Kenwood TK-7180 Instruction Manual

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24ADVANCED OPERATIONSTALK AROUNDYou may occasionally experience an interruption in service (due to a powerfailure, etc.). During such an occurrence, you can continue communication byusing the Talk Around feature. Talk Around allows you to communicate directlywith other transceivers, without the use of a repeater. However, if the station youwant to contact is too far away, or there are geographical obstacles in the way,you may not be able to contact the station.Toggle Talk Around ON and OFF by pressing the key programmed as TalkAround.• The icon appears on the display while Talk Around is active.• When using Talk Around, the receive frequency is used for both transmitting andrecieving, and the decode signaling is used for both encoding and decoding.M ONITOR/ S QUELCH O FFYou can use the key programmed as Monitor/ Squelch Off to listen to weaksignals that you cannot hear during normal operation and to adjust the volumewhen no signals are present on your selected channel.• The icon appears on the display while Monitor/ Squelch Off is activated.Note: Squelch Off can be used only in Conventional operating mode.Your dealer can program a key with one of 4 functions:• Monitor: Momentarily press to deactivate QT, DQT, DTMF, 2-tone, or FleetSyncSignaling. Press the key again to return to normal operation.• Monitor Momentary: Press and hold to deactivate QT, DQT, DTMF, 2-tone, orFleetSync Signaling. Release the key to return to normal operation.• Squelch Off: Momentarily press to hear background noise. Press the key again toreturn to normal operation.• Squelch Off Momentary: Press and hold to hear background noise. Release the keyto return to normal operation.■ S QUELCH L EVELTo adjust the squelch level in Conventional operating mode:1 Press the key programmed as Squelch Level.2 Press the key to decrease the squelch level (open) and the C> key toincrease the squelch level (tighten).• If programmed by your dealer, you can also use the and keys.3 Press the S key to store the new setting and exit the squelch leveladjustment.