Icom IC-F30

• Receiving and transmitting
Caution: Transmitting without an antenna may damage the
transceiver. See
p. 2 for antenna attachment.
Receiving:
CD Select a channel. See Channel selection on previous page.
(2) Listen for a transmission and adjust the volume to a com-
fortable listening level.
• The activity LED lights green when receiving a signal.
• When no transmission is heard, push and hold [P]([MON]) to ad·
just the volume.
The transceiver is now set to receive calls on the selected
channel.
Transmitting:
Wait for the channel to become clear, then:
® Push a programmed switch (e.g. to transmit a tone, etc.) if
instructed to do so by your system operator.
• Refer to DEALER-PROGRAMMABLE FUNCTIONS on pgs.
6-10.
@ While pushing and holding [PTT], speak into the micro-
phone at a normal voice level.
• The activity LED lights red while transmitting.
• Do
not hold the transceiver too close to your mouth or speak too
loudly. This may distort the signal.
@ Release [PTT] to receive.
BASIC OPERATION 2
• Transmitting notes
¢ LOW BATTERY CONDITION
.. When the low battery indi- IC-F30/F40 IC-F30LT/F40LT
cator appears and/or the , I ~
activity LED flashes red - 0 - ~
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slowly, battery capacity is battery low battery low
becoming low and trans-
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mitting is not possible. :;. 0 ~
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.. When the low battery indi- ~/ I " ~ I ,
cator appears and flashes battery nearly battery nearly
and/or the activity LED exhausted exhausted
flashes red quickly, battery capacity is nearly exhausted.
¢ TRANSMITTING WHILE SCANNING
If the scan function is assigned to channel 1 and scan is acti-
vated, you can transmit on a pre .. programmed channel during the
scan (depending on programming, transmit may be inhibited).
¢ TIME-OUTTIMER (TOT)
After continuous transmission for a pre-programmed period,
the TOT activates and receive is automatically selected.
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Transmitting
specified TOT period
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