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RADIO WITH THE POWER/VOLUME KNOB ON TOP OF THE CHASSIS, THE DC SUPPLY
VOLTAGE IS DISPLAYED FOR ABOUT A SECOND, FOLLOWED BY THE OPERATING
FREQUENCY.  ACROSS THE TOP OF THE LCD DISPLAY FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, WHEN
ACTIVATED, ARE THE MEMORY CHANNEL NUMBER AND INDICATORS FOR KEYPAD LOCK,
TONES DTMF, DCS, OR CTCSS, AND BATTERY LEVEL.  THE OPERATING FREQUENCY IS
DISPLAYED IN THE MIDDLE ROW, AND ALONG THE BOTTOM ROW ARE INDICATORS FOR FM
BROADCAST BAND RADIO, NAR NARROW BAND, VERSUS WIDEBAND WHICH IS THE TYPICAL
NORTH AMERICAN PROTOCOL, LOW RF OUTPUT POWER, VOX VOICE ACTIVATED TRANSMIT,
SCN SCAN, AND F FUNCTION MODE SELECT.  FOR A QUICK START, I CHECKED TO SEE
THAT THE RADIO WAS IN VFO MODE NO MEMORY CHANNEL DISPLAYED AND ENTERED MY
REPEATERS OUTPUT FREQUENCY BY TAPPING THE KEYPAD NUMERIC BUTTONS.  I HAD TO
MANUALLY PROGRAM THE OFFSET FREQUENCY FOR TRANSMITTING IN NORTH AMERICA,
THE TYPICAL SPLIT IS MINUS 1R6 MHZ.  ENTERING THE FREQUENCY IS ACCOMPLISHED
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