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BASIC OPERATION
■ 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 While pushing and holding [H/L], push [CH/WX•DUAL•
U/I/C] to change the channel group. (p. 7)
r Rotate [DIAL] to select the desired channel. (pp. 6, 7)
•Whenreceivingasignal,“BUSY” appears and audio is emitted
from the speaker.
•Furtheradjustmentof[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 in use.
y Push [H/L] to select the output power if necessary.
•“25W” or “1W” appears when high or low power is selected, re-
spectively.
•Chooselowpowerforshortrangecommunications,choose
high power for longer distance communications.
•Somechannelsareforlowpoweronly.
u Push and hold [PTT] to transmit, then speak into the mi-
crophone.
•“TX” appears.
•Channel70cannotbeusedfortransmissionotherthanDSC.
i Release [PTT] to receive.
Simplex channels, 3, 21, 23, 61, 64, 81, 82 and 83 CAN-
NOT be lawfully used by the general public in U.S.A. wa-
ters.
IMPORTANT: To maximize the readability of your trans-
mitted signal, pause a few sec. after pushing [PTT], hold
the microphone 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 cm) from your
mouth and speak into the microphone at a normal voice
level.
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