Receiving and transmittingCAUTION: Transmitting without an antenna may dam-age the transceiver.q Push [POWER] to turn power ON.w Set the audio and squelch levels.➥ Rotate [SQL] fully counterclockwise in advance.➥ Rotate [VOL] to adjust the audio output level.➥ Rotate [SQL] clockwise until the noise disappears.e To change the channel group, push [CH/WX•U/I/C] whilepushing [H/L]. (p. 9)r Rotate [CHANNEL] or push [YY]/[ZZ] on the microphone toselect the desired channel.• When receiving a signal, “BUSY” appears and audio is emittedfrom the speaker.• Further adjustment of [VOL] may be necessary.• Use the optional voice scrambler function for privacy. (p. 13)t Push [F], then push [6 LO/DX] to turn the receive attenua-tor function ON or OFF if necessary.• “LOCAL” appears when the receive attenuator is in use.y Push [H/L] to select the output power if necessary.• “25W” or “1W” appears when high or low power is selected, re-spectively.• Choose low power for short range communications, choose highpower for longer distance communications.• Some channels are for low power only.u Push and hold [PTT] to transmit, then speak into the mi-crophone.• “TX” appears.• Channel 70 cannot be used for transmission other than DSC.Simplex channels, 3, 21, 23, 61, 64, 81, 82 and 83 CAN-NOT be lawfully used by the general public in U.S.A. wa-ters.i Release [PTT] to receive.IMPORTANT: To maximize the readability of your trans-mitted signal, pause a few sec. after pushing [PTT], holdthe microphone 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5 cm) from yourmouth and speak at a normal voice level.WATERPROOFVOLiM602VHF MARINEMICU/I/C 9SQL16/9we tq rry u i3 BASIC OPERATION10