alex wrote: > I have decided to replace Icom M1V with M88 for 2 reasons - #1: Concentric > control knobs for Power/Volume/Squelch (main problem), and #2: M88 is > shorter, better fits onto the shoulder strap. > #1 is a nusiance to a degree bordering with safety. Slight bend in the knob > axle and/or grit and/or salt deposits are causing both knobs rotate > simultaneously, and increasing the volume you cut the squelch off at the > same time (thus killing the audible signal), or unwillingly turn the radio > off while trying to adjust the darn squelch. As a result, it becomes a > two-hand operation, and this is bad. > > Now, looking at the M88 photos, I see same concentric knobs. Is it really > so? Alex, I have one of these M88's, purchased a couple years ago, so I assume it is the same as what is sold now. No, that ring below the volume control is not the squelch. It is in fact not a moveable collar. It is fixed. Squelch on mine (page 4 of the manual) is controlled by a small button just below the PTT button on the left side of the unit, which when pushed displays "SL" on the screen and a number. The number indicates the current squelch setting, which you can change by pressing the up or down buttons. Pressing the small button again fixes the displayed number as the new squelch setting and returns the screen to normal. Adjusting squelch is a one-handed operation for me, although I never seem to need to do so, running at "1" all the time. ["0" = no squelch at all] Hope this helps. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri May 23 2008 - 23:00:54 PDT
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