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key. Far example, to set the sccondary band 's squelch
just press F/W+OP first. "ALT" appears blmking near t..1e
bottom center of t..1e dtsplay, and tuming thc squelch
contro! no w affects only t..1e secondary band. To clear t..1e
bl.J.n.king
AL. T
and retum contro! to the pnmary band, press
t..1e
SUB
key once momentanly
By fl.rst displaying ALT as above, most of !he functions
described in the following pages can be dane on the
secondary band as well. However, the functions lis[ed
below disable the
F
/W+OP selection oft..1e secondary band
while t..1ey are active:
Monoband operntion (when " .... ·" is display ed).
During repemer offset, ARS, step, or tane setting.
During Scan Mode setting.
While scanning.
Also note t..1at exchanging pri.mary and secondary
bands wit..1 the
BAMD
button cancels the blrnkmg
"ALT"
function,
if
it was active.
The FT-5200 combines receiver audio from both
bands when both are active, so you c an listen far a cali on
one band while monitoring or 'Working stattons on t..1e
other. After setting the
Y01.
contro!, u.se the
BA L.
contro! to
adjust the relative audio levels of t..1e two. bands as de-
sired.
Selective Band Receiver Mufing
lf during dual band reception you want one.hand
te
take pri.ority aver the other (having signals on one band
blank audio of the other so signals from the two hands
don't "double"), press F/W+MUTE: once to mute the sec-
ondary band, or twice (bo!h keys) to mute the primary
band.
"MUTE"
appears either above the secondary frequen-
cy, or to the left of the primary frequency, according to
which band is muted. When you receive signals on both
bands simultaneously, the muted band's audio·is sup-
pressed by signals on the other hand. However, when the
unmu[ed band is quiet, the other
i.~
heard at full volume.
Transmitting
Press the l.OW button above the
mie
jack
tO
select
5-watt output
("LOW"
appears a t t..1e bortom center
of the
display when low power is selected). When you wish to
transmlt, wait until the channet 1s clear
("BUSY"
not dis-
play ed), and squeeze the PTT switch on the microphone.
Dunng transmission,
"TX"
appears above the primary
frequency, and the primary S&PO bargraph shows rcla·
tive transmitter power output (4 segments for low power,
full-scale for high). Release the PTT switch to receive.
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