Radio Shack MTX-103 owner manual Connecting Antenna

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Cautions:

•To prevent permanent battery power loss, never charge the bat- teries in an area where the tem- perature is above about 80°F. The charger does not operate at all at temperatures below 32°F or above 113°F.

•Never use any other charger to recharge the transceiver’s battery pack. This could permanently damage your transceiver or the battery pack.

Important: This transceiver uses a re- chargeable nickel-cadmium battery pack. At the end of the battery pack’s useful life, it must be recycled or dis- posed of properly. Contact your local, county, or state hazardous waste man- agement authorities for information on recycling or disposal programs in your area. Some options that might be available are municipal curb-side col- lection, drop-off boxes at retailers, re- cycling collection centers, and mail- back programs.

CONNECTING THE

ANTENNA

Caution: To prevent damage to your transceiver, you must connect an an- tenna before you operate it.

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1.Position the BNC antenna con- nector over the antenna jack on the top of the transceiver.

2.Place the slots in the antenna’s connector over the tabs on the antenna jack, squeeze the base of the antenna, and push down and turn the antenna’s base clockwise until it locks into place.

Instead of the supplied antenna, you can connect an optional antenna. The BNC antenna jack on your transceiver makes it easy to connect a variety of antennas, such as an external mobile antenna or an outdoor base antenna, available at your local Radio Shack store.

Caution: Never connect an antenna that is not specifically tuned for the

transceiver’s frequency range (156.025–162.275 MHz).

Warning: Use extreme caution when installing or removing a base station antenna. If it starts to fall, let it go! It could contact overhead power lines. If the antenna touches the power line, contact with the antenna, mast, cable, or guy wires can cause electrocution and death! Call the power company to remove the antenna. Do not attempt to do so yourself.