Radio indicators
The status LED indicators and the radio's audible tones all
combine to give you information about the state of your radio.
The most common way the indicators work is described in the
following sections.
The way these indicators behave may be affected by the way
your radio is programmed.
LED Indicators
LED
red
(transmit)
green
(receive and
monitor)
orange
(scanning)
Meaning
Glowing: your radio is transmitting
Flashing: your transmit timer is about to expire, or
your radio is stunned
Glowing: there is activity on the current channel,
even though you may not be able to hear it
Flashing: you have received a call with valid special
signalling, or you have activated monitor or squelch
override
Glowing: your radio is scanning a group of channels
for activity or greatest signal strength
Flashing: your radio has detected activity on a chan-
nel, and has halted on this channel
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