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Holding down the

key while turning on the radio provides you with the

firmware version.

Turning the unit off

Turn the volume/power knob counter-clock wise all the way until you hear a "click". The

radio will be off.

To turn up the volume, turn the volume/power knob clock-wise.

To turn the volume down, turn the volume/power knob counter-clock-wise. Be careful not to

turn it too far, as you may inadvertently turn your radio off.

By using the monitor function, enabled from the

can more easily adjust your volume by adjusting it to the un-squelched static.

Press and hold the PTT button on the side of the radio body to transmit. While transmitting,

speak approximately 3-5cm from the microphone. When you release the PTT your

transceiver will go back to receive mode.

key below the PTT, you

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There are two modes of operation: Frequency (VFO) mode, and Channel or Memory (MR)

mode.

For daily use, Channel (MR) mode is going to be a whole lot more practical than Frequen-

cy (VFO) mode. However, Frequency (VFO) mode is very handy for experimentation out in

the field. Frequency (VFO) mode is also used for programming channels into memory. For

details on how to program your transceiver see Chapter 10, Programming.

Ultimately which mode you end up using will depend entirely on your use case.

In Frequency (VFO) mode you can navigate up and down the band by using the

keys. Each press will increment or decrement your frequency according to the frequency

step you've set your transceiver to. For details on how to set the frequency step on your

transceiver see Chapter 4, Working the menu system and the section called "1 STEP -

Frequency Step1" in Appendix B, Menu definitions.

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