Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product HTX-420 Radio Shack
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© 2002 Rad ioShack C orporatio n. All Rights Reserved. RadioSha ck and Rad ioShack.c om are tr ademarks used by RadioShack Corporat ion. 19-1 108 OWNER’S MA NUAL — Pleas e read before using this equipment . Thank y ou for purc hasing a RadioSh ack HTX-4 20 2-Mete r/70 cm Dua l Band FM Amateu r Transce iver.
2 about am ateur radi o. There are good b ooks, casse tte tapes, comput er program s, and many o ther stu dy aids availabl e. Your loc al Radio S hac k sto r e sel ls FCC Lice nse Preparatio n stud y guides for amate ur radio operator l icenses .
3 rubber du st cover from th e SPK and MIC jacks on top of t he transc eiver. The n inse rt the plug of an optional v oice-ac tivated headse t with m icroph one, or an optiona l commu nication he adset, into the jacks. . ± ± ± ± You can also con nect an o ptional m ono earphone to the SP K ja ck.
4 12'4#6+10 / #07#. " % 108'06+105 Your trans ceiver's b uttons pe rform mult iple functio ns. The abbrevia tion or symbol for a functio n is printe d on, a bove, or b elow each button. To activ ate certa in trans ceiver f eatures, y ou must p ress F (function) and a nother butt on at the sam e time .
5 3. Hold down PTT (Pu sh to T a lk), then speak slowly and c learly in to the microp hone. 4. R ele ase PTT whe n you fin ish transmittin g. 70&'45 6#0&+0) " 4'2' #6'.
6 locatio n num ber appears beneath o . Then turn CH or pres s 8# or 9 to sel ect a different memo ry locati on. To r eturn to VFO , press . % *'%-+0) " / '/1 4; " .
7 4. Press 8 or 9 , or rota te CH to sele ct a tone freq uency from the l ist on Pag e 7. 5. Press or PTT to store t he set tings and exi t. 7 5+0) " 6*' " %6%55 " 6 10'5 You can u se a tra nsm it to ne, a recei ve r to ne, or bo th.
8 (TNC). See the fol lowing dia gram fo r a sugges ted conne ction . Refer to your TNC instruc tions for details . . 1%-+0) " 6*' " - ';2# & To lo ck the tra nscei ver’s ke ypad so yo u do not acc identally change a setting , press F + LOCK ( DW ).
9 them to potenti ally ign ore real w eather warni ngs th at can sa ve li ve s. In 1994, NOAA beg an broadc asting SAM E (Specifi c Area Mes sage Enc oding) cod es along w ith th eir sta ndard w eath er broad casts from loc al st ations in yo ur area.
10 5 '.'%6+0) " 6*' " 6 4#05/+6 " 2 19'4 You can select on e of th e three tran smitti ng power l evels: Hi gh (no d isplay), Mid ( C C C C appears ), and Low ( B B B B appears). To sel ec t the level, repe ate dly press H/L .
19-1 108 04A02 Printed in China Radio Shack Corporati on Fort Worth , Texas 7 6102 5'48+%' " #0& " 4'2#+4 If your tr ansce iver is n ot perfo rming as it should , take it to your l ocal RadioSh ack store for assi stanc e.
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