Kenwood TK-2180 Instruction Manual

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35ADVANCED OPERATIONSSELECTING A T RANSMIT P OWEREach channel is programmed with either high or low transmitpower by your dealer. You can change the transmit power ofonly channels programmed as high.When you can reliably communicate with other parties withoutusing high transmit power, select low transmit power bypressing the key programmed as Low Transmission Power.Each time you press Low Transmission Power, the transmitpower toggles between high and low.• The icon appears while using low transmit power.• Using low transmit power conserves battery power and reducesthe risk of interfering with other communications.Note: Pressing Low Transmission Power while using a channelprogrammed with low power causes an error tone to sound.TALK A ROUNDYou may occasionally experience an interruption in service(due to a power failure, etc.). During such an occurrence, youcan continue communication by using the Talk Around feature.Talk Around allows you to communicate directly with othertransceivers, without the use of a repeater. However, if thestation you want to contact is too far away, or there aregeographical obstacles in the way, you may not be able tocontact the station.Toggle Talk Around ON and OFF by pressing the keyprogrammed as Talk Around.• The icon appears on the display while Talk Around is active.• When using Talk Around, the receive frequency is used for bothtransmitting and recieving, and the decode signaling is used forboth encoding and decoding.