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Section 97.401
(
d
)
of the regulations governing amateur radio in the United States permit emergency amateur commu-
nications on the spot frequency of 5167.5 kHz by stations in
(
or within 92.6 km of
)
the state of Alaska. This frequency
is only to be used when the immediate safety of human life and/or property are threatened, and is never to be used for
routine communications.
The
includes the capability for transmission and reception on 5167.5 kHz under such emergency conditions
via the Menu system. To activate this feature:
1. Press the
button to enter the Menu
mode.
2. Rotate the
knob to select Menu item “
149
EMERGENCY FREQ TX
”.
3. Touch
[
] on the LCD, then rotate the
knob to select “
ENABLE
.”
V/M ButtonMULTI Knob
MENU
(
SETUP
)
Button
F
(
M-LIST
)
Button
99664422+44'5'5 ('43 07#.
'/''
81::
4)' %0
)# 0+
; (4'3 6:
#0 +&
/#
6
&+5#$.'
4. Touch
[
]
on the LCD to save the new set-
ting.
99664422+44''5 ('43 OUEG
'/'
81::
4)' %0
)# 0+
; (4'3 6:
#0 +&
6
'0#$.'
5. Press the
button or
[
]
on the
LCD to exit to normal operation. Emergency com-
munication on this spot frequency is now possible.
6. Press the
button, as necessary, to enter the
Memory mode.
7. Press the
F
button, then touch
[
]
on
the LCD.
8. Rotate the
knob to select the emergency
channel
(
“
EMG
”
)
, which is found between channels
“
5-10
” and “
01ch
”
)
.
The receive-mode CLARIFIER functions normally
while using this frequency, but variation of the trans-
mit frequency is not possible. The full specications
of the
are not necessarily guaranteed on
this frequency, but power output and receiver sensi-
tivity should be fully satisfactory for the purpose of
emergency communication.
If you wish to disable operation capability on the
Alaska Emergency Frequency, repeat the above pro-
cedures, but set the Menu item “
149 EMERGENCY
FREQ TX
” to “
DISABLE
” in step 3.
In an emergency, note that a half-wave dipole cut
for this frequency should be approximately 45’3” on
each leg
(
90’6” total length
)
. Emergency operation
on 5167.5 kHz is shared with the Alaska-Fixed Ser-
vice. This transceiver is not authorized for operation,
under the FCC Part 87, for aeronautical communica-
tions.
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