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BASIC OPERATION
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What is squelch
?
A squelch circuit allows you to mute undesired noise while re-
ceiving no signal and emit audio while receiving signals.
This provides quiet standby. The [
MODE
] key changes the
squelch setting. This is useful to listen to weak signals that do
not open the squelch.
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Power ON
➥
Push [POWER] for 1sec. to turn
the power ON.
• The power on indicator and oper-
ating channel number appear in
the display.
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Adjusting the volume
q
Push [MODE] for 1 sec. to open
the squelch.
• The busy indicator appears in the
display while the squelch is open.
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Adjust the audio to a suitable level
using [VOL].
e
Push [MODE] for 1sec. to close
the squelch.
Busy indicator
appears.
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q
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