Icom IC-450, Instruction Manual

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IMPORTANT
READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS
carefully before
using the IC-450 UHF TRANSCEIVER .
KEEP THIS INSTRUCTION MANUAL
, as it
contains important operating information that may be useful
in the future.
EXPLICIT DEFINITIONS
WORD DEFINITION
R DANGER!
Personal death, serious injury or an explo-
sion may occur.
R WARNING!
Personal injury, fire hazard or electric
shock may occur.
CAUTION
Equipment damage may occur.
NOTE
If disregarded, inconvenience only. No risk
of personal injury, fire or electric shock.
OPERATIONAL NOTES
i. The use of the citizen band radio service is licenced in
Australia by the ACMA Radiocommunications (Citizens
Band Radio Stations) Class Licence and in New Zealand
by the Ministry of Economic Development (MED) General
User Radio Licence for Citizen Band Radio and operation
is subject to conditions contained within these licences.
ii. Always listen on a channel (or observe the channel busy
indicator) to ensure it is not already being used before
transmitting.
iii. In Australia, channel 11 is the customary calling channel
for establishing communication. Channel 40 is the
customary road vehicle channel.
iv. In Australia, except in an emergency, a CB transmitter
shall not be operated on UHF emergency channels 5 and
35.
v. No voice transmissions are permitted on data channels
22 and 23 (voice operation is inhibited on these
channels).
vi. The user of this UHF CB communications device shall
not transmit Selcall tones for longer than 3 seconds
during any 60 second period.
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