Radio Shack TRC521 CB manual

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2 CB RADI O SETU P Your CB’s displa y is protected du ring shipmen t by a piece of clear fil m. Careful ly peel off thi s film befo re us ing your radi o. A TTACH TH E M ICRO PHONE H OL DER You can attach the micro phone holder hor izonta lly or vertica lly to ei ther side o f your CB. To attac h the mic rophon e holder s omewher e else, fo llow [...]

3 2. At the marke d positions, dri ll a hole slightl y smaller than the mou nting sc rews. Do n ot drill into obj ect s behind the mou nting surf ace. 3. Secure th e mounting brac ket to the mount ing surface with th e suppli ed screw s and lo ckwas hers. 4. Att ach the CB to the mountin g bracket with the suppli ed rubber w asher s and mo unting k[...]

4 Dual b and anten nas provi de opt imum rec eption of C B and WX ch annels. F or mobile installations (car, boat), a n on- directio nal an tenna prov ides the best CB recepti on. Mo bile antenna s use your vehi cle’s m etal body as a ground pla ne. If the CB is in stalled i n a bo at, your bo at’s steel hull is used as a gro und plane . Withou[...]

5 USING THE CB AS A BASE STATION Although this CB is desig ned for mobil e use, yo u can us e it as a b as e st ati on wi th an A C pow er so urc e. Yo ur loc al Radio Shack store carri es a wi de sel ection o f base statio n ante nnas , coax ial anten na ca ble , conn ecto rs, and ba se stati on po wer su ppli es. For ba se sta tion i nst al lat i[...]

6 RECEIVING A ND TRANSM ITTIN G We recom mend yo u try rece iving transmis sions be fore you transmit. R ECEIVING 1. Rot ate OFF/V OLUME towards OF F until it clicks to turn off t he CB. 2. Slide CB/WX to CB . 3. Rot ate SQUELC H fully c ounterc lockwis e. 4. Rot ate RF GA IN fully clockwise . 5. Rot ate OFF/V OLUME clockwi se to turn on the CB. Th[...]

7 3. T o turn of f the CB, tu rn OFF/VOLUM E count ercloc kwise to OFF un til it c licks. U SING C OMMON 10-C ODE S Citizen’ s Band operators have a dopted 10 -codes fo r standard questions and ans wers. These code s permit faster commu nication and better int elligibi lity in noisy a reas. The more po pular code s follow: Code Meaning 10-1 Recei[...]

8 This tab le lists the code meanings in th e form of a stateme nt. They c an also be phrase d as ques tions. Fo r exampl e, “10-6: Are you busy ?”, “10-20: What is y our loca tion?”. TIPS FOR USIN G YOUR CB Like m ost activ i ties, CB radio has i ts custo ms and courtes ies. The f ollowing tips will he lp you ge t the mos t enjoym ent from[...]

9 • Do not hold down PTT when y ou are not tal king. (Thi s is called dead key ing.) • Assist callers wi th directi ons, info rmation about roa d conditi ons, and any other reason able re quests . M AXIMUM R ANGE Your CB ra dio’s tra nsmiss ion range i s general ly line-o f- sight. T he ma ximum ra nge an d quality of CB tran smissi ons vary [...]

10 LISTE NING TO TH E WEATHE R BAND The Na tional O ceanic a nd Atmo spheri c Admini stration (NOAA) br oadcasts local fo recast an d regio nal weat her infor mation on one or more of se ven channels in the US. We have pre-prog rammed y our CB with all sev en of th ese freq uenci es. To li ste n to a we ather bro adc ast or al ert, sli de CB/WX to [...]

11 To sile nce the a lert tones, press ALERT T ONE OFF . WX/ALERT flashes until yo u switch to WX mo de and lis ten to the br oadcast. Or press PTT to silence the al ert tone s so WX/ALERT s top s flas hin g. Ô To reduc e the alert tone levels for subsequ ent ale rts, hold down ALERT TONE OFF for about two seconds whil e WX/ALERT f lashes. The ton[...]

12 TROUBLES HOOTIN G We do no t expect you to have any proble ms with y our CB, but if y ou do, the follow ing sug gestions might he lp. If the se tips do no t solve th e problem , do not atte mpt repairs or ad jus tment s yo urse lf. The CB s hould be serv iced on ly b y a quali fied radio techni cian. If you st ill ha ve problem s, take your CB t[...]

13 FCC I NFORMA TION The Fede ral Communicati ons Com mission (F CC) does not require y ou to hav e a licen se to ope rate this CB. However, the FCC does require that you read and kn ow Part 95 of FCC Ru les . Th es e rul es app ly to th e op erat ion of a Class D CB. Warn in g: Do not open y our CB to m ake any in ternal adjus tme nts. A ny int er[...]

14 SPECIF ICATIONS RECEIVER Frequency Response (1 kHz, 0 dB Reference) Lower , at 450 Hz .............. ................. ................... ................. –3 dB Upper , at 2500 Hz ................. ................ ................... ............. –3 dB Intermediate Frequency First IF ......................................................[...]

15 Internal S peaker ................................................... 16 Ohm, 5 W atts Dimensi o ns ( HWD) .. .. .... ... .......... ........... . 1 9 / 16 x 5 9 / 16 x 7 5 / 16 inches (40 mm x 142 mm x 185 mm) Weight ................................... .... .... .... ......... .... .... .... ..... 2 lbs (930 g) S pecifications are typical; indi[...]

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