Specifications

3VX-1400 OPERATING MANUAL

GENERAL

The Vertex Standard VX-1400 is a low-cost, rugged, small size, integrated HF communi-

cations transceiver designed for the worldwide Land Mobile, Government, and Marine

markets. The VX-1400 conforms with MIL-810 C, D, E, & F. The front panel is water

resistance to IP54 specifications when in remote control operation using the optional RMK-

1400 Remote Mounting Kit with the MH-77A8J/B8J Water Resistance Hand Microphone.

The Vertex Standard VX-1400 provides continuous receiver coverage from 30 kHz to 30

MHz, and transmitter coverage is specified as 1.6MHz to 30MHz, depending upon the

external antenna(s) and antenna tuner/coupler equipment utilized. Operating modes pro-

vided include J2B (USB or LSB), J3E (USB or LSB), A1A, A3E, and H3E (only on 2182

kHz Emergency Channel Mode), making the VX-1400 ideal for a wide variety of voice,

telegraphy, and many data communication applications.

Advanced features of the Vertex Standard VX-1400 include 512 memory channels (ar-

ranged in five banks), keyboard frequency entry with frequency resolution to 10 Hz, and

Alpha-Numeric labeling of Memory channels. Ease in programming fleet systems is pro-

vided. Also the Selcall feature allows paging of a single transceiver or groups of trans-

ceivers by a dispatch center.

Available options include the FP-1030A AC Power Supply, FC-30 Automatic External

Antenna Tuner (for 50 Ohm unbalanced antenna feedlines), FC-40 Automatic External

Antenna Tuner (for an end-fed random-length wire or long whip antenna), YA-30 Broad-

band Dipole Antenna, YA-31 Broadband Antenna, YA-007FG Mobile Antenna, MD-

12A8J Desk Microphone, MLS-100/-200 External Speaker, and the ALE-2 Automatic

Link Establishment Unit which automatically selects the channel with the best LQA (Link

Quality Analysis) score from the programmed channels.

This manual includes installation, configuration, interfacing and operating instructions

for the Vertex Standard VX-1400. We encourage you to read this manual thoroughly

before installing or operating this transceiver.