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TONE SQUELCH AND POCKET BEEP
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Tone/DTCS squelch and pocket beep
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Operation (Continued)
r
When receiving a signal that includes a matched tone or
code, the squelch opens and the signal is heard.
• When the Pocket Beep function is activated, beep tones sound
and “ ” blinks. To stop the beeps and blinking, push any key.
• When the received signal’s tone/code does not match, the
squelch does not open. However, the signal indicator shows the
signal strength.
• To open the squelch manually, hold down
[MONI]
.
t
Push
[PTT]
to answer.
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Tone scan
By scanning a Pocket Beep or Squelch function operation,
you can determine the subaudible tone required to open the
squelch.
q
Set a channel to be checked for a tone frequency or
DTCS code.
w
Push
[FUNC](
M
)
, and then push
[TONE](1)
several times
to activate a Tone function.
- No indication : Cannot be used for operation.
-“ ” : Subaudible tone encoder
-“ ” : CTCSS tone encoder or decoder
-“
D
” : DTCS code encoder or decoder
• The tone scan can be made even if the Tone function is not se-
lected.
e
Push
[FUNC](
M
)
, and then
[T.SCAN](3)
to start a tone
scan.
• To change the scan direction while scanning, push
[
S
]
or
[
T
]
.
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When a tone frequency or DTCS code is matched, the
squelch opens and the tone frequency or code is tempo-
rarily programmed.
• The decoded CTCSS tone frequency or DTCS code is used
depending on the selected Tone function type in step
w
.
t
To cancel the scan, push any key except
[
]
,
[
S
]/[
T
]
,
[FUNC]
,
[
]
or [
MONI
]..