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General Radio Operation
Zones and Channels
A zone is a grouping of channels. A channel is a group of radio char- acteristics, such as transmit/receive frequency pairs.
Before you use your radio to receive or send messages, you should select the zone.
Select a Zone
1 If a control on your radio has |
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been preprogrammed as the |
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Zone switch, move the Zone |
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switch to the position for the |
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zone you want. |
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2 If the zone you selected is | • Long, |
unprogrammed, you hear a |
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long, |
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until you select a |
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programmed zone. |
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Select a Channel
1 After you selected the zone you want, turn the preprogrammed Channel Selector switch to the desired channel.
2 If the channel you selected is • Long,
long,
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