Icom IC-905 - D Setting the Repeater Tone Frequency; D 1750 Hz Tone Burst

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ADVANCED OPERATIONS
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Repeater operation
D Setting the repeater tone frequency
Most repeaters require a subaudible tone to be
accessed� Subaudible tones are superimposed on
your signal, and must be set in advance�
Do the following steps to set the tone frequency�
1� Push �
• Opens the FUNCTION screen�
2� Touch [TONE]�
3� Touch “TONE�”
• Turns ON the repeater tone�
4� Touch [TONE] for 1 second�
5� Rotate to set the desired subaudible
tone frequency�
Selectable tone frequencies
67�0 88�5 114�8 151�4 177�3 203�5 250�3
69�3 91�5 118�8 156�7 179�9 206�5 254�1
71�9 94�8 123�0 159�8 183�5 210�7
74�4 97�4 127�3 162�2 186�2 218�1
77�0 100�0 131�8 165�5 189�9 225�7
79�7 103�5 136�5 167�9 192�8 229�1
82�5 107�2 141�3 171�3 196�6 233�6
85�4 110�9 146�2 173�8 199�5 241�8
Checking the repeater tone frequency
You can check the tone frequency by receiving the
repeater’s input frequency using the tone scan� To
receive the input signals, the transceiver detects
the subaudible tone frequency using the tone scan
function�
1� Touch [T-SCAN]�
D 1750 Hz tone burst
A 1750 Hz tone is required to access many European
Repeaters�
L This operation is only for the EUR version�
1� Assign “T-CALL” to the microphone’s key on the
REMOTE MIC KEY screen�
»
SET > Function > Remote MIC Key
2� Set the operating mode to “FM�”
3� While holding down [PTT] to transmit, push the
key that “T-CALL” is assigned to�
• Accesses the repeater with a short tone burst�
• Displays “1750Hz TONