Frequency And Channel Setting; Power On; Vfo And Memory/Call Channels - Icom IC-W32A Instruction Manual

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FREQUENCY AND CHANNEL SETTING

Power ON

q Charge the battery pack or
install alkaline batteries into
the battery case. (pgs. 9,
10)
w Push and hold [POWER]
for 2 sec. to turn power ON.
• Remaining battery voltage is
displayed for 2 sec. (p. 34)
for 2 sec.
POWER
MAIN
after 2 sec.
MAIN
12
Push for
2 sec.
• The display shows the approx. voltage
in 0.5 V steps.
• When the battery voltage is lower than
4.5 V, "LOW V" appears. Charge the
battery pack or place new dry cells in
the battery case in this case.
• If "OVER V" appears, UNPLUG the ex-
ternal DC plug immediately. Connected
voltage is over 16 V and could damage
the transceiver.

VFO and memory/call channels

This transceiver has 2 normal operating modes: VFO mode
and memory mode.
VFO mode is used for setting a desired frequency within the
band range.
Push [VFO] to select VFO mode.
Memory (call) mode is used for operation of memory (call)
channels which have programmed frequencies.
Push [MR] to select memory
mode.
• To program a memory, refer to p. 22.
Push [CALL] to select a call chan-
nel.
What is VFO?
VFO is an abbreviation of Variable Frequency Oscillator.
Frequencies for transmitting and receiving are generated and
controlled by the VFO.
MAIN
MAIN
"M" (or a memory name)
appears.
MAIN
"C," "VHF CALL" or
"UHF CALL" appears.