23FTM-10SR O PERATING M ANUALBASIC O PERATION3. Rotating the DIAL knob tunes the frequency in pre-programmed steps. Clockwise rota-tion of the DIAL knob will increase the frequency; counter-clockwise rotation will lowerthe operating frequency.4. Press and hold in one of the front panel / keys for one second (the 1 MHz digitwill blink). Then rotate the DIAL knob to change the frequency at 1 MHz per step. Thisfeature is extremely useful for making rapid frequency excursions over the wide tuningrange of the FTM-10SR.5. Press the [VOL/SEL] key until the red LED to the left of the DIAL knob illuminatesand the volume level is displayed on the LCD. Now, the DIAL knob becomes the vol-ume knob.6. Rotate the DIAL knob to adjust the receiver volume. Clockwise rotation increases theaudio output level.TRANSMISSION1. Press the front panel / keys to switch the operating band to 144 MHz or 430MHz band.2. Press the PTT (Push To Talk) key on the front panel when the frequency is clear. Speakinto the microphone on the front panel (upper left corner of the front panel) in a normalvoice level.When talking around 3 feet away from the front panel microphone, the modulation maynot be enough and the transmitted audio level may be lower.3. When your transmission is complete, release the PTT key. The transceiver will revert tothe receive mode.PTT keyMIC