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DUAL BAND HANDHELD RADIO INSTRUCTION MANUAL...
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MSK function, 2TONE/MSK encode/decode. MODELS APPLY TO THIS MANUAL AT-398UV FM transceiver AT-398UV(Version A,C,D) programming software: QPS398UV AT-398UV(Version B) programming software: QPS398UV_B PROGRAM CAUTIONS When programming the transceiver, read the factory initial data first, then rewrite the frequency and...
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CAUTIONS transceiver is excellent designed with advanced technology. The following tips will be helpful for you in performing your obligation under warranty and understanding the safety of transceiver usage. 1.Keep the transceiver and accessories away from children. 2.Please do not try to open or modify the transceiver without permission, non-professionals operation may also cause damage.
TABLE OF CONTENTS UNPACKING ........................................01 Supplied Accessories .................................... 01 STANDARD ACCESSORIES/ADDITIONAL ACCESSORIES ....................02 Standard Accessories ..................................... 02 Additional Accessories ................................... 02 OPERATION MODE (AMATEUR TRANSCEIVER OR PROFESSIONAL TRANSCEIVER) ......... 03 WORKING MODE (AMATEUR TRANSCEIVER OR PROFESSIONAL TRANSCEIVER) ........04 BATTERY INFORMATION ..................................
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Channel Adjusting ....................................16 Frequency Adjusting ....................................16 Frequency Input by Keypad ................................. 17 Channel Input by Keypad ..................................17 Squelch Off Momentary / Squelch Off .............................. 18 Receiving ........................................18 Transmitting ....................................... 18 Emergency Alarm ..................................... 19 Side Key [PF1] function instruction ..............................
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Self ID inquiry ......................................43 Tone Pulse Frequency Selection ................................ 44 Battery Save Setup ....................................44 FM radio ........................................45 FM Radio Functions ....................................46 PF1 key Function Setup ..................................46 Senior Function Operations ................................. 47 Display Mode Setup ....................................
UNPACKING Please carefully unpack the transceiver. We recommend that you identify the items listed in the following table before discarding the packing material. If any items are missing or have been damaged during shipment, please contact with dealers immediately. Supplied Accessories Item Number Quantity...
STANDARD ACCESSORIES/ADDITIONAL ACCESSORIES Standard Accessories Antenna* Li-ion Battery Battery Charger AC Adaptor Belt Clip Instruction Manual QA09UV2 QB-35L QBC-35L (12V/500mA) BC07 145/435MHz QPS-01 *1.Note: For frequency band of antenna, please refer to label indicated in the bottom of the antenna. Additional Accessories Programming USB Programming...
OPERATION MODE (AMATEUR TRANSCEIVER OR PROFESSIONAL TRANSCEIVER) The transceiver is a high performance amateur transceiver with dual band, dual standby, dual display and other kinds of functions. According to practical application, you can set the radio operates as Amateur Transceiver or Professional Transceiver.
WORKING MODE (AMATEUR TRANSCEIVER OR PROFESSIONAL TRANSCEIVER) VFO Mode(Frequency mode): This mode shows only frequency on the display. Shortcut operation and Channel setting will be changed & stored as the latest value permanently. Once the radio is turned off or changed to new VFO frequency, the value is remained until next change.(As pic 3) Professional Transceiver Mode: When set display mode as "CH", it enters into Professional Transceiver mode.
BATTERY INFORMATION Charging Operation The battery is not charged at the factory, please charge it before use. Charge the battery for the first time after purchase or extended storage (more than 2 months) may not bring the battery to its normal operating capacity.
BATTERY INFORMATION ▲ Do not recharge the battery if it is already fully charged. This may shorten the life of the battery or damage the battery. ▲ Do not charge the battery or transceiver if it is damp. Dry it before charging to avoid danger. WARNING: When keys or ornamental chains and other electric metals contact with the battery terminals, the battery may cause damage or hurt bodies.
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BATTERY INFORMATION NOTE: When charging a power-on transceiver equipped with battery, the LED will not turn into green to show the full charge status. Only when turn off the transceiver, the LED can indicate normally. Because when the transceiver is power on, it would consumes energy, the charger cannot detect when battery has been fully charged, the charger will charge battery in voltage consumption and fail to indicate correctly.
BATTERY INFORMATION Charging Prompt 1.Self-examination: When charging, ORANGE light twinkles for 1 second and goes out. That means the charger has passed its self-examination and it can charge the battery normally. If the light remains orange or the red light twinkles, which means the charger can not pass its self-examination or charge the battery.
