(1) INTRODUCTIONCongratulations! You have just purchased a new remarkable breakthroughproduct in communications to be used on the Public Radio Service (PRS)frequency band. TheZartek two-way radio enables you to talk instantly to aslarge a group as required, as often as you like without airtime charges and will giveyou, family, friends, commercial and industrial colleagues many years of qualitycommunications. New legislation now allows you to own and use this relativelypowerful equipment without an operator’s annual license from ICASA (formallySATRA). This applies to all SADC(Southern African Development Community)region countries as well. National standby communication channel is 01 01. Thisshould be used to make contact with outsiders and springboard to other channels.To obtain maximum performance from your personal two-way radio, pleasetake a few minutes to read this users manual carefully. TheZartek is alightweight, palm-sized wonder with 190 two-way radio channels that you can carryalmost anywhere and use to talk to any person who is set on the same channel aslong as they are within range. ote! Generally the higher you are, the further theline-of-sight communication distance.The range of theZartek is anything from 1km indoors to 20kms outdoors,dependant on terrain and environment. The signal will bounce around and penetratematerials at the speed of light, bearing in mind the greater the barriers the moreattenuation i.e. weakening of the signal.TheZartek is our exciting second-generation product, super-ceding thePortocom, now with many more features and higher specifications, butchannel related communication still maintaining 100% compatibility.(2) MAIN FEATURES• PLL(Phase Lock Loop) Controlled Circuitry• 2 Memory Channels• 5 UHF (Ultra High Frequencies) Frequencies• 38 Quiet (CTCSS- Continuous Tone Coded Sub-audible Squelch) Codes• Rotary Volume Control with Power On/Off• Scanning Frequency/CTCSS• VOX (Voice Operated Transmit) Function – Hi/Low• Call Function – Ringer Type• Auto Squelch Control• Back lighted LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) Display• Keypad Lock• Auto Power Off (enable/disable)• Memory Retention Function• Power Saving Circuitry