LakeOswegoFireDepartment300BAvenueLakeOswego,OR97034
503‐635‐0275https://www.ci.oswego.or.us
SettingUptheFRSRadio
TouseyourFRSRadio,youmust:
FindyourneighborhoodChannelandTonesettings.
ConfiguretheChannelandTonesettingsontheFRSRadio.
Transmitandreceivefromalocationfreefromobstructions.
BewithinrangeofanotherFRSradiosettothesameChannelandTone.
FindyourChannelandToneSettings
Tocommunicate,allradiosinyourgroupmustbesettothesameChannelandTone.Acity‐wideplan
wasdevelopedtohelpdistributeradiotrafficandprovideastartingpointforcitizens.Ifyouaren’table
toconnectwithaneighborontheassignedneighborhoodchannel/tone,tryanadjoining
neighborhood
channel.
Thisexampleshowsfindin gtheChannelandTonesettingsforthe“PalisadesEast” neighborhoodinthe
“SoutheastDivision”ofLakeOswego.
NOTE:TheSecondaryFRSChannelandTonesettingsareforcommunicationsoverashortdistance;such
asbetweenCERT/NeighborhoodEmergencyResponseTeamsconductingassessmentsonasingle
street.
Power‐OnandVolumeSettingonYourFRSRadio
AfteryouhavechargedthebatteryonyourFRSradio,followthesestepstopower‐onandsetthe
volumeonyourradio.
1. LongpresstheMode/Lockbuttontopower‐ontheradio.
NOTE:LongpresstheMode/Lockbuttontopoweritoff.
2. TurnFRSradiovolumeupanddownbypressing"
+"or"‐"ontheVolume/Scrollbutton.
NOTE:Thevolumesettingappearsasanumber0to7intheToneindicator.
ConfiguretheChannelonYourFRSRadio
YourFRSradiohas22channels.Thechannelcorrespondstothefrequencytheradiousestotransmit.
1. Withtheradioon,presstheMenu/LockbuttonuntiltheChannelnumberstartstoflash.The
channelnumberflashingisthecurrentlysetchannel.