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HX350S
Owner’s Manual
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CONTROLS AND INDICATORS
NOTE
This section defines each control of the transceiver. For detailed
operating instructions refer to section 4 of this manual.
Refer to Figure 1 for the location of the following controls, indicators,
and connections.
3.1 CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS
q
POWER SWITCH/VOLUME CONTROL
Turns the transceiver on and off, and adjusts the volume.
w
SQUELCH CONTROL (SQL)
Sets the point at which random noise on the channel does not activate
the audio circuits but a received signal does. This point is called the
squelch threshold. Further adjustment of the squelch control will
degrade the reception of wanted transmissions.
e
PUSH-TO-TALK (PTT) SWITCH
Activates transmission.
r
UP (
) KEY
Selects the desired channel. Each press increases the channel
number. When held down, the channels increase continuously.
t
DOWN (
) KEY
Selects the desired channel. Each press decreases the channel
number. When held down, the channels decrease continuously.
y
16/9 KEY
Immediately recalls channel 16 from any channel location. Holding
down this key recalls channel 9. When the WX key is pressed while
holding down this key, the mode toggles between USA, International
and Canadian.
u
WX KEY
Immediately recalls a weather channel from any channel location.
Recalls the previous channel when the WX key is pressed again.