Radio Shack HTX-420 Owner's Manual

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BG TECH.VERSION III2001/2/28OPERATIONTURING ON /OFF THE TRANSCEIVERTo turn the transceiver, hold down “PWR” key for about 0.5 second. The radio beeps once if the keytone feature is enabled. Then the current battery voltage briefly appears and the last used frequencyappears. To turn the transceiver off, press “PWR” key again.CHANGING THE CHANNEL/FREQUENCY UP/DOWNTo change the channel or frequency, turn the rotary switch on the top. If you turn clockwise, channelor frequency goes up. If you turn counterclockwise, channel or frequency goes down.Also you can use the universal type keys to turn up/down.F + are pressed to step through the frequencies in 1MHz steps(144, 145, 146)Also, you can enter the frequency you want to use directly pressing 16 keys.CHANGING THE VOLUME UP/DOWNTo change the volume, turn volume switch under the channel switch clockwise for up or counterwise for down.CHANGING THE BANDSTo change the band you want to use, press and it will turn VHF, UHF, AIR BAND, WX.USING MONITOR BUTTONTo temporarily open the squelch, hold down “M”. To resume normal operation, release M.While “M” is pressed, SQL, RPT, RXTONE, TXTONE is displayed on the sub frequency displayand its value on the main frequency.