Making A Transmission; Selecting A Channel; Boosting The Transmission Power - PRESIDENT PM-2050 SWF Owner's Manual

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Making a Transmission

Press Channel Up and Channel Down briefly to scroll through the channels

one channel at a time. Press and hold Channel Up or Channel Down to quick-

ly scroll through the channels.

Making a transmission

Press and hold Push to Talk.

Push to Talk when you're finished talking to let the other party respond.

pushed accidentally, the radio limits your talk time to 5 minutes in a single

transmission.

your mouth.

page 28 for a list of receive-only channels.

There is a 5 minute limit for continuous transmission. After 5

minutes the unit goes into a PTT error condition; the timeout

tone sounds, TX displays, and the channel indicators blink.

In most situations, 1W transmission power is all you need. If you find yourself

far away from other stations and have trouble getting a response, you may

need to boost the transmission power from 1W to 2.5W or 6W.

Alkaline battery boost is limited to 2.5W

Channels 75 and 76 are 1W only and do not have power override

capability.

1) Select the channel you want to transmit on.

2) Press L/M/H to switch to the next transmission power level (for example,

from 1W to 2.5W; from 2.5W to 6W, or from 6W back to 1W).

3) The display shows the new transmission power. The transmit power re-

mains at the new setting until you change it again.

Don't forget to change the transmission setting back to 1W when

you move close to other stations.

power to 1W. When you tune to a limitedpower channel, the radio automati-

cally switches to 1W. See page 28 for a list of power-restricted channels.

displays while you are transmitting. Release

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