Icom IC-446S, Instruction Manual

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BASIC OPERATION
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9
‘ ‘
Power ON
➥
Push [
POWER
] for 1sec. to turn the
power ON.
• The power on indicator and oper-
ating channel number appear on
the display.
‘ ‘
Adjusting the volume
q
Push and hold [
MODE
] for
1sec. to open the squelch.
• Busy indicator appears on
the display while the squelch is
open.
w
Adjust the audio to a suitable level
using [
VOL
].
e
Push and hold [MODE] for 1sec. to
close the squelch.
✔
What is squelch ?
A squelch circuit allows you to mute undesired noise while re-
ceiving no signal and emit audio while receiving signals.
This provides quiet standby. The [
MODE
] key changes the
squelch setting. This is useful to listen to weak signals that do
not open the squelch.
w
e q
UP
DO
WN
MODE
POWE
R
Busy indicator
appears.
UP
DO
WN
MODE
POWE
R
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