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This reference guide describes useful information when using the satellite PTT transceivers.
1. Operating environment
• Move away from buildings and use the transceiver in areas with an open sky.
• Extended your arm horizontally, and raise your thumb.
• Turn your body around 360 degrees with your arm extended. Make sure that there are no obstacles such as
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buildings or trees higher than about 8 degrees.
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Receiving and transmitting may fail, depending on the satellite positions or nearby obstacles.
2. Checking the signal strength
• Turn ON the transceiver and wait for the registration to complete, which takes approximately 30 seconds.
• Confi rm the antenna icon, indicating a connection with a satellite is established. After this, the registration has
been completed, you can see your Talkgroup and the transceiver's name on the display.
• The status "IDLE" is displayed when the transceiver is ready to operate.
While registering the transceiver, keep the antenna pointing to the sky. Otherwise, you may lose the signal from the satellite,
and registration may fail.
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- Page 1 SATELLITE PTT |SAT100 REFERENCE GUIDE 360° This reference guide describes useful information when using the satellite PTT transceivers. 1. Operating environment 8° • Move away from buildings and use the transceiver in areas with an open sky. • Extended your arm horizontally, and raise your thumb. •...
- Page 2 3. Antenna position • Hold the transceiver with its antenna straight up and pointing to the sky. • If you hold the transceiver with a chest harness, make sure the antenna is pointing to the sky. Otherwise, you may lose the signal from the satellite. •...
- Page 3 5. Receiving • Hold the transceiver with its antenna pointing to the sky. • You cannot transmit while receiving signals in the same Talkgroup. • When receiving is fi nished, the transceiver sounds a “Pi” beep, and displays the “OPENˮ status. ...
- Page 4 360° 360° Icom, Icom Inc. and the Icom logo are registered trademarks of Icom Incorporated (Japan) in Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, and/or other countries. All other products or brands are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders.
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