   Serial.println(radio.testConnection() ? "HamShield connection successful" : "HamShield connection failed");
 
   // initialize device
-  radio.initialize(); // initializes automatically for UHF 12.5kHz channel
+  radio.initialize();
 
   Serial.println("setting default Radio configuration");
 

  radio.setSQOn();
  //radio.setSQOff();

  Serial.println("changing frequency");
  freq = 420000;
  radio.frequency(freq);
  Serial.print("new frequency: ");
  Serial.println(radio.getFrequency());
  
  // set RX volume to minimum to reduce false positives on DTMF rx
  radio.setVolume1(6);

  
  while (digitalRead(SWITCH_PIN));
  
  // now we let the AU ot of reset
  digitalWrite(RESET_PIN, HIGH);
  delay(5); // wait for device to come up
  
