Uniden 980SSB RF Gain question.

In the manual it states with rf gain active, key the mic and adjust with the channel selector. On my radio when I activate rf gain and it lights up red, the word local flashes on the screen. When I key the mic it shuts off the rf gain. If I hold down the rf gain until it turns red, local flashes on the screen and I can adjust it without keying the mic. How do I adjust the rf gain not on local? In regular mode my s/rf graph is always at about a 5, very noisy. If I press rf gain button without it turning red, it switches to local and the graph is blank, radio not noisy. Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

SWL button? I dont see anything labeled swl.

 

It's like I can only adjust rf gain on local, not on anything else.

 

It's okay. Nope SWR not pressed. I'm trying to make the radio not as noisy in regular mode just like local, but I can't find anything that shows me how. In standard mode, I have to turn the squelch way up to get out the noise.

 

Pushing the rf gain button does switch local off and on, but when I try to set the gain for regular not local, it doesn't allow me to. As soon as I key the mic, it shuts the rf gain adjustment off. I even tried it not keying the mic, same result.