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Front panel

Speaker

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Function display

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u y t

r

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q DISTRESS KEY [DISTRESS]

Transmits Distress call when pushed for 5 sec. (p. 17)

w POWER/VOLUME CONTROL [VOL]

Turns power ON and OFF and adjusts the audio level. (p. 8)

e SQUELCH CONTROL [SQL]

Sets the squelch threshold level. (p. 8)

r SCAN KEY [SCAN•TAG] (p. 13)

Starts and stops Normal or Priority scan.

Sets or clears the displayed channel as a tag (scanned) channel when pushed for 1 sec.

While pushing [HI/LO] on the microphone, push for 3 sec. to clear or set all tag channels in the selected chan- nel group.

tCHANNEL/WEATHER CHANNEL KEY [CH/WX•DUAL]

Toggles between regular channels and weather chan- nel when pushed momentarily. (p. 7)

Starts Dualwatch or Tri-watch when pushed for 1 sec. (p. 11)

Stops Dualwatch or Tri-watch when either is activated.

y CHANNEL 16/CALL CHANNEL KEY [16•9]

Selects Channel 16 when pushed. (p. 6)

Selects call channel when pushed for 1 sec. (p. 6)

• “CALL” appears when call channel is selected.

Push for 3 sec. to enter call channel programming con- dition when call channel is selected. (p. 9)

While pushing [CH/WX•DUAL], push to enter the chan- nel comments programming condition. (p. 10)

Enters Set mode when pushed while turning power ON. (p. 30)

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Icom IM402A, IM402SA instruction manual Panel Description, Front panel

IM402A, IM402SA specifications

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