TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD

xii

SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS

xiv

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW

1-1

1.1

Controls

1-1

1.2

Turning the Power On/Off

1-2

1.3

Radiotelephone (RT) Screen

1-2

1.4

DSC Standby Screen

1-3

1.5

Control Unit Dimmer, Contrast

1-4

1.6

Loudspeaker

1-4

1.7

Setting Scan Frequencies

1-4

1.8

Setting for Auto Acknowledgement

1-5

1.9

System Characteristics

1-5

 

1.9.1

Equipment priority

1-5

 

1.9.2

Controls become inoperative

1-5

 

1.9.3

Controls become operative

1-5

 

1.9.4 Automatic setting of working frequency

1-6

1.10

Intercom

1-6

2. SSB RADIOTELEPHONE

2-1

2.1

Choosing Class of Emission

2-1

2.2

Choosing Channel, Frequency

2-2

2.3

Transmitting

2-3

 

2.3.1

Transmitting procedure

2-3

 

2.3.2

Reducing transmitter power

2-4

 

2.3.3 Condition of the transmitting unit

2-4

2.4

Receiving

2-5

 

2.4.1 RF gain (sensitivity) adjustment

2-5

 

2.4.2

S-meter

2-5

 

2.4.3

Receiving AM broadcasting stations

2-6

 

2.4.4

Squelch function

2-6

 

2.4.5

Noise blanker

2-6

2.5

When Automatic Tuning Fails

2-7

2.6

User Channels

2-8

3. DSC OVERVIEW

3-1

3.1

What is DSC?

3-1

3.2

DSC Message

3-1

3.3

Audio Alarms

3-3

3.4

Interpreting Call Displays

3-4

 

3.4.1 Receive calls

3-4

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