36 Communicating directly with other radiosMaking and receiving callsCommunicating directly withother radiosYou can bypass the radio repeater and communicatedirectly with another radio using the Radio Talkaroundfeature. You can do this when you are out of range ofthe repeater, or if the repeater is busy.While repeater talkaround is active, all calls are made onyour current channel’s receive frequency.Turning repeater talkaround on and offYou can turn repeater talkaround on and off using afunction key, if your radio is programmed in this way.! Press the function key to turn repeatertalkaround on.The message Repeater talkaround activated (orRepeater talkaround deactivated) appears andthe repeater talkaround symbol appears inthe display.Repeater talkaround remains on until you press thefunction key again.
