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PANEL DESCRIPTION
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Display
q
ALARM INDICATOR
(p. iii)
Appears when the alarm function is activated such
as for an alarm test or distress alarm transmission.
• Not available in General version.
w
RECEIVE INDICATOR
Appears while receiving and when the squelch is
open.
e
TUNE INDICATOR
(p. 8)
Flashes while the connected antenna tuner, such as
Icom’s AT-130, is being tuned.
• Tuning starts when transmitting on a new frequency or
pushing the [TUNE] switch.
r
TRANSMIT INDICATOR
Appears when transmitting.
t
S/RF METER
➥
Shows the relative received signal strength while
receiving.
➥
Shows output power while transmitting.
y
CHANNEL/VFO INDICATOR
(p. 5)
➥
Shows the selected group and channel in mem-
ory mode.
➥
“FREQ” appears in VFO mode.
u
SQUELCH INDICATOR
(p. 9)
Appears when the squelch is on.
T U N E
D U P
SIMP
T X
RX
S C A N
S Q L N B
AGC
AGC
A L M
q
w
e
r
t
y
u
i
o
!0
!1
!2
!3
!4
i
SCAN INDICATOR
(p. 6)
Appears when the scan function is in use.
• The scan function is not available on some versions.
• Pushing [SCAN] starts and stops scan.
o
NOISE BLANKER INDICATOR
(p. 9)
Appears when the [NB] switch is turned on.
!0
AGC OFF INDICATOR
(p. 9)
Appears when the [AGC] switch is pushed to indi-
cate the AGC function is deactivated.
!1
MODE READOUT
Shows the selected operating mode (type of emis-
sion).
!2
SPEAKER OFF INDICATOR
Appears when the [SPEAKER] switch is pushed to
indicate the front panel speaker is deactivated.
!3
FREQUENCY READOUT
➥
Shows the selected frequency whether in mem-
ory mode or VFO mode. (p. 5)
➥
Shows the transmit frequency (for duplex chan-
nels) when transmitting or when pushing [TX
FREQ]. (p. 8)
!4
SIMPLEX/DUPLEX INDICATORS
These appear to show whether the selected chan-
nel is simplex or duplex.
• In VFO mode, only simplex channels are available.
• No indicator means that there is no transmit frequency
programmed.
