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REAR PANEL
1. ANTENNA:
This jack accepts a 50-ohm coaxial cable with a PL-259 type plug.
2. DC
POWER:
This jack accepts the 13.8V DC power cable with built-in fuse. The
power cord provided with the radio has a black and red wire. The black goes to
negative and red goes to positive.
3. PA
SP:
This jack is for PA operation. Before operating, you must first connect a
PA speaker (8 ohms, 4W) to this jack.
4. EXT. SP:
This jack accepts a 4 to 8 ohm, 5-watt external speaker. When the
external speaker is connected to this jack, the built-in speaker will be disabled.
POWER
ANT.
PA.SP.
+
EXT.SP.
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3
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PROCEDURE TO RECEIVE AND TRANSMIT
A. MICROPHONE
The push-to-talk switch on the microphone controls the receiver and transmitter. Press
the switch and the transmitter is activated, release switch to receive. When transmitting,
hold the microphone two inches from your mouth and speak clearly in a normal voice.
This transceiver comes complete with a low impedance dynamic microphone.
B. PROCEDURE TO RECEIVE
1. Be sure that power source, microphone and antenna are connected to the proper
connectors before going to the next step.
2. Turn
VOL
knob clockwise to apply power to the radio.
3. Set
the
VOL
for a comfortable listening level.
4. Set
the
MODE
switch to the desired mode.
5. Listen to the background noise from the speaker. Turn the
SQ
knob slowly
clockwise until the noise just disappears. The
SQ
is now properly adjusted. The
receiver will remain quiet until a signal is actually received. Do not advance the
control too far or some of the weaker signals will not be heard.
6. Set
the
CHANNEL
selector switch to the desired channel.
7. Set
the
RF GAIN
control fully clockwise for maximum RF gain.
C. PROCEDURE TO TRANSMIT
1. Select the desired channel of operation.
2. Set
the
MIC GAIN
control fully clockwise.
3. If the channel is clear, depress the push-to-talk switch on the microphone and speak
in a normal voice.
