13
Basic Operation
Selecting a Frequency Band
Press the [
MHz
(
SETUP
)] key to select the desired
frequency band.
Frequency ranges for each frequency band are below:
Information
radio band (1)
144
MHz band
430
MHz band
Information
radio band (3)
AIR band
Information
radio band (2)
108
-
137 MHz
137
-
174 MHz
174
-
222 MHz
222
-
420 MHz
420
-
470 MHz
470
-
580MHz
Frequency Navigation
Using the Dial
Rotating the
DIAL
knob allows tuning
in the pre-programmed steps. Clock-
wise rotation tunes the frequency up-
wards, whereas counterclockwise ro-
tation tunes the frequency downwards.
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Press the [
MHz
(
SETUP
)] key momentarily, then rotate the
DIAL
knob, to change the
frequency steps to 1 MHz per step.
Using the MH-48A6JA Microphone
Using the
[
UP
]
and
[
DWN
]
key:
Pressing [
UP
] momentarily, tunes the frequency
upwards. Whereas pressing [
DWN
] momentarily
tunes the frequency in the downward direction.
Using the number keys:
Use the [0] to [9] number keys to directly input the
frequency.
There is no “decimal point” key on the MH-
48A6JA keypad. However, there is a short-cut for
frequencies ending in zero:
press the [#] key after the last non-zero digit.
UP
DWN
Number
keys
Examples:
To enter 446.520 MHz, press [4]
à
[4]
à
[6]
à
[5]
à
[2]
à
[0]
To enter 446.000 MHz, press [4]
à
[4]
à
[6]
à
[#]
Channel Step Selection
The frequency tuning step of the
DIAL
and the microphone [
UP
]/[
DWN
] keys can be
changed.
Note:
See Setup Menu Item “
STEP 45