Basic Operation; Preliminary Steps; Operation Quick Start - Vertex Standard VXA-220 Operating Manual

Preliminary Steps

Install a charged battery pack onto the transceiver, as
described previously.
Screw the supplied antenna onto the Antenna jack.
Never operate this transceiver without an antenna con-
nected.
If you have an optional Speaker/Microphone or head-
set, we recommend that it not be connected until you
are familiar with the basic operation of the VXA-220.
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ASIC PERATION

Operation Quick Start

To turn the radio on,
press and hold in the
[ POWER ] Switch of
for 3seconds.
A channel frequency
should appear on the
display. If not, press the
[ ENT (
peatedly, if necessary)
so that " - VFO - " ap-
pears on the display, fol-
lowed by a channel frequency.
Directly entering frequencies from the keypad is the
easiest method if you know the frequency on which
you wish to operate. Just enter the five digits of the
frequency to move to that frequency. However, there
is a short-cut for frequencies ending in zero - press
the key after the last non-zero digits.
For example, to set 134.35 MHz,
Press [ 1 ]
To set 118.00 MHz:
Press [ 1 ]
VXA-220 P
)] key (re-
[ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 3 ] [ 5 ] .
[ 1 ] [ 8 ] [ ENT ( )] .
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