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CONTENTS
SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES ...................................... 1
CONVENTIONS FOLLOWED IN THIS MANUAL....... 1
1 PREPERATION FOR MOBILE AND FIXED STATION OPERATION
MOBILE INSTALLATION ........................................... 2
Installation Example .............................................. 2
Installation Steps .................................................. 2
DC POWER CABLE CONNECTION.......................... 3
Mobile Operation .................................................. 3
Fixed Station Operation ........................................ 4
Replacing Fuses ................................................... 5
ANTENNA CONNECTION......................................... 5
ACCESSORY CONNECTIONS ................................. 6
External Speakers ................................................ 6
Microphone........................................................... 6
PACKET EQUIPMENT CONNECTIONS ................... 6
2 YOUR FIRST QSO
3 GETTING ACQUAINTED
BASIC TRANSCEIVER MODES ................................ 8
BUTTON FUNCTION DISPLAY ................................. 9
FRONT PANEL........................................................ 10
REAR PANEL .......................................................... 12
MICROPHONE ........................................................ 13
INDICATORS........................................................... 14
TRANSCEIVER GUIDE ........................................... 15
4 OPERATING BASICS
SWITCHING POWER ON/OFF ............................... 16
ADJUSTING VOLUME ............................................ 16
ADJUSTING SQUELCH .......................................... 16
SELECTING A BAND .............................................. 16
SELECTING FREQUENCIES.................................. 17
Tuning Control .................................................... 17
Microphone [UP]/[DWN] Buttons ......................... 17
TRANSMITTING...................................................... 18
Selecting Output Power ...................................... 18
5 MENU SET-UP
WHAT IS A MENU? ................................................. 19
MENU ACCESS ...................................................... 19
MENU CONFIGURATION ....................................... 20
6 OPERATING THROUGH REPEATERS
REPEATER ACCESS .............................................. 22
Selecting Offset Direction .................................... 23
Selecting Offset Frequency ................................. 24
Activating Tone Function ..................................... 24
Selecting a Tone Frequency ................................ 25
Automatic Repeater Offset
(U.S.A./ Canada/ Europe Only) ........................... 26
REVERSE FUNCTION ............................................ 27
Automatic Simplex Checker (ASC)...................... 27
7 MEMORY CHANNELS
SIMPLEX OR SPLIT MEMORY CHANNEL? ........... 28
VHF/UHF MEMORY CHANNEL RATIO ................... 29
STORING DATA IN SIMPLEX CHANNELS.............. 30
STORING DATA IN SPLIT CHANNELS ................... 30
RECALLING MEMORY CHANNELS ....................... 31
CLEARING MEMORY CHANNELS ......................... 31
NAMING MEMORY CHANNELS ............................. 32
CALL CHANNEL ..................................................... 33
Recalling the Call Channel .................................. 33