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BASIC OPERATION
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Receiving and transmitting
CAUTION:
Transmitting without an antenna will damage
the transceiver.
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Hold down [PWR](Dial) to turn ON the power.
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Set the audio and squelch levels. (p. 3)
➥
First, open the squelch. Then, adjust the audio output
level. After that, adjust the squelch level until the noise
just disappears.
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Change the channel group. (p. 10)
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Rotate dial or push [
∫
](CH)/[
√
](CH) to select a channel.
(pp. 9, 10)
• Pushing [
Y
]/[
Z
]
on the microphone selects only Favorite chan-
nels.
• You can turn OFF the FAV on MIC setting (p. 93). After that, you
can select all channels using the microphone.
• When receiving a signal, the “
” icon appears and audio is
heard.
• Further adjustment of the volume level may be necessary.
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Push [HI/LO] to select the output power, if necessary.
• The “25W” icon appears when high power is selected, and the
“1W” icon appears when low power is selected.
• Choose low power for short range communications, choose high
power for longer distance communications.
• Some channels are for only low power.
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Hold down [PTT] to transmit, then speak at your normal
voice level.
• The “
” icon appears.
• Channel 70 cannot be used for transmission other than DSC.
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Release [PTT] to receive.
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Information
The Noise Cancel function reduces random noise components
in the transmit and/or receive signal. See page 92 for details.
IMPORTANT:
To maximize the readability of your transmit-
ted signal, pause a few seconds after pushing [PTT], hold
the microphone 5 to 10 cm from your mouth and speak at
your normal voice level.
✓
NOTE for the TOT (Time-out Timer) function
The TOT function inhibits continuous transmission beyond a
preset time period after the transmission starts.
A beep sounds 10 seconds before transmission is cutoff to
indicate the transmission will be shut down, and “TOT” appears
in the channel name field.
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