Kenwood TK-3173 - Manual (Page 46)

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ADVANCED OPERATIONS
S
ELECTING A
T
RANSMIT
P
OWER
Each channel is programmed with either high or low transmit
power by your dealer. You can change the transmit power of
only channels programmed with high transmit power.
When you can reliably communicate with other parties without
using high transmit power, select low transmit power by
pressing the key programmed as Low Transmit Power.
Each time you press Low Transmit Power, the transmit
power toggles between high and low.
• The icon appears while using low transmit power.
• Using low transmit power conserves battery power and reduces
the risk of interfering with other communications.
Note: Pressing Low Transmit Power while using a channel
programmed with low power causes an error tone to sound.
T
ALK
A
ROUND
You may occasionally experience an interruption in service
(due to a power failure, etc.). During such an occurrence, you
can continue communication by using the Talk Around feature.
Talk Around allows you to communicate directly with other
transceivers, without the use of a repeater. However, if the
station you want 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 Talk Around.
• The icon appears on the display while Talk Around is active.
• When using Talk Around, the receive frequency is used for both
transmitting and recieving, and the decode signaling is used for
both encoding and decoding.