Icom IC-40S instruction manual Basic Operation, Receiving and transmitting

■Receiving and transmitting

CAUTION: Transmitting without an antenna may dam- age the transceiver.

qRotate [VOL] clockwise to turn power ON, then set to the 10 o’clock position.

•If “T SQL” appears on the display, push [–] for 2 sec. once or twice to cancel the tone squelch or pocket beep. (p. 11)

w Select the desired channel with the [Y]/[Z] switches.

• When receiving a signal, “BUSY” appears and audio is emitted

from the speaker.

• Further adjustment of [VOL] may be necessary at this point.

BASIC OPERATION 3

NOTE: The transceiver has a power save function to con- serve battery power. The power save function activates au- tomatically when no signal is received for 5 sec.

q Set volume

r Push to transmit

• Push [–] to toggle the monitor function ON and OFF. (p. 6)

ePush [LOW] to select the output power if necessary.

•“LOW” appears when low power is selected.

•Choose low power to conserve battery power, choose high power for longer distance communications.

rPush and hold [PTT] to transmit, then speak into the mi- crophone.

• Transmit indicator lights.

tRelease [PTT] to receive.

IMPORTANT: To maximize the readability of your transmit- ted signal, pause a few sec. after pushing [PTT], hold the microphone 10 to 15 cm from your mouth and speak at a normal voice level.

tRelease to receive

wSelect channel

wMonitor switch

r Speak into microphone

e Set output

power

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