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Radio Shack HTX-420 manual

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  • Page 1

    © 2002 Rad ioShack C orporatio n. All Rights Reserved. RadioSha ck and Rad ioShack.c om are tr ademarks used by RadioShack Corporat ion. 19-1 108 OWNER’S MA NUAL — Pleas e read before using this equipment . Thank y ou for purc hasing a RadioSh ack HTX-4 20 2-Mete r/70 cm Dua l Band FM Amateu r Transce iver. Yo ur trans ceiv er is com pact a nd[...]

  • Page 2

    2 about am ateur radi o. There are good b ooks, casse tte tapes, comput er program s, and many o ther stu dy aids availabl e. Your loc al Radio S hac k sto r e sel ls FCC Lice nse Preparatio n stud y guides for amate ur radio operator l icenses . Whil e you are no longer required to learn Mors e code for a Technician Class li cens e, we en courag e[...]

  • Page 3

    3 rubber du st cover from th e SPK and MIC jacks on top of t he transc eiver. The n inse rt the plug of an optional v oice-ac tivated headse t with m icroph one, or an optiona l commu nication he adset, into the jacks. . ± ± ± ± You can also con nect an o ptional m ono earphone to the SP K ja ck. This lets you use the tr ansceiv er's push-[...]

  • Page 4

    4 12'4#6+10 / #07#. " % 108'06+105 Your trans ceiver's b uttons pe rform mult iple functio ns. The abbrevia tion or symbol for a functio n is printe d on, a bove, or b elow each button. To activ ate certa in trans ceiver f eatures, y ou must p ress F (function) and a nother butt on at the sam e time . Those k ey comb inatio n in[...]

  • Page 5

    5 3. Hold down PTT (Pu sh to T a lk), then speak slowly and c learly in to the microp hone. 4. R ele ase PTT whe n you fin ish transmittin g. 70&'45 6#0&+0) " 4'2' #6'45 A repeater is a radio that recei ves a signal on one f requency (the in put frequen cy) an d retransm its that s ignal on a different frequenc y (t[...]

  • Page 6

    6 locatio n num ber appears beneath o . Then turn CH or pres s 8# or 9 to sel ect a different memo ry locati on. To r eturn to VFO , press . % *'%-+0) " / '/1 4; " . 1%#6+10 " 5 '66+0)5 To chec k all the settin gs stored in a m emory locatio n, press MR , then rotate CH (or use 8 or 9 ) to selec t the d esired memory l[...]

  • Page 7

    7 4. Press 8 or 9 , or rota te CH to sele ct a tone freq uency from the l ist on Pag e 7. 5. Press or PTT to store t he set tings and exi t. 7 5+0) " 6*' " %6%55 " 6 10'5 You can u se a tra nsm it to ne, a recei ve r to ne, or bo th. For e xample, if the selec ted rep eater uses a rece ive only CTC SS to ne, ena ble th e tr[...]

  • Page 8

    8 (TNC). See the fol lowing dia gram fo r a sugges ted conne ction . Refer to your TNC instruc tions for details . . 1%-+0) " 6*' " - ';2# & To lo ck the tra nscei ver’s ke ypad so yo u do not acc identally change a setting , press F + LOCK ( DW ). Thi s locks al l butto ns excep t PTT , PWR , F , and M . To unloc k the ke[...]

  • Page 9

    9 them to potenti ally ign ore real w eather warni ngs th at can sa ve li ve s. In 1994, NOAA beg an broadc asting SAM E (Specifi c Area Mes sage Enc oding) cod es along w ith th eir sta ndard w eath er broad casts from loc al st ations in yo ur area. SAME co des identify the type of em ergency a nd the specif ic geogra phic a rea (su ch as a c oun[...]

  • Page 10

    10 5 '.'%6+0) " 6*' " 6 4#05/+6 " 2 19'4 You can select on e of th e three tran smitti ng power l evels: Hi gh (no d isplay), Mid ( C C C C appears ), and Low ( B B B B appears). To sel ec t the level, repe ate dly press H/L . % 4155 " $ #0& " % *#00'. " 1 2'4#6+1 0 You can select a tr[...]

  • Page 11

    19-1 108 04A02 Printed in China Radio Shack Corporati on Fort Worth , Texas 7 6102 5'48+%' " #0& " 4'2#+4 If your tr ansce iver is n ot perfo rming as it should , take it to your l ocal RadioSh ack store for assi stanc e. Modify ing o r tampering with the tr ansceiv er’s intern al co mponents can cause a malf unction [...]