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CONTENTS
CHAPTER 4OPERATING BASICS
SWITCHING POWER ON/OFF ...............................19
ADJUSTING VOLUME ............................................19
SELECTING A BAND ..............................................19
SELECTING A FREQUENCY ..................................20
ADJUSTING SQUELCH ..........................................20
TRANSMITTING...................................................... 21
Selecting Output Power ......................................21
CHAPTER 5MENU SET-UP
MENU ACCESS ......................................................22
MENU CONFIGURATION .......................................23
CHAPTER 6OPERATING THROUGH REPEATERS
PROGRAMMING OFFSET...................................... 29
Selecting Offset Direction.................................... 29
Selecting Offset Frequency................................. 29
Activating Tone Function..................................... 30
Selecting a Tone Frequency................................ 30
AUTOMATIC REPEATER OFFSET......................... 31
TRANSMITTING A 1750 Hz TONE.......................... 32
REVERSE FUNCTION ............................................33
AUTOMATIC SIMPLEX CHECK (ASC).................... 33
TONE FREQ. ID ......................................................34
CHAPTER 7MEMORY CHANNELS
SIMPLEX & REPEATER OR ODD-SPLIT
MEMORY CHANNEL?............................................. 35
STORING SIMPLEX FREQUENCIES OR
STANDARD REPEATER FREQUENCIES............... 36
SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES ...................................... 1
CONVENTIONS FOLLOWED IN THIS MANUAL....... 1
CHAPTER 1PREPARATION
MOBILE INSTALLATION........................................... 2
Main Unit Installation............................................. 2
Front Panel Installation .........................................3
FIXED STATION INSTALLATION............................... 4
MODULAR PLUG CABLE CONNECTION................. 4
DC POWER CABLE CONNECTION.......................... 5
Mobile Operation ..................................................5
Fixed Station Operation ........................................6
Replacing Fuses................................................... 7
ANTENNA CONNECTION......................................... 7
ACCESSORY CONNECTIONS .................................8
External Speakers ................................................8
Microphone........................................................... 8
CHAPTER 2YOUR FIRST QSO
CHAPTER 3GETTING ACQUAINTED
FRONT PANEL........................................................ 10
MAIN UNIT- FRONT................................................ 12
MAIN UNIT-REAR ...................................................12
MICROPHONE........................................................ 13
INDICATORS...........................................................14
BASIC TRANSCEIVER MODES.............................. 15
BUTTON FUNCTION DISPLAY............................... 16
BAND A & B............................................................. 17
TX BAND AND CONTROL BAND............................ 17
MIC KEYPAD DIRECT ENTRY (MC-53DM ONLY).. 18