INSTALLATION & CONNECTION Installing / Removing the Li-ion Battery ■ Installing Battery 1.Match the two grooves of the battery pack with the corresponding guides on the back of transceiver, then push it. 2.Press the bottom of battery, the lock latch on bottom of the transceiver will release. After hearing a "click" sounds, the battery has been locked.
INSTALLATION & CONNECTION Installing / Removing the Antenna ■ Installing the Antenna: Screw the antenna into the connector on the top of the transceiver by holding the antenna base and turning it clockwise until secure. ■ Removing the Antenna: Turn the antenna anticlockwise to remove it. Installing / Removing the Belt Clip ■...
INSTALLATION & CONNECTION Installing Optional Speaker / Microphone Uncover the jack cover and then insert the microphone plug into microphone jack. If the microphone is not used anymore, please cover the Speaker/Microphone jack. NOTE: 1. To keep the transceiver water resistant, you must cover the Speaker/Microphone jacks with the supplied cover.
GETTING ACQUAINTED LCD Display On LCD display screen, you will see various icons which stand for the selected functions and sometimes you may forget the meaning of them. Here you will find the following table extremely useful. Frequency VOX Function Reverse Offset Frequency Scan Skip...
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GETTING ACQUAINTED Antenna Channel switch POWER/VOLUME switch Rotate it clockwise to turn on transceiver, rotate it anticlockwise until heard "click" to turn off the transceiver. When transceiver is power on, rotate it clockwise to increase volume, anticlockwise to reduce volume. Emergency Alarm Under standby state, press and hold Emergency alarm key for 3 seconds to start alarm function, power off transceiver to exit alarm.
BASIC OPERATIONS Turn the Radio On & OFF Under power-off state, please turn [POWER] / [VOLUME] clockwise to turn on the transceiver. Under power-on state, please turn [POWER] / [VOLUME] anticlockwise to turn off the transceiver. Adjusting Volume Under power-on state, turn [POWER] / [VOLUME] to adjust volume. Clockwise- up, anticlockwise -down.
BASIC OPERATIONS Switch between Main band and Sub band Under standby state, press key to switch channel between Main band and Sub band. Arrow directs the current operational channel. Switch between Channel mode and VFO mode Under standby state, press key to set main band as Channel mode or frequency mode(VFO).
BASIC OPERATIONS NOTE: Channel step:2.5K, 5K, 6.25K, 10K, 12.5K, 20K, 25K, 30K and 50KHz in total 9 for optional. FM radio step frequency is 50K. Frequency Input by Keypad Under frequency mode or FM radio frequency mode, you can directly enter frequency through keypad. 1.
BASIC OPERATIONS Squelch Off Momentary / Squelch Off Side key [PF2] can be setup for Squelch off Momentary or Squelch off function by programming software. 1.Squelch off: Press [PF2] key, squelch circuit is not mute, back-ground noise can be heard. Press [PF2] key again, squelch circuit is mute.
BASIC OPERATIONS NOTE: When press and hold PTT key, transceiver is transmitting if the red LED light is on, release PTT key to receive calls. Emergency Alarm Under standby state, press and hold alarm key until LCD displays "ALARM", Emergency alarm function is started.
BASIC OPERATIONS Side key [PF2] function instruction 1. Squelch off: Press [PF2] key, squelch circuit is not mute, back-ground noise can be heard. Press [PF2] key again, squelch circuit is mute. 2. Squelch off Momentary: Press and hold [PF2] key, squelch circuit is not mute, back-ground noise can be heard.
BASIC OPERATIONS Delete channel 1. Under standby state, press key, the top left corner of LCD displays " " icon, press key to switch into channel mode, channel number flashes. 2. Rotate channel switch to select desired deleting channel number. 3.
SHORTCUT OPERATIONS Add/Cancel Optional signal decode function Under standby state, press key, the top left corner of LCD displays " " icon, press key, LCD displays " " icon, it means current channel add DTMF signal decode function. Repeat above operation, LCD still displays " "...
SHORTCUT OPERATIONS Offset Frequency Direction Setup Under standby state, press key, the top left corner of LCD displays " " icon, press key to choose offset frequency direction. There are 3 options, Positive offset, Minus offset, shut off offset. 1. (+) Positive offset: Indicates TX frequency is higher than RX frequency. When enable reverse function, the RX frequency is higher than TX frequency.
SHORTCUT OPERATIONS 2. Channel Scan Under channel mode, this function is used for monitoring signal of each channel in this mode. Press numeric key or key to exit. NOTE: ▼ Frequency scan is of all bands scan, it scans upwards as your STEPPING setting. ▼...
