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Tuning control (Up or Down) can be also programmed.
2
The light stays ON until you press the key again {above}.
3
Both keys cannot be assigned to the PF keys at the same
time.
You can also press [PTT] to assign a function key to
alternate VFO and Memory Recall mode.
MONITOR
When you are receiving while the squelch function is
ON, weak signals may become intermittent.
Or, if the CTCSS or DCS function is ON, you may
want to disable the squelch function temporarily to
monitor the current channel activities.
In these cases, use the Monitor function to disable
the squelch function temporarily.
To activate the Monitor function:
1 Press and hold [MONI].
• The speaker is unmuted and you can monitor
the signals.
2 Release [MONI] key to return to normal operation.
NARROW BAND FM OPERATION
By default, if you select FM mode, the transceiver
operates in normal FM deviation (±5 kHz) mode for
both transmission and reception. You can also
operate the transceiver in narrow band FM deviation
(±2.5 kHz) mode on 2 m and 70 cm bands for both A
and B-bands. To operate the transceiver in narrow
band FM:
1 Press [MNU].
2 Turn the Tuning control or press [ ]/ [ ] to select
Menu No. 29 (FM NARROW).
3 Press [ ] or [MNU].
4 Turn the Tuning control or press [ ]/ [ ] to select
“ON”.
5 Press [ ] or [MNU] to store the setting.
Otherwise, press [ ] or [PTT] to cancel.
When narrow band FM operation is ON,“FMN”
appears instead of “FM”.
Note:
◆ When you select “9600” bps for the Menu No. 28 (PACKET) ,
the operating mode temporarily returns to a normal FM
mode.
◆ You can store the narrow band FM operation status to each
amateur radio band.
POWER-ON MESSAGE
You can change the greeting message (a maximum
of 8 characters) when the transceiver is turned ON.
1 Press [MNU].
2 Turn the Tuning control or press [ ]/ [ ] to select
Menu No. 15 (PWR-ON MSG).
3 Press [ ] or [MNU].
• The current message and entry cursor appear.
4 Turn the Tuning control or press [ ]/ [ ] to select
the first character.
•You can enter alphanumeric characters plus
special ASCII characters. Refer to the table on
page 17 for the available characters.
• For other method of selecting characters, refer
to “NAMING A MEMORY CHANNEL” step 3 on
page 17.
5 Press [ ].
• The cursor moves to the next digit.
6 Repeat steps 4 and 5 to enter up to 8 digits.
• Pressing [ ] after selecting the 8th digit
completes the programming.
•To complete programming before entering the
characters less than 8 digits, press [MNU] or
[ ] twice. To cancel, press [ ] or [PTT].
• Press [ ] to move the cursor backward.
PROGRAMMABLE VFO
If you want to limit the operating frequencies within a
certain range, program the upper and lower
frequency limits to the program VFO parameters. For
example, if you select 144 MHz for the lower limit and
145 MHz for the upper limit, the tunable range will be
limited from 144.000 MHz to 145.995 MHz.
1 Press [A/B] to select the A-band.
2 Press [VFO].
3 Press [BAND] until you select the desired
amateur radio band to configure the
programmable VFO frequency range.
4 Press [MNU].
5 Turn the Tuning control or press [ ]/ [ ] to select
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