Radio Shack HTX-242 owner manual Turning the Keytone Beep On and Off, Limiting Transmit Duration

Limiting Transmit Duration

When you communicate on the 2-meter band, you should keep your transmissions as brief as possible. Most repeaters have built- in timers that limit single transmissions to 3 minutes or less.

You can set the transceiver to stop transmitting and sound a beep if a single transmission exceeds the selected time (none, 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, or 15 minutes). Follow these steps to select the transmission time-out setting.

1.Press VFO.

2.Hold F for at least 1 second. FUNC flashes.

3.Press MR.

4.Repeatedly press ▲ until the HTX-242 displays to and either the selected time (if the option is on) or oFF (if the option is off).

5.Rotate TUNE, or press UP or DOWN on the microphone, to select the desired time-out time (to turn on the time out option) or oFF (to turn off the option).

6.Press MR or PTT to save the settings.

Turning the Keytone Beep On and Off

Your HTX-242 sounds a beep each time you press a button. Follow these steps to turn off this keytone beep.

!Note: This does not affect the tone-alert beep, alarm scan beep, or the transmit limit beep.

1.Press VFO.

2.Hold F for at least 1 second. FUNC flashes.

3.Press MR.

4.Repeatedly press ▲ until the HTX-242 displays bp and either on (if the beep option is on) or oFF (if the option is off).

5.Rotate TUNE, or press UP or DOWN on the microphone, to select on (to turn on the beep option) or oFF (to turn off the option).

6.Press MR or PTT to save the settings.

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