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BASIC OPERATION

■ Operating mode selection

Operating modes are determined by the modulation of the

radio signals. The transceiver has a total of three operating

modes; FM, FM-N and DV.

➥Push[FM/DV]

one or more times to select a desired

operating mode.

FM-N

FM mode selected

FM-N mode selected

DV mode selected

■ Receiving

Make sure a charged BP-271 or BP-272 battery pack, or a

BP-273 battery case with brand new alkaline batteries is at-

tached (pp. 1, 14).

Hold down q for 1 second to turn ON the power.

Rotate[VOL]toadjusttoadesiredaudiolevel.(p.19) w

 •Thefrequencydisplayshowsthevolumelevelwhileadjusting.

Set the receiving frequency. (p. 23) e

r Set the squelch level. (p. 20)

 •Whileholdingdown[SQL],rotate[DIAL]oneclicktodisplaythe

squelch level.

 •“LEVEL1”isloosesquelch(forweaksignals)and“LEVEL9”is

tight squelch (for strong signals).

 •“AUTO” indicates automatic level adjustment bya noise pulse

counting system.

 •Holddown[SQL]tomanuallyopenthesquelch.

t When a signal is received:

 •Squelchopensandaudioisoutput.

 •TX/RXindicatorlightsgreen.

 •TheS/RF-metershowstherelativesignalstrengthlevel.

r Set squelch level

e Set frequency

w Adjust audio level

r Push when setting

the squelch

(Push to monitor)

TX/RX

indicator