Controls And Indicators; Front Panel - Standard Horizon QUANTUM GX6500E Owner's Manual

6 CONTROLS AND INDICATORS

This section defines each control of the transceiver. See illustration below for
location of controls. For detailed operating instructions refer to chapter 8 of
this manual.
6.1

FRONT PANEL

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(Power) key
Press and hold to toggle the radio on or off. When the power is turned on,
the transceiver is set to the last selected channel.
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MIC Connector
Connects to the supplied speaker microphone.
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SQL knob (Squelch control)
Adjusting this control clockwise, 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 reception of wanted transmissions.
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VOL knob (Volume control)
Turns the adjusts the speaker volume.
Clockwise rotation of this knob increases the internal and speaker micro-
phone volume.
s
econDary use
When in the PA or Fog mode, controls the listen-back volume.
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