete) VFO Scanning; and Memmory Scanning.

Time to Punch Some Bottons !
- - - And Let the Digital Display Do the Walking )

jftfoi ~ RHF
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= = = (Robert F Wieland)
= = = wrote in message ...
In article ,
Lawrence Rogers wrote:

The instruction manual that comes with my brand new R75 talks about
memory and VFO. I understand memory, but what is VFO?

TIA,

Larry Rogers
Hilo

This is just the ham-radio heritage of ICOM showing through. VFO is ham
jargon, its the acronym for Variable Frequency Oscillator. Here, it means
the same thing as Continuous Tuning. On the R75, the difference between
memory & VFO modes becomes most important when you punch the SCAN button.
In VFO mode, the frequency starts changing continuously, as if some
internal motor were turning the tuning knob. Push SCAN in Memory mode,
and the R75 starts jumping through the preset channels without covering
any frequencies "between".

If the NG's and all else fails -- Read Da Manual !!!

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73 From The Signal In The Noise
Caveat Lector Ya All
"RHF" wrote in message
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RFW,

Hey I learned something new today: That the R75 has two scanning
modes Continuous (Discrete) VFO Scanning; and Memmory Scanning.

Time to Punch Some Bottons !
- - - And Let the Digital Display Do the Walking )

jftfoi ~ RHF
.
.
= = = (Robert F Wieland)
= = = wrote in message ...
In article ,
Lawrence Rogers wrote:

The instruction manual that comes with my brand new R75 talks about
memory and VFO. I understand memory, but what is VFO?

TIA,

Larry Rogers
Hilo

This is just the ham-radio heritage of ICOM showing through. VFO is ham
jargon, its the acronym for Variable Frequency Oscillator. Here, it
means
the same thing as Continuous Tuning. On the R75, the difference between
memory & VFO modes becomes most important when you punch the SCAN
button.
In VFO mode, the frequency starts changing continuously, as if some
internal motor were turning the tuning knob. Push SCAN in Memory mode,
and the R75 starts jumping through the preset channels without covering
any frequencies "between".