Radio Shack TRC-494 Owner's Manual page 18

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In an emergency, broadcast
your "CLIP":
Call sign — identify yourself
Location — be exact
Injuries — number of injured,
type of injuries, and so on
Problem —
details. Give information calmly,
clearly, and in as few words as
possible
6. When you finish transmitting,
release
PUSH TO TALK
now receive
Adjust
VOLUME
listening level.
7. To turn off the CB, turn
counterclockwise
top of the CB) until you hear it
click and
OFF
VOLUME window.
Note: and
VOLUME
fect reception. They have no effect
on transmissions.
give complete
. You can
transmissions.
to the desired
VOLUME
(toward the
appears in the
only af-
RANGE
SETTING RANGE
Because this is primarily an emer-
gency CB, we suggest you leave
set to 10 when you store the
RANGE
CB. This ensures the maximum re-
ception range in an emergency.
If you want to eliminate background
noise when you are not receiving a
strong signal from another CB, wait
until you are not receiving a call and
turn clockwise until the back-
RANGE
ground noise stops.
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