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3 GETTING ACQUAINTED
TRANSMITTING
1 To transmit, hold the transceiver approximately
5 cm (2 inches) from your mouth, then press and
hold the PTT switch and speak into the
microphone in your normal tone of voice.
• The status LED on the top panel lights red and
bar-graph meter appears.
• If you press [PTT] while you are outside of the
transmission coverage, a high pitched error
beep sounds.
2 When you finish speaking, release the PTT switch.
Note: If you transmit continuously for more than 10 minutes, the
internal time-out timer generates a warning beep and the transceiver
stops transmitting. In this case, release the PTT switch and let the
transceiver cool down for a while, then press the PTT switch again to
resume transmitting {pages 40, 51}.
■ Selecting Output Power
Selecting lower transmission power is the best
way to reduce the battery consumption, if
communication is still reliable. You can configure
different power levels for transmission {page 40}.
Press [LOW].
• Each time you press [LOW], the indicator
cycles between “H” (high), “L” (low), and “EL”
(economic low).
Note:
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You can store different output power setting for the A and B-
band.
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When you change the output power, it is reflected to all
available amateur bands for A or B-band.
SELECTING A FREQUENCY
■ VFO Mode
This is the basic mode for changing the operating
frequency. Turn the Tuning control clockwise to
increase the frequency. Turn the Tuning control
counterclockwise to decrease the frequency. Or,
press [ ]/ [ ] to change the frequency.
■ MHz Mode
If the desired operating frequency is far away from
the current frequency, it is quicker to use the MHz
tuning mode.
To adjust the MHz digit:
1 Press [MHz].
• A MHz digit blinks.
2 Turn the Tuning control or press [ ]/ [ ] to
select the desired MHz digit.
3 After selecting the desired MHz digit, press
[MHz] to exit the mode and return to normal
VFO mode {above}.
4 You may further adjust the frequency using the
Tuning control or [ ]/ [ ].
Note: MHz mode does not function in AM band.
■ Direct Frequency Entry
In addition to turn the Tuning control or press
[ ]/ [ ], there is another way of selecting the
frequency. When the desired frequency is far
away from the current frequency, you can directly
enter a frequency from the numeric keypad.
1 Press [VFO].
• You must be in the VFO mode to make the
direct frequency entry.
2 Press [ENT].
• “– – – – – –” appears.
3 Press the numeric keys ([0] to [9]) to enter
your desired frequency. [MHz] can be used to
complete the MHz digits entry.
• Pressing [ENT] fills the remaining digits (the
digits you did not enter) with 0 and
completes the entry.
• To select 145.000 MHz for example, press
[1], [4], [5] then press [ENT] to complete
the entry.
• If you want to revise the MHz digits only,
press [VFO] in place of [ENT].