User manual ICOM IC-F40 BROCHURE

[. . . ] This radio has been tested and complies with the FCC RF exposure limits for "Occupational Use Only. " In addition, your Icom radio complies with the following Standards and Guidelines with regard to RF energy and electromagnetic energy levels and evaluation of such levels for exposure to humans: · FCC OET Bulletin 65 Edition 97-01 Supplement C, Evaluating Compliance with FCC Guidelines for Human Exposure to Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields. · American National Standards Institute (C95. 1 ­ 1992), IEEE Standard for Safety Levels with Respect to Human Exposure to Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields, 3 kHz to 300 GHz. · American National Standards Institute (C95. 3 ­ 1992), IEEE Recommended Practice for the Measurement of Potentially Hazardous Electromagnetic Fields ­ RF and Microwave. To ensure that your exposure to RF electromagnetic energy is within the FCC allowable limits for occupational use, always adhere to the following C AU TIO N guidelines: · DO NOT operate the radio without a proper antenna attached, as this may damage the radio and may also cause you to exceed FCC RF exposure limits. A proper antenna is the antenna supplied with i this radio by the manufacturer or an antenna specifically authorized by the manufacturer for use with this radio. [. . . ] Simply carrying with or placing near metal objects such as a necklace, etc. This will damage not only the battery pack, but also the transceiver. · NEVER incinerate used battery packs. Internal battery gas may cause an explosion. · NEVER immerse the battery pack in water. If the battery pack becomes wet, be sure to wipe it dry BEFORE attaching it to the transceiver. · Clean the battery terminals to avoid rust or miss contact. It's a good idea to clean battery terminals once a week. If your battery pack seems to have no capacity even after being charged, completely discharge them, then fully charge the battery pack again. If the battery pack still does not retain a charge (or only very little charge), a new battery pack must be purchased. D Recycling information (U. S. A. only) The battery (BP-209, BP-210 or BP-222) that you have purchased is recyclable. D Battery pack life When the operating period becomes extremely short even after charging the battery pack fully, a new battery pack is needed. NOTE: The charger rapidly charges a battery pack to a specified level, not a completed level, to prevent overcharging. Leave the battery pack in the charger for a few more hours (up to 15 hours; depending on battery condition) after the LED indicator turns green, to charge the battery completely. The transceiver has 2 conditions for receive standby: Audible condition: This condition mutes audio ONLY when no carrier is present. You can receive (or monitor) any signals on a channel. · Push and hold the [Moni], switch to select the audible condition. Any audio mute functions are cancelled while pushing the [Moni] switch. Inaudible condition: This condition mutes ALL signals except those directed to you. Therefore you should check a channel's condition (busy or not) with the monitor function before transmitting. · Push the [Moni] switch momentarily to select the inaudible condition. All signals are received Only signals containing the proper tone are received D TALK AROUND The talk around function changes duplex channels to simplex channels. · Duplex allows you to contact your base station, repeaters, etc. · Simplex allows you to contact other portable transceivers directly (portable-to-portable contact). [. . . ] q While pushing [PTT] and [Lower], turn the transceiver's power on to enter the squelch adjustment mode. w Push [Upper] to increase the squelch level (tight squelch) or [Lower] to decrease the squelch level (loose squelch). · Squelch level will be fixed after 1 sec. [Upper] [PTT] [Lower] ` Transmitting notes D TIME-OUT TIMER After continuous transmission for a pre-programmed period, the time-out timer is activated causing the transceiver to stop transmitting, and automatically select receive. D PENALTY TIMER Once the time-out timer is activated, transmission is further inhibited for a period determined by the penalty timer. 19 CLONING ` Cloning 6 Cloning allows you to quickly and easily transfer the programmed contents from one transceiver to another transceiver; or data from PC to a transceiver using the optional CS-F11 CLONING SOFTWARE. D Transceiver-to-transceiver cloning NOTE: `Transceiver-to-transceiver cloning' is available between the same models on 2CH model to 16CH model or the opposite case cannot be cloned. q Connect the optional OPC-474 CLONING CABLE with adapter plugs to the [SP] jack of the master and slave transceivers. · The master transceiver is used to send data to the slave transceiver. w While pushing [PTT] and [Upper], turn the transceiver's power on to enter cloning mode (master transceiver only­power ON only for slave transceiver). [. . . ]