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BASIC OPERATION
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Setting a frequency (Continued)
■
D
Selecting a tuning step
Rotating [DIAL]
S
changes the frequency in the selected tun-
ing steps.
The VFO scan uses this step to search for a signal.
(pp. 37, 41)
Push [MAIN BAND]
q
S
on the band that the tuning step is
set to.
Push [MENU
w
]
C
.
• Enters the MENU mode.
e
Rotate [DIAL]
S
to select “TS” (Tuning step).
Push [
r
ï
]
D
.
• Goes to the next tree level.
Rotate [DIAL]
t
S
to select the desired value.
Selectable values:
5 kHz, 6.25 kHz, 8.33 kHz*, 10 kHz, 12.5 kHz, 15 kHz,
20 kHz, 25 kHz, 30 kHz, 50 kHz or AUTO*.
*Appears only when the AIR band is selected.
Push [
y
ï
]
D
.
• Sets the selected value, and goes back to the previous tree level.
Push [MAIN BAND]
u
S
.
• Exits the MENU mode.
Rotate [DIAL]
i
S
.
• The frequency changes in the selected tuning steps.
■
Setting audio volume and
squelch level
• You can make the setting on either the left or right band,
regardless of the MAIN band setting.
Rotate [VOL]
q
S
to adjust the audio level.
• You can change the beep level in the “BEEPLV” (Beep Level)
item of the MENU mode. (p. 16)
(MENU-
EXMENU
> EXMEN-
SOUNDS
> SOUND-
BEEPLV
)
Rotate [SQL]
w
S
until the noise and the “BUSY” icon just
disappear.
• Rotating [SQL]
S
clockwise makes the squelch tight. Tight
squelch is for strong signals.
• When you rotate [SQL]
S
clockwise beyond the center position,
[SQL]
S
becomes an ‘S-meter Squelch’ or ‘Attenuator.’ Select
the [SQL]
S
option in the MENU mode. (p. 14)
■
Lock function
You can use the Lock function to prevent accidental frequency
changes and unnecessary function access on both the MAIN
and SUB bands.
Hold down [MENU
➥
]
C
for 1 second.
• “
” appears.
• Hold down [MENU
]
C
again to cancel the function.
• You can still use [
], [MONI DUP]
C
(only the Monitor function can-
celing), [PTT], [MAIN BAND]
S
(only the MAIN band selection),
[MENU
]
C
(only the Lock function canceling), [SQL]
S
, and
[VOL]
S
while the Lock function is ON.