Maybe I misunderstood the question but The came from the factory to able to just receive in GEN mode.? Yaesu and others had ways to get the 980 to transmit on GEN.? I bought a FT-980 that transmitted on GEN and I used that on 60 meters.? I had the separte channels? in memories so all I had to do was turn on the rig and hit a memory button.? Worked great until others got 60 meter (5 mhz) and could use other modes and frequencies.? Cheating on power was obvious as I heard stations on m7 80 meter half loop but several stations always got better signals than I did.? I worked 21 DXCC entities plus 41 states including KH6 and KL7.