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MANUALLY OPEN THE SQUELCH, PUSH THE MONI ANM PA BUTTON TO TURN IT ON OR
OFF.  FOR A REPEATER PAIR, THE FUNCTION MONITORS THE REPEATERS INPUT
FREQUENCY.  A LOCK FUNCTION IS USED TO PREVENT ACCIDENTAL CHANGES IN
CHANNEL, FREQUENCY, OR FUNCTIONS.  WHEN TURNED ON IN THE INITIAL PARAMETERS
SET, THE SQUELCH ATTENUATOR USES THE SQUELCH KNOB TO EFFECT UP TO 20 DB OF
ATTENUATION WHEN THE SQUELCH KNOB IS TURNED ALL THE WAY UP.  AN S METER
SQUELCH FUNCTION DISABLES THE RADIOS AUDIO OUTPUT WHEN THE RECEIVED SIGNAL
IS WEAKER THAN THE SPECIFIED S METER SQUELCH LEVEL.  THE OPERATOR ROTATES
THE SQUELCH KNOB CLOCKWISE PAST THE TWELVE OCLOCK POSITION TO TURN ON THE
FUNCTION.  PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU CAN DOWNLOAD AN ADVANCED MANUAL FROM THE
ICOM WEBSITE SEE WWW. ICOM JAPAN.  COM/ SUPPORT/ MANUAL/ 3572.  SCANNING
OPERATIONS TO PREPARE FOR SCANNING, SET THE SCAN RESUME OPTION TO THE
DESIRED LEVEL I. E., THE NUMBER OF SECONDS OF HOLDING ON A BUSY CHANNEL
PRIOR TO RESUMPTION OF THE SCAN.  TO STOP THE RESUMPTION OF A SCAN, SIMPLY
KEY THE MIC BRIEFLY.  FOR A FULL ALL FREQUENCIES SCAN, OR A PARTIAL SCAN
PROGRAMMED INTO THE REGISTER BY THE USER BY SETTING THE LOWER AND UPPER
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