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BasIc operatIon
Preliminary Steps
Install a charged battery pack onto the transceiver,
as described previously.
Twist the supplied antenna onto the Antenna jack.
Never operate this transceiver without an antenna
connected.
If you have an optional Speaker/Microphone or
headset, we recommend that it not be connected
until you are familiar with the basic operation of the
FTA-230
.
Operation Quick Start
To turn the radio on,
press and hold in the
[
POWER
]
Switch of
for 3 seconds.
A channel frequency
should appear on the
display. If not, press
the
[
ENT
(
)]
key
(repeatedly, if neces-
sary) so that “
-
VFO
-
”
appears on the display,
followed by a channel frequency.
Directly entering frequencies from the keypad is the
easiest method if you know the frequency on which
you wish to operate. Just enter the ve digits of the
frequency to move to that frequency. However, there
is a short-cut for frequencies ending in zero - press
the
[
(
SET
)]
key after the last non-zero digits.
For example, to set 134.35 MHz,
Press
[
1
]
[
3
]
[
4
]
[
3
]
[
5
]
.
To set 118.00 MHz:
Press
[
1
]
[
1
]
[
8
]
[ (
SET
)]
.
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