Icom VHF IC-F50

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CONVENTIONAL OPERATION
D Transmitting notes
• Transmit inhibit function
The transceiver has several inhibit functions which restrict trans-
mission under the following conditions:
-Thechannelisinmutecondition(‘Inaudible’condition;“
”
doesnotappear).
- Channel is busy.
-Un-matched(ormatched)CTCSSisreceived.
- The selected channel is a ‘receive only’ channel.
• Time-out timer
After continuous transmission for the pre-programmed time period, the
time-out timer is activated, causing the transceiver to stop transmitting.
• Penalty timer
Once the time-out timer is activated, transmission is further inhib-
ited for a period determined by the penalty timer.
D TX code channel selection
Ifthetransceiverhas[TXCodeCHSelect]assignedtoit,indication
canbetoggledbetweentheoperatingchannelnumber(orname)
andTXcodechannelnumber(orname).WhentheTXcodechan-
nelnumber(orname)isdisplayed,the[
]/[ ]keyselects
the TX code channel.
TO SELECT A TX CHANNEL:
qPush[TXCodeCHSelect]—aTXcodechannelappears.
w Push [
]/[ ]toselectthedesiredTXcodechannel.
ePush[Call](or[PTT]duringMSKoperation)totransmitthese-
lected TX code.
rPush[TXCodeCHSelect]againtoreturntotheoperatingchan-
nel number indication.
FOR TX CODE CHANNEL TYPE:
Ifthetransceiverhasa[TXCodeCHUp]or[TXCodeCHDown]
key assignment, the programmed TX code channel can be selected
directly.