SHORTCUT OPERATIONS 1. When LCD displays "R" icon, it means current arrow directed channel open the frequency reverse function, the TX frequency and RX frequency is interchanged, if CTCSS/DCS signaling is set, it will also interchange. 2. When "R" icon disappears, it means reverse function is close. TX Power selection Under standby state, press key, the top left corner of LCD displays "...
SHORTCUT OPERATIONS DTMF code Transmit and Enquiry 1. Press key, the top left corner of LCD displays " " icon, then press key, LCD displays DTMF data and group number (total 16groups) of current group. 2. Rotate channel switch to choose desired group and DTMF data, press PTT key to transmit selected DTMF signaling.
SHORTCUT OPERATIONS Single-band Switching To reduce the interference from the sub-channel when the main channel be used. You can use single-band switching function, turn off the sub-channel bands quickly. 1. In standby mode, press the button, the radio will display the PC channel, and turn off the processor channel.
FUNCTION MENU SETUP Menu 1-14 of this transceiver are channel operations. Channel operations temporarily changed the functions of current channel. When power off or channel has been changed, the relevant setup will be erased. Only under VFO mode, the channel operations will be saved until next change. Menu 15-32 is background operation, it is valid for all channels, the relevant setup will be saved until next change.
FUNCTION MENU SETUP CTCSS/DCS Decode Setup If this function is enabled, you can ignore (can not hear) other unrelated call at the same frequency. 1. Press key, the top left corner of LCD displays " " icon, then press key to enter into function menu. 2.
FUNCTION MENU SETUP 3. Press key to choose CTCSS,DCS or OFF, when DCS signaling is selected, press key to choose DCS positive or inverse code. 4. Rotate channel switch to choose desired CTCSS/DCSencode/decode. CTCSS: 62.5Hz~254.1Hz, 51groups in total, and 1 group user-defined code. DCS: 000N-777I, 232 groups in total.
FUNCTION MENU SETUP Optional signaling setup DTMF and 5TONE functions are similar to CTCSS/DCS, it has special call functions, such as ANI, PTT ID, All call, Alarm, remotely kill, remotely stun and remotely waken, etc.. 1. Press key, the top left corner of LCD displays " "...
FUNCTION MENU SETUP SQ: When current channel receives matching RF signals, transceiver can hear the talking from the other party. CT/DCS:When current channel receives matching RF signals and matching CTCSS/ DCS signaling, transceiver can hear the talking from the other party. TONE: When current channel receives matching RF signals and matching optional signaling, transceiver can hear the talking from the other party.
FUNCTION MENU SETUP NOTE: This function item will hide automatically when main band and sub main band are under channel mode. Wide / Narrow Band Selection According to the national conditions of various countries, it can be set for communication by wide band or narrow band.
FUNCTION MENU SETUP 4. Press key or key to confirm and exit. Talk Around ON/OFF When this function is on, transceiver will cut communication with repeater. 1. Press key, the top left corner of LCD displays " " icon, then press key enter into function menu.
FUNCTION MENU SETUP 3. Rotate channel switch to choose desired offset frequency. Frequency range is 00-70MHz. 4. Press key or key to confirm and exit. Editing Channel name 1. Press key, the top left corner of LCD displays " " icon, then press key enter into function menu.
FUNCTION MENU SETUP BUSY: Carrier wave lock, transmitting is prohibited when received matching carrier wave. REPEAT: Signaling lock, transmitting is prohibited when received matching carrier but with unmatching CTCSS/DCS. OFF: Close BCLO function. 4. Press key or key to confirm and exit. TX OFF When this function is on, [PTT] key is unavailable.
FUNCTION MENU SETUP 1. Press key, the top left corner of LCD displays " " icon, then press key enter into function menu. 2. Press key to choose NO. 15 function item, it shows "BAND" on LCD. 3. Rotate channel switch to choose desired setup. ON: Band limit is enabled.
FUNCTION MENU SETUP Keypad Voice Prompt Setup 1. Press key, the top left corner of LCD displays " " icon, then press key enter into function menu. 2. Press key to choose NO. 17 function item, it shows "BEEP" on LCD. 3.
FUNCTION MENU SETUP Voice Operated Transmission (VOX) Setup When this function is on, the transmitting can be started by voice, no need to press [PTT] key. 1. Press key, the top left corner of LCD displays " " icon, then press key enter into function menu.
FUNCTION MENU SETUP Automatic Power Off Time setup When this function is on, transceiver will automatic power off when reach the preset time. 1. Press key, the top left corner of LCD displays " " icon, then press key enter into function menu.
FUNCTION MENU SETUP Squelch level setup This function is used for setup intensity of receiving signals, transceiver will hear calls when receiving signal intensity achieve preset data, otherwise, transceiver will keep mute. 1. Press key, the top left corner of LCD displays " "...
FUNCTION MENU SETUP Function Icon Stay Time Setup 1. Press key, the top left corner of LCD displays " " icon, then press key enter into function menu. 2. Press key to choose NO. 25 function item, it shows "FTIME" on LCD. 3.
FUNCTION MENU SETUP AUTO: Backlight will automatic closed after a period. OFF: Always off. ON: Always on. 4. Press key or key to confirm and exit. LCD Backlight Color Setup There are three kinds of backlight color for optional. 1. Press key, the top left corner of LCD displays "...
FUNCTION MENU SETUP 4. Press key or key to confirm and exit. NOTE: When current channel add 5TONE to be optional signaling, LCD displays 5TONE self ID code, otherwise displays DTMF self ID code. Tone Pulse Frequency Selection This function is used for waking up sleeping repeater, it needs a certain intensity of Tone Pulse to wake up sleeping repeater.
FUNCTION MENU SETUP 1:2 The standby time between normal working state and battery saving mode is 1:2 1:3 The standby time between normal working state and battery saving mode is 1:3 1:5 The standby time between normal working state and battery saving mode is 1:5 1:8 The standby time between normal working state and battery saving mode is 1:8 AUTO: Battery save ratio is adjusting automatically.
FUNCTION MENU SETUP reception. Also when FM Radio is on, quick press of key will mute / un-mute FM Radio. 2. FM Radio activates in either VFO Mode and Channel Mode. In Channel Mode, LCD shows received frequency with saved channel number to right hand side. In VFO Mode, only received frequency will show.
SENIOR FUNCTION OPERATIONS Display Mode Setup There are three kinds of display modes for optional. 1. Press [PF2] key to turn on radio, hold [PF2] key until transceiver emits beep. 2. Press key to choose No. 01 function item, it shows "DSP" on LCD. 3.
SENIOR FUNCTION OPERATIONS OFF: No operations. FACT: Resume all items to factory default, including channel and background settings. INIT: Resume background settings to factory default, channel operations are keeping. 4. Press key to exit current selection. 5. Press key to confirm current selection. Cloning Cable This feature will copy the programmed data and parameters from the master unit to slave units.
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SENIOR FUNCTION OPERATIONS [Settings: Master side] 1. Press the [PF1] side key to Power on, the display shows "CLONE", the master unit enters into copy mode. 2. Press [PF1] key, the display appears "CLONE XX" XX stands for the data amount being cloned.
ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS FOR VERSION C AND D Cross-Band Repeater( Version C and D) Radio will function as cross band repeater when in this mode. 1. Set Main-Band and Sub-Band to desired UHF and VHF frequencies. 2. Power radio off. 3. Press and hold both [PF1] and while powering radio on.
ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS FOR VERSION C AND D Mute Setup (Version C and D) In UV or VU mode, when one band is RX, the other band is TX, turn on this function will mute the speaker of RX band. 1. Press key, LCD shows "...
ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS FOR VERSION C AND D MSK encode group selection(Version D) 1. Press key, LCD shows " " icon, then press key to enter into function menu. 2. Press key to choose NO.06 function item, it shows "MSKENC" on LCD. 3.
ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS FOR VERSION C AND D Frequency Hopping (Version D) When [PF1] key programmed as FHSS, press [PF1] key will turn on the frequency hopping function. When press [PTT] key, LCD shows "FHSS", radio will communicate in the preset frequency hopping range. Note: The receiver and transmitter must have same hopping frequency, and must setup the MSK decode.
Programming software starting (Takes Windows XP system for example) 1.Double Click "QPS398UV setup.exe", then go on installing as computer command. 2.Click "START" menu of computer, choose "USB To COM" in QPS398UV item and click it. Please install USB To Comport drive program as computer command.
TROUBLE SHOOTING GUIDE Problem Corrective Action A.The battery may be exhausting. Recharge or replace the battery. B.The battery may not be installed correctly. Remove the battery No power and install it again. C.The power switch is broken; send it to local dealers to repair. D.Battery touch is broken;...
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TROUBLE SHOOTING GUIDE Can not power on or frequent Check weather the battery touch is out of sharp or broken. power off The receiving sound gets low or Check weather the MIC is stoppage. Otherwise, please contact with intermittent local dealers to repair it. A.Out of communication range or obstruct by tall buildings or in big Receiving intermittent with in big noise.
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