The comes with some power-on factory defaults that you will want to change. The recommended changes make the radio easier to operate. Go to Initial Set Mode by power off, hold Lock button and power on. Refer to the initial setup items on pages See the Section below on Filters. Item 20 - Auto Repeater: This should definitely be changed from the default. This will save you a lot of extra offset-setting while you are programming your repeater channels.
To operate with computer control and digital modes, see the interface section later herein, as well as my article on the digital-modes. Q1 - Power: Set to HI or as desired.
The rest of the Q menus vary by mode — see the manual. I recommend you:. Select a blank channel. Set the frequency and mode. If this is a simplex frequency, simply press MW to write the memory. Next channel. Go to next channel and repeat until all your list is programmed. Afterward, you can go to G4 and give all the channels descriptive names, if desired. Note that G4 name setting is stored with Exit button, not MW.
Simply use the M2 menu: Set to Memory mode, select the channel to overwrite, then change the frequency, mode, Tone, whatever is needed, then press MW to update the channel to the current settings.
If needed, also update Q4 name. All this sounds complicated at first, but after you do a couple of channels you get a rhythm going and it goes pretty fast. Disclaimer: The author assumes absolutely no responsibility, under any circumstances, for what the reader may do with this information. Now the rig is permanently in TX mode. I guess something in the 8 V regulator part is broken. Bevore things went wrong, I coud measure aporox 7,7 V at hsend.
