1. HAM Radio – Let’s Get You Talking
By J.D. Power and Associates

2. Cool Stuff!! 1,000 memory channels Alpha display
Listen from MHz and MHz
Talk on MHZ and MHz

3. What are Those Knobs?

4. What are Those Buttons?

5. What’s on That Screen?

6. How Do I Talk?
PTT (Push-to-talk) – hold this down and talk into the microphone
MONI switch – opens squelch fully so you can hear weak signals
Lamp switch – illuminates the LCD and the keypad for 5 seconds (Pg. 17)

7. Where Does the Battery Go?
Make sure battery fits well
No need to take out battery to charge – just use the DC adapter

8. How Do I Charge It?
MIC/SP jack – connection point for microphone, earphone, PTT, and ground
EXT DC jack- connection point for the external DC power source (to charge the radio)

9. First Things First When I say PRESS = push button only for ½ second
When I say HOLD = hold button down for more than 2 seconds
You only have 5 seconds to press the next button or turn the knob… or else the radio will go back to initial setting
How to get new frequencies anywhere:
California Frequencies…
U.S. Frequencies...
Internet Radio Linking Project (IRLP)…

10. How Do I Program a Channel?
Start in VFO mode
Type in frequency using key pad
(If Tone) Press FW, then press #1 (SQ TYP), turn dial to “TONE”, press FW
(Select Tone) Press FW, then press #2 (CODE), turn dial to “100.0 HZ”, press FW
Hold FW, then turning dial to select desired channel to save on, then press FW; you will see “MEM-IN”
(Source: Pg. 22, 28)

11. How Do I Name a Channel? Start in MEMORY mode Select channel to name
Press FW, then press #0 (SET), turn dial to “28 NM WRT”, press FW twice
Turn dial left to select letter
Press FW to advance/move right
(Press [down] to backspace)
When done, hold FW to store
Press PTT to finalize
(Source: Pg. 30)

12. How Do I Erase a Channel? Start in MEMORY mode Hold FW for 2 seconds
Turn dial to the channel you want to erase
Press HM/RV
(Source: Pg. 32)

13. How Do I Scan ALL Channels?
Press V/M to select either MEMORY mode
Hold [up] or [down] arrow to scan
Press [up] or [down] to stop scanning
(Source: Pg. 37)

14. How Do I “Skip” a Channel?
Start in MEMORY mode
Select channel to SKIP
Press FW then #0 (SET)
Rotate dial to “46 SKIP”
Press FW
Rotate dial to “SKIP”
Press PTT
(Source: Pg. 37)

15. How Do I Select a Particular “Bank” of Channels?
Start in MEMORY mode
Hold down BAND for 2 sec
Turn dial to select
“No Bank, 1, 2, 3, etc”
Press V/M
(Source: Pg. 39)

16. Already in the Radio, BANKS…
BANK 1: [Ch 60–76]
VC Police/Sheriff Dept freqs
BANK 2: [Ch 77–86, 89-93]
VC Fire Dept freqs
BANK 3: [Ch 1–20, 44-47, 50-54]
VC HAM radio freqs
BANK 4: [Ch 94-97, , ]
LA Co. Police/Sheriff Dept freqs
BANK 5: [Ch 87-88, 103–121]
LA Co. Fire Dept freqs
BANK 6: [Ch 21–30, 33-43, 48-49, 55-56]
LA Co. HAM radio freqs
BANK 7: [Ch ]
All Local Airport freqs
BANK 8: [Ch ]
Various local IRLP freqs
BANK 9: [Ch ]
All Local Topanga freqs

17. Your Frequency List… What each column is: What each column is:
A = Channel #
B = Channel name
C = Frequency
D = Show Alpha or Frequency
E = Mode (FM, AM, etc)
F = Skip (when scanning)
G = Step (5 KHz, 10, 15, etc)
H = Tone offset +, -, or nothing
What each column is:
I = Shift up or down (.600)
J = Tone (On or Off)
K = Tone (100, 127.3, etc)
L = DCS??
M = Transmit power (high, low)
N = TX Dev??
O = Clk Sh??
P = Bank 1, 2, etc to the right

18. When are the Weekly Check-Ins?
Monday noon (11:30am)
DCS County-wide Check-In…
Channel: 22 “DISAP1”
Monday nights (7:30pm)
DCS-22 Check-In…
Channel: 26 “K6DCS”
LAFD ACS Check-In…
Channel: 29 “LAFACS”
Tuesday nights (7:00pm)
ACS Area 2 Check-In…
Channel: 2 “TOAK R” and…
Channel: 47 “AMGEN”
Tuesday nights (7:30pm)
DCS New HAM Check-In…
Channel: 35 “PAPA 4”
Sunday nights (8:30pm)
Topanga DRT Check-In…
Practice on the radio EVERY week

19. Now… Your agreement with Me
Coordinate to talk on any HAM repeater with 1 person from this class by next week
Try all the HAM radio channels from your HOME and your WORK… see which ones work
Check-In on the radio EVERY week to any of the Nets listed on the previous page

20. Any Questions? My e-mail: erik@MalibuSAR.org
HAM Lingo…
“Net Control” = Operator managing a ‘directed net’
“QTH” = My location is
“Traffic” = Anything you want to say
“73” = Best regards
“Frequency Clear” = All done talking
“Monitoring” = Listening to the frequency
“Full Quieting” = Your loud and clear, no static
“5 by 5” = Good signal strength and clarity