Receiving Transmissions; Temporarily Opening Squelch - Radio Shack HTX-200 Owner's Manual

RECEIVING TRANSMISSIONS

Follow these steps to receive standard transmissions.
1. With the radio on, rotate
a hissing sound. Then slowly rotate
the noise stops.
Notes:
•
BUSY
transmission or if the squelch is open. If the transmission
uses CTCSS tones,
• Volume, power, and squelch are combined in one control.
The inner control is
the outer control is
• If the HTX-200 picks up unwanted, weak transmissions,
rotate
SQ
for these transmissions. If you want to hear weak trans-
missions, rotate
you might hear hissing between transmissions.
2. Set
VOL/OFF

TEMPORARILY OPENING SQUELCH

If you use the Tone Squelch (CTCSS) feature, you might not hear
a trans mission on the current frequency. T o temporarily open the
squelch so you can hear all transmissions on the frequency, hold
down . To resume normal operation, release
MO
24
appears when the HTX-200 receives a standard
CALL
VOL
SQ
clockwise to prevent the squelch from opening
counterclockwise. When you do this,
SQ
to a comfortable listening level.
counterclockwise until you hear
SQ
SQ
also appears.
(volume) and power on/off, while
(squelch).
clockwise just until
.
MO