Table of Contents
Advertisement
3
BASIC OPERATION
■ Receiving and transmitting
CAUTION: Transmitting without an antenna will damage
the transceiver.
q Push [POWER] to turn ON the power.
w Set the audio and squelch levels.
➥ Rotate [SQL] fully counterclockwise first.
➥ Rotate [VOL] to adjust the audio output level.
➥ Rotate [SQL] clockwise until the noise disappears.
e While holding down [H/L], push [CH/WX•DUAL• U/I/C]
one or more times to change the channel group. (p. 7)
r Rotate [DIAL] to select a channel. (pp. 6, 7)
• Pushing the keypad keys, or [Y]/[Z] on the microphone, also
selects a channel.
• When receiving a signal, "BUSY" appears and audio is emitted
from the speaker.
• Further adjustment of [VOL] may be necessary.
t Push [LO/DX•IC•SCRM] to turn the receive Attenuator
function ON or OFF, if necessary.
• "LOC" appears when the receive Attenuator function is ON.
y Push [H/L] to select the output power if necessary.
• "25W" or "1W" appears when high or low power is selected, re-
spectively.
• Choose low power for short range communications, choose high
power for longer distance communications.
• Some channels are for low power only.
u Hold down [PTT] to transmit, then speak into the micro-
phone at your normal voice level.
• "TX" appears.
• Channel 70 cannot be used for transmission other than DSC.
8
i Release [PTT] to receive.
Simplex channels, 3, 21, 23, 61, 64, 81, 82 and 83 CANNOT
be lawfully used by the general public in U.S.A. waters.
IMPORTANT: To maximize the readability of your transmit-
ted signal, pause a few seconds after pushing [PTT], hold
the microphone 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 cm) from your mouth
and speak at a normal voice level.
q
y
w
w
e
r
✔ NOTE for TOT (Time-out Timer) function
The TOT function inhibits continuous transmission over a pre-
set time period after the transmission starts.
10 seconds before the TOT function activates, a beep sounds
to indicate the transmission will be shut down and "TOT" ap-
pears on the channel comment indicator. Transmission is not
possible for 10 seconds after this transmission shut down.
Microphone
u
i
t
r
e y
Advertisement
Table of Contents
