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BASIC OPERATION
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Receiving and transmitting
CAUTION:
Transmttng wthout an antenna may
damage the transcever.
q
Rotate
[VOL]
clockwse to turn power ON.
• Openng comment scrolls across the functon dsplay. (p. 13)
• Push
[16•C]
to skp the openng comment ndcaton.
w
Set the volume and squelch level.
➥
Push
[
]
, and push
[
Z
]
to open the squelch.
➥
Rotate
[VOL]
to set the volume level.
➥
Push
[
]
, and push
[
Y
]/[
Z
]
to set the squelch level.
e
Push
[
Y
]/[
Z
]
to select the desred channel.
- When recevng a sgnal, “
” ndcator appears whle audo
s emtted from the speaker.
- Further adjustment of
[VOL]
may be necessary at ths pont.
r
Push
[H/L•LOCK]
to select the output power, f necessary.
- “LOW” appears when low power s selected; “MID” appears
when mddle power s selected; no ndcaton when hgh power
s selected.
- Choose low or md. power to conserve battery power, choose
hgh power for longer dstance communcatons.
- Some channels are for low power only.
t
Push and hold
[PTT]
to transmt, and speak nto the mcro-
phone.
-
The transmt ndcator appears whle transmttng.
- Channel 70 cannot be used for transmsson.
y
Release
[PTT]
to receve.
IMPORTANT:
To maxmze the readablty of your trans-
mtted sgnal, pause a second after pushng
[PTT]
, hold
the mcrophone 5 to 10 cm from your mouth, and speak
nto the mcrophone usng a normal voce level.
NOTE:
The transcever has a power save functon to con-
serve the battery power. The power save functon s auto-
matcally actvated when no sgnal s receved for 5 sec.
Microphone
Speaker
r
Set output power
t
Push to transmit
y
Release to receive
q
Power ON
w
Set volume
w
Set the squelch
level
w
Set the squelch
level
e
Select the
channel