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4
BASIC OPERATION
■
Power ON
☞
NOTE:
Charge the battery pack before turning power on
for the first time (pgs. 6–8)
Push and hold [PWR] for 1 sec. to turn power on.
• Current battery voltage may be dis-
played for 2 sec.
• The display shows the approx. volt-
age in 0.5 V steps.
• If “OVER V” appears,
UNPLUG
the
external DC plug immediately. Con-
nected voltage is over 16 V and could
damage the transceiver.
■
Setting a frequency
D
Via the keypad
(from the MHz digits)
➀
Push [VFO] to select VFO
mode.
➁
Push digit keys correspond-
ing to the desired frequency.
• When inputting a frequency in
the 50 or 1200 MHz bands, it
is necessary to input the deci-
mal point.
• When a digit is mistakenly
input, push [VFO] and input
from the beginning.
• When an unacceptable fre-
quency is input, the display re-
verts to the previously
displayed frequency.
• “0,” “2,” “5” and “7” are accept-
able as the 1 kHz digit input
depending on the 10 kHz digit.
for 1 sec.
after
PWR
2 sec.
.
5
5
8
7
2
[Example]
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