Programmable Frequency Step—lets you set the frequency step for tuning or scanning to 5, 10, 12.5, 20, 25, 50, or 100 kHz.
Extended Band Coverage —receives from 136 to 174 MHz and lets you extend transmit coverage to include 2-Meter ham, MARS (Military Amateur Radio Service), and CAP (Civil Air Patrol).
Dual VFO (Variable-Frequency Oscillator) and Duplex Modes— two independent VFOs let you quickly select between two directly- entered frequencies. You can also use one of the VFOs as a repeater input frequency and the other as a repeater output fre- quency for odd-split repeaters.
Using this Manual
To make this manual as easy to use as possible, we give you sev- eral ways to find information.
Contents—lists all sections in the order they appear in the man- ual.
Understanding the Display—lists all display indicators and gives a brief explaination and notes the sections where the indicator is fully explained.
Using the Menu—lists the options in the configuration menu and gives the page numbers where the options are discussed.
Quick Reference Card—gives brief instructions for most func- tions.
Type Conventions—make the references to keys and displays easier to find in the text:
•Keys are bold. For example, VFO.
•When a key has more than one marking (for example, DTMF and ALM refer to the same key), we refer to the key by the name appropriate to the task.
•Where you are instructed to press two keys at once, the keys are separated by a + symbol. For example, F+DTMF.
•Text and symbols that appear on the transceiver’s display appear in a special typeface. For example, 144.940.
Important notes in this manual have a large exclamation mark (!) in the margin. Warnings and cautions you should follow to prevent injury to a person or damage to the transceiver have a large light- ning bolt ( 
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