Receiving And Transmitting; Transmitting Notes - Icom IC-F30 Instruction Manual

• Receiving and transmitting
Caution: Transmitting without an antenna may damage the
transceiver. See p. 2 for antenna attachment.
Receiving:
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Select a channel. See Channel selection on previous page.
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Listen for a transmission and adjust the volume to a com-
fortable listening level.
• The activity LED lights green when receiving a signal.
• When no transmission is heard, push and hold [P]([MON]) to ad·
just the volume.
The transceiver is now set to receive calls on the selected
channel.
Transmitting:
Wait for the channel to become clear, then:
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Push a programmed switch (e.g. to transmit a tone, etc.) if
instructed to do so by your system operator.
• Refer to DEALER-PROGRAMMABLE FUNCTIONS on pgs.
6-10.
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While pushing and holding [PTT], speak into the micro-
phone at a normal voice level.
• The activity LED lights red while transmitting.
• Do not hold the transceiver too close to your mouth or speak too
loudly. This may distort the signal.
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Release [PTT] to receive.
BASIC OPERATION
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• Transmitting notes
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LOW BATTERY CONDITION
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battery nearly battery nearly
and/or the activity LED
exhausted exhausted
flashes red quickly, battery capacity is nearly exhausted.
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TRANSMITTING WHILE SCANNING
If the scan function is assigned to channel 1 and scan is acti-
vated, you can transmit on a pre..programmed channel during the
scan (depending on programming, transmit may be inhibited).
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TIME-OUT TIMER (TOT)
After continuous transmission for a pre-programmed period,
the TOT activates and receive is automatically selected.
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Transmitting
specified TOT period
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