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BASIC OPERATION
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■ Receiving and transmitting
1 Rotate [OFF/VOL] clockwise to turn power ON, then set to
the 10 o’clock position.
- Use the squelch function to mute any audio noise if necessary.
Refer to the previous page for details.
2 Rotate the channel selector to select the desired channel.
- When receiving a signal, appears and audio is emitted
from the speaker.
- Further adjustment of [OFF/VOL] may be necessary at this point.
- Use the optional voice scrambler function for privacy. (p. 8)
3 Push [H/L] to select the output power if necessary.
- “LOW” appears when low power is selected.
- Choose low power to conserve battery power, choose high
power for longer distance communications.
- Some channels are for low power only.
- An extra low power is available for short distance communica-
tions. Push [H/L] while pushing [SQL] in such case.
4 Push and hold [PTT] to transmit, then speak into the mi-
crophone.
- appears.
- Channel 70 cannot be used for transmission (for GMDSS use).
5 Release [PTT] to receive.
CAUTION: Transmitting without an antenna may dam-
age the transceiver.
IMPORTANT: To maximize the readability of your trans-
mitted signal, pause a few sec. after pushing [PTT], hold
the microphone 4 to 6 inches (10 to 15 cm) from your
mouth and speak at a normal voice level.
NOTE: The transceiver has power save function to con-
serve the battery power and cannot be turned OFF. The
power save function activates automatically when no sig-
nal is received for 5 sec.
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