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Becker Designed AR 4201 - ( O) (GK 415) manual

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    Subject to technical changes OPERA TING INSTRUCTIONS BECKER AR 4201 - ( O) (GK 415) portable VHF Transceiver B e c k e r F l u g f u n k w e r k G m b H B a d e n A i r p a r k , B 1 0 8 D - 7 7 8 3 6 R h e i n m ü n s t e r ( G e r m a n y ) T e l . + 4 9 ( 0 ) 7 2 2 9 / 3 0 5 - 0 F a x + 4 9 ( 0 ) 7 2 2 9 / 3 0 5 - 2 1 7 E - M a i l i n f o @ b [...]

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    © Copyright by Becker Flugfunkwerk Issue 05/00 Article No. 890.375-071[...]

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    Blank Operating Instructions Page 40 Issue 05/2000 Table of contents Important 3 Introduction 3 Safety information 4 Additional information 5 General information 6 Controls and indicators 7 p Switching on the unit 8 Function of controls and indicators 9 Operating instructions 8 p Switching on the portable VHF station 1 1 p T ransmit/receive mode 12[...]

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    p Setting the IC level 24 p Calibrating the temperature sensor 24 p Setting addressable storage locations 1 to 99 24 p Setting the temperature display in °C or °F 25 p Switching on the scan function 25 p Setting the hold time in the scan function 25 p Inhibiting the frequency setting (channel selection only) 26 p Inhibiting the frequency storage [...]

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    Operating Instructions Page 38 Issue 05/2000 Important Carefully read these operating instructions right through before attemp - ting to operate the portable VHF station. Keep these operating instructions carefully. They contain important sa - fety and operating instructions for the portable VHF station. Introduction Thank you for purchasing the BE[...]

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    The CAUTION, WARNING and NOTE highlights have the following meanings: Failure to comply, or incorrect compliance, with these instructions or procedures can lead to in - juries or fatal accidents. Failure to comply, or incorrect compliance, with these instructions or procedures can lead to damage to equipment. NOTE Feature to which attention should [...]

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    Operating Instructions Page 36 Issue 05/2000 Additional information l A speech test is to be performed before startup and it should be no - ted that if the speech test is carried out close to the portable VHF sta - tion the results may be positive even if the antenna cable is broken or short-circuited. At a distance of 5 to 10 km no connection will[...]

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    General information Carrying case and transceiver together form a portable VHF station. The easily-portable VHF station can be used, for example, for mobile and fi - xed operations on airfields or landing strips. It an also be used in hot air balloons, for ferrying aircraft or or recovery of gliders. The carrying case contains the battery , speaker[...]

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    Servicing and operation of lead-acid batteries Lead-acid batteries are to be charged immediately after use. Disch - arged lead-acid batteries are to be charged for approximately 16 hours at 1/10 of the rated capacity. A few basic rules need to be observed in the handling of lead-acid batte - ries, to maintain their service life over several years. [...]

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    Operating instructions Connect the antenna and the mike to the corresponding connection jacks. o Switching on the unit Switch on the portable VHF station using the ON/OFF switch (rotate vo - lume control clockwise). The battery charger shall be operated at a distanced of at least 50 cm (maximum cable lengt) from the portable VHF-Transceiver, to avo[...]

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    T echnical data Supply voltage range 10 V . . . 32 V DC Normal power supply voltage 13.75 V DC Power consumption at 13.75 V - “Standby” reception mode typ. 70mA - Reception mode typ. 500mA - T ransmission mode typ. 2,5 A T emperature range - 20° C . . .+ 55° C Dimensions (H x W x D) 270 x 1 15 x 80 mm Weigth 3.5 kg Frequency range 1 18.000 ..[...]

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    CH 99 (bottom line) Indicates the storage channel CH indication flashes If the initiated storage operation (bottom line) is not completed by pressing the store key F (bottom line) Indication that the selected storage channel is not occupied V 1 1.7 (bottom line) Indication of supply voltage All indicating segment Supply voltage £ 10.5 V flashes CS[...]

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    o Channel priority ON/OFF switch (option upwarts serial no.: 46) Call up function SF 18 using the MDE key . The following displays appe - ars : T op line SF 18 Bottom line CS channel number Using the kHz (steps of 1) or MHz (steps of 10) switch, select the de - sired channel. Store the channel by pressing the STO key . Several channels can be selec[...]

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    o T ransmit/receive mode Set the frequency in the preset display and press the exchange key . Ro - tate the VOL control to the centre position. Operate the transmit button and call the other station. Hold the micro - phone close to the lips for optimum speech transmission. NOTES l The triangle in the top line of the display indicates transmit mode.[...]

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    o Setting the “channel end” scanning range (if funtion SF8 ac - tivated) Call up function SF 14 using the MDE key . The following displays appe - ar : T op line SF 14 Bottom line CS channel number Using the kHz (steps of 1) or MHz (steps of 10) switch, select the end channel at which the scan function is to stop. Store the end channel by pressi[...]

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    o Flashing of the LCD If the power supply for the portable VHF station drops below 10.5 V , the display begins to flash. This flashing indicates, when operating on batte - ries for example, that the batteries require recharging. In prac-tice the display begins to flash in the transmit mode because this is when the po - wer consumption is greatest. [...]

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    o Inhibiting the frequency setting (channel selection only) Call up function SF 10 using the MDE key . The following displays appe - ar : T op line SF 10 Bottom line 0 or 1 Select the required function using the kHz key and store the function by pressing the STO key . 0 = Frequency setting not possible. The VHF station can only work on the frequenc[...]

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    o Mode 1 (standard mode) The last displayed active and preset frequencies appear in the LCD dis - play . The preset frequency (bottom line) is set using the MHz and kHz fre - quency selector switches. When the exchange key is pressed, a change from the active to the pre - set frequency occurs. A further operation of the key cancels the frequen - cy[...]

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    o Setting the IC level Call up the SF4 function using the MDE key . The following displays ap - pear : T op line SF 4 Bottom line 00 to 63 The IC level can be changed upwards or downwards using the kHz switch. The set value is stored by pressing the STO key . o Calibrating the temperature sensor Not activated in the portable VHF station. SF5 is not[...]

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    o Scan function If the scan function is activated in the equipment configuration, pressing the STO key changes from the channel selection mode to the scan function. In the scan function, the frequency appears in the top line of the display and the associated channel with the preset CS is shown in the bottom line. In the scan function, either all th[...]

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    l In the service mode the portable VHF station operates indepen - dent-ly of the settings on the control panel, on the frequency which was last set as the active frequency . Wenn the PTT-Key is pressed in the service mode, the display indicates in the top line the active frequency l The user can interlock his equipment configuration settings with t[...]

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    Service mode (equipment configurations) The service mode is meant to enable to set the equipment configuration. The following settings can be changed or set : SF 1 Setting the switch-on threshold of the squelch SF 2 Setting the sidetone volume SF 3 Setting the AF auxiliary volume SF 4 Setting the IC volume SF 5 Calibrating the temperature sensor (N[...]