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Aerosoft PBY Catalina 1.00 Manual
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Appendix B: KX 165A TSO
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................. 34
OVERVIEW .................................................................................................... 35
POWER ......................................................................................................... 36
SETTING FREQUENCIES ................................................................................. 36
STORING FREQUENCIES ................................................................................ 36
RETRIEVING FREQUENCIES ........................................................................... 37
NAVIGATION PAGES ..................................................................................... 37
• NAVIGATION OBS PAGE ................................................................... 38
• NAVIGATION BEARING PAGE ............................................................ 38
TIMER PAGE ................................................................................................. 38
INTRODUCTION
The KX 165A Transceiver is a communication and navigation radio. Two frequencies, active and
standby, are available for both communications and navigation. Frequencies are typically entered
into the standby frequency, and then exchanged with the active frequency to become active by
using the COM or NAV FREQUENCY TRANSFER BUTTONs. There is also a "direct tune" mode which
allows the user to change either the Com or Nav active frequencies directly. There is a PAGE mode
and a CHANNEL mode for communications that allows the user to store up to 6 Com frequencies
which can be exchanged directly with the active frequency at the click of a button. In addition, OBS,
bearing-to, radial-from, count-up and count-down timer modes are available for navigation. All of
the controls for the radio are located on the front of the radio. The displays and controls for the
communication functions are presented on the left side of the unit, the displays and controls for the