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PANEL DESCRIPTION
Function display
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q w
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!9
!8
!7
!6
!5
!4
q BUSY/TRANSMIT ICON (pp. 11, 12)
The "
" icon appears when receiving a signal or
➥
when the squelch is open.
The "
" icon appears while transmitting.
➥
w POWER ICON (p. 11)
The "25W" icon appears when high power is selected.
➥
The "1W" icon appears when low power is selected.
➥
e RX HAILER ICON (p. 75)
Appears while in the RX Hailer mode.
r CHANNEL GROUP ICON (p. 10)
The selected channel group icon, USA "USA," Interna-
➥
tional "INT" or Canadian "CAN" appears.
➥ The "WX" icon appears when the weather channel is
selected.
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!0
y
!1
!2
!3
t CALL CHANNEL ICON (p. 9)
Appears when the Call channel is selected.
y DUPLEX ICON (p. 10)
Appears when a duplex channel is selected.
u FAVORITE CHANNEL ICON (p. 17)
Appears when a Favorite (Tag) channel is selected.
i MESSAGE ICON
Blinks when there is an unread DSC message.
o GPS ICON
Stays ON when the GPS receiver is activated and valid
➥
position data is received.
Blinks when invalid position data is being received.
➥
!0 SWITCH ICON (p. 69)
Appears when the "CH 16 SWITCH" in DSC Settings is set
to OFF.
!1 LOW BATTERY ICON
Blinks when the battery voltage drops to approximately
10.8 V DC or less.
!2 CHANNEL NUMBER READOUT
Shows the selected operating channel number.
• When a simplex channel is selected, "A" or "B" appears.
!3 CHANNEL NAME FIELD
The channel name appears, if programmed. (p. 13)
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