Ctcss Scan; Dcs Scan; Power; Compander - Alinco DR-138HT User Manual

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UP / DOWN keys) to enter the setting and return to original status. The
T/SQ/DCS icon will remain on the display to show the current selective-
calling status. To exit, simply use the TS/DCS key and press it until the
relative status icon T/TQ/DCS disappears.
The CTCSS encoding and decoding frequencies may be set differently.
The encode setting frequency automatically relates to the decode
setting, but decode setting does not affect encode. The standard set of
50 different CTCSS tones are available. DCS encode/decode cannot be
separated. The list of selectable tones and codes is shown on Appendix
at the end of this booklet.

CTCSS SCAN

Repeatedly press
key until LCD
displays
icons ,then hold
second to enter into CTCSS scanning. Once
finding a matching CTCSS tone, a voice will
be heard and resumes scanning after 15 seconds.

DCS SCAN

Repeatedly press
key until LCD
displays DCS icons ,then hold
1 second to enter into DCS scanning. Once
finding a matching DCS code,a voice will be
heard and resumes scanning after 15 seconds.

Power

Press
key until LCD display
then press
key to switch between high/
Mid/low power. The LCD appears:
None: Transmits in high power
key for 1
key for
iron,
KEY OPERATIONS
Compander (Decrease the background noise and ENHANCE
AUDIO CLARITY)
Compander function will decrease the
background noise and enhance audio clarity.
1.
Press
key, then press
to turn on compander function, repeat
above operation again to turn off .
2.
W h e n "
" i c o n i s d i s p l a y e d ,
compander is active.
This function is valid only among the compander-capable radios
and may worse the audio if used with non-compander ones.

Offset Direction and offset frequency setup

Repeater receives a signal(UP-LINK) on one frequency and re-
transmits on another frequency(DOWN-LINK). The difference between
these two frequencies is called the offset frequency. If the UP-LINK
frequency higher than DOWN-LINK frequency, the direction is positive, If
it is lower, the shift direction is negative.
1.
Press
key until the
on the LCD, then press
displays offset direction and offset
frequency.
2.
Repeatedly press
positive offset or negative offset.
3.
When LCD displays "
key
icon appears
key, LCD
key to select
" icon, it indicates positive offset, which
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