133BASIC OPERATIOND Transmitting notes• Transmit inhibit functionThe transceiver has several inhibit functions which restricttransmission under the following conditions:- The channel is in mute condition (‘Inaudible’ condition;“ ” does not appear.)- The channel is busy.- Un-matched (or matched) CTCSS is received.(Depending on the pre-setting.)- The selected channel is a ‘receive only’ channel.• Time-out timerAfter continuous transmission for the pre-programmed timeperiod, the time-out timer is activated, causing the transceiv-er to stop transmitting.• Penalty timerOnce the time-out timer is activated, transmission is furtherinhibited for a period determined by the penalty timer.D TX code channel selectionIf the transceiver has [TX Code CH Select] assigned to it,indication can be toggled between the operating channelnumber (or name) and TX code channel number (or name).When the TX code channel number (or name) is displayed,[UP]/[DOWN] selects the TX code channel.TO SELECT A TX CHANNEL:q Push [TX Code CH Select]— a TX code channel appears.w Push [UP] or [DOWN] to select the desired TX code chan-nel.e Push [Call] (or [PTT] during MSK operation) to transmitthe selected TX code.r Push [TX Code CH Select] again to return to the operat-ing channel number indication.FOR TX CODE CHANNEL TYPE:If the transceiver has a [TX Code CH Up] or [TX Code CHDown] key assignment, the programmed TX code channelcan be selected directly.