4 B B A A S S I I C C O O P P E E R R A A T T I I O O N N; Power On; Adjusting The Volume - Icom IC-446S Instruction Manual

' ' Power ON

➥ Push [
POWER
power ON.
• The power on indicator and oper-
ating channel number appear on
the display.

' ' Adjusting the volume

q Push and hold [
1sec. to open the squelch.
• Busy indicator appears on
the display while the squelch is
open.
w Adjust the audio to a suitable level
using [ ].
VOL
e Push and hold [MODE] for 1sec. to
close the squelch.
✔ What is squelch?
A squelch circuit allows you to mute undesired noise while re-
ceiving no signal and emit audio while receiving signals.
This provides quiet standby. The [
squelch setting. This is useful to listen to weak signals that do
not open the squelch.
BASIC OPERATION
] for 1sec. to turn the
] for
MODE
Busy indicator
appears.
] key changes the
MODE
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w
q e
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