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GX6500E/GX6000E
6 CONTROLS AND INDICATORS
This section defines each control of the transceiver. See illustration below for
location of controls. For detailed operating instructions refer to chapter 8 of
this manual.
6.1
FRONT PANEL
(Power) key
Press and hold to toggle the radio on or off. When the power is turned on,
the transceiver is set to the last selected channel.
MIC Connector
Connects to the supplied speaker microphone.
SQL
knob (Squelch control)
Adjusting this control clockwise, sets the point at which random noise on
the channel does not activate the audio circuits but a received signal does.
This point is called the squelch threshold. Further adjustment of the squelch
control will degrade reception of wanted transmissions.
VOL
knob (Volume control)
Turns the adjusts the speaker volume.
Clockwise rotation of this knob increases the internal and speaker micro-
phone volume.
s
econDary
use
When in the PA or Fog mode, controls the listen-back volume.
