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RECEIVE AND TRANSMIT
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Basic voice transmit/receive
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First, check the following.
➥
The microphone and external speaker are con-
nected.
➥
No “
S
,” “
L
” or “
V
” mute icon appears.
•
If “
S
,” “
L
” or “
V
” appears, push
[MUTE]
(
M
) one or
more times to turn OFF the mute.
Mute icon
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Push
[
r
]
or
[
s
]
to select the desired receive chan-
nel.
•
The S-meter shows the signal strength when a signal is
received.
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Push
[ +]
or
[ –]
to adjust the desired audio
level when receiving a signal.
• If the bass or treble of the receive audio is too strong,
push
[CLAR]
(7) to set “Clarifier” to ON
,
and adjust to
obtain clear audio. (See page 14 for the Clarifier func-
tion details.)
• If the audio is distorted, select the suitable operating
mode. (See page 9 for the Mode selection details.)
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Hold down
[TUNE]
(9) for 1 second to start the an-
tenna tuner.
• If the antenna cannot be tuned after 20 seconds, the
tuning circuit is automatically bypassed.
• After tuning is finished, the transceiver automatically
stops transmitting.
• If necessary, push
[
8
]
to manually stop transmitting.
Presetting:
• An optional antenna tuner must be connected.
• The antenna tune mode must be set to ON in
the “Tuner” item of “Setmode.” (Default: ON)
(Main Menu > Setmode > Config)
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To transmit on the channel, hold down
[PTT]
on the
microphone, and speak at your normal voice level.
• The RF meter shows the output power.
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Release
[PTT]
to receive.
• If you want to turn OFF the antenna tuner, push
[TUNE]
(9).
• PTT TUNER START
The tuner is always activated when PTT is pushed
after the frequency is changed (more than 1% from
last-tuned frequency). This function removes the ‘hold
down [TUNE](9),’ and activates the tuner for the first
transmission on a new frequency.
This function is turned ON in the “PTT Tune” item of
“Setmode.” (Default: OFF)
(Main Menu > Setmode > Config)