General Radio Operation
Zones and Channels
A zone is a grouping of channels. A channel is a group of radio characteristics, such as transmit/receive frequency pairs.
Before you use your radio to receive or send messages, you should select the zone.
Select a Zone
1If a control on your radio has been preprogrammed as the Zone Switch, move the Zone Switch to the position for the zone you want.
Note: If the zone you select is unprogrammed, repeat this step.
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•Long,
UNPROGRAMMED
Select a Channel
1 After you select the zone you want, turn the preprogrammed Channel Selector knob to the desired channel.
2 If the channel you select is | • Long, |
unprogrammed, select a |
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different channel. | UNPROGRAMMED |
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