I Receiving And Transmitting - Icom IC-M601 Instruction Manual

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BASIC OPERATION

I Receiving and transmitting

CAUTION:
Transmitting without an antenna may dam-
age the transceiver.
q Push [POWER] to turn power ON.
w Set the audio and squelch levels.
➥ Rotate [SQL] fully counterclockwise in advance.
➥ Rotate [VOL] to adjust the audio output level.
➥ Rotate [SQL] clockwise until the noise disappears.
e To change the channel group, push [DIAL] while pushing
[H/L]. (p. 9)
r Rotate [CHANNEL] or push [Y]/[Z] on the microphone to
select the desired channel.
• When receiving a signal, "BUSY" appears and audio is emitted
from the speaker.
• Further adjustment of [VOL] may be necessary at this point.
t 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 to reduce an intermodulation for other sta-
tions, choose high power for longer distance communications.
• Some channels are for low power only.
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y Push and hold [PTT] to transmit, then speak into the mi-
crophone.
• "TX" appears.
• Channel 70 cannot be used for transmission.
u Release [PTT] to receive.
IMPORTANT: To maximize the readability of your trans-
mitted signal, pause a few sec. after pushing [PTT], hold
the microphone 2.5 to 5 cm from your mouth and speak at
a normal voice level.
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