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PANEL DESCRIPTION
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Display
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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
(p. 10)
Appears while receiving and when the squelch is
open.
e
TUNE INDICATOR
(p. 9)
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. (p. 9)
➥
Flashes when the [TX] key is pushed for transmit
frequency programming. (p. 12)
t
DSC INDICATOR
(p. iii)
Appears when an optional GM-110DSC
DSC TERMI
-
NAL UNIT
controls transceiver functions.
• The GM-110DSC can be connected to GMDSS versions
only.
y
S/RF METER
➥
Shows the relative received signal strength while
receiving.
➥
Shows output power while transmitting.
➥
Shows antenna current level when an optional
AT-130E
HF ANTENNA TUNER
is connected (Europe
versions only).
u
CHANNEL/VFO INDICATOR
➥
Shows the pre-programmed channel name (al-
phanumeric) during channel indication. (p. 6)
• Some versions have no channel name function and
show receive frequency instead.
➥
Shows the transmit frequency during frequency
indication. (p. 6)
➥
Shows transmit channel number during cross
channel operation (Europe versions only). (p. 11)
T U N E
D U P
SIMP
T X
RX
D S C
F
S C A N
S Q L N B
AGC
AGC
A
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3
2
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!1
!2
!3
!4
!5
!6
!7
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SQUELCH INDICATOR
(p. 10)
Appears when the squelch is on.
o
SCAN INDICATOR
(p. 7)
Appears when the scan function is in use.
• The scan function is not available on some versions.
• Pushing [FUNC] then [SQL] starts and stops scan.
!0
FUNCTION INDICATOR
Appears when the [FUNC] switch is pushed.
!1
NOISE BLANKER INDICATOR
(p. 10)
Appears when the [NB] switch is turned on.
!2
AGC OFF INDICATOR
(p. 10)
Appears when the [AGC] switch is pushed to indi-
cate the AGC function is deactivated.
!3
MODE READOUT
Shows the selected operating mode (type of emis-
sion).
!4
SPEAKER OFF INDICATOR
Appears when the [SPEAKER] switch is pushed to
indicate the front panel speaker is deactivated.
!5
CHANNEL READOUT
➥
Shows the selected channel number during
channel indication. (p. 6)
➥
Shows the receive frequency during frequency in-
dication. (p. 9)
!6
SIMPLEX/DUPLEX INDICATORS
These appear to show whether the selected chan-
nel is simplex or duplex.
!7
FREQUENCY INDICATORS
(p. 8)
Appear when the frequency entry condition* is se-
lected for frequency selection.
• The [CE] key toggles the indicator ON and OFF.
* Some versions have no frequency entry condition.
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