Uploaded November 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Like I was, you may not be getting the best out of you station monitor sat on top of your FTDX5000.
If you haven’t explored these really useful features and have left your SM-5000 in its original settings, then this short series of videos is for you 👍🏻 As a result of trying different options, I am now using my station monitor in a completely different setting to the factory standard and finding it really useful 😀
In Part 1 we look a how easy it is to create different and really useful display settings. Watch the video through, then you can refer back to specific sections using the timings shown below:
0:00 Introduction
1:17 CS button to access station monitor options
1:59 DISPLAY - On/Off
2:28 MODE - Centre, Fix, Limited Band Width Sweep options
6:25 CTR SPAN - Adjusting the width of the display (in CENTRE or FIX modes)
7:33 ATT - Attenuating the display sensitivity
8:35 TRACE - Normal, Average, Peakhold options on the live frequency display
11:14 LBWS - Limited Band Width Sweep options to narrow the field of view
13:35 FIX and PEAKHOLD modes
16:10 FTDX 5000 MENU 132 - Band Start Frequencies
17:35 FIX SPAN (range of frequencies in FIX mode) & out of band chevron indicators
18:35 Narrowing your band view in FIX mode
19:47 Summary wrap-up
In part 2 of the series, we'll take a look at the speaker/audio options. This can be found at: youtu.be/3gKDLleyARc
This is one of many amateur/ham radio related videos on my channel. Please feel free to browse 👀, like 👍🏻 and subscribe 🔔, remembering to hit the bell so you’re notified of new videos.
Thanks.
Ian.
Like I was, you may not be getting the best out of you station monitor sat on top of your FTDX5000.
If you haven’t explored these really useful features and have left your SM-5000 in its original settings, then this short series of videos is for you 👍🏻 As a result of trying different options, I am now using my station monitor in a completely different setting to the factory standard and finding it really useful 😀
In Part 1 we look a how easy it is to create different and really useful display settings. Watch the video through, then you can refer back to specific sections using the timings shown below:
0:00 Introduction
1:17 CS button to access station monitor options
1:59 DISPLAY - On/Off
2:28 MODE - Centre, Fix, Limited Band Width Sweep options
6:25 CTR SPAN - Adjusting the width of the display (in CENTRE or FIX modes)
7:33 ATT - Attenuating the display sensitivity
8:35 TRACE - Normal, Average, Peakhold options on the live frequency display
11:14 LBWS - Limited Band Width Sweep options to narrow the field of view
13:35 FIX and PEAKHOLD modes
16:10 FTDX 5000 MENU 132 - Band Start Frequencies
17:35 FIX SPAN (range of frequencies in FIX mode) & out of band chevron indicators
18:35 Narrowing your band view in FIX mode
19:47 Summary wrap-up
In part 2 of the series, we'll take a look at the speaker/audio options. This can be found at: youtu.be/3gKDLleyARc
This is one of many amateur/ham radio related videos on my channel. Please feel free to browse 👀, like 👍🏻 and subscribe 🔔, remembering to hit the bell so you’re notified of new videos.
Thanks.
Ian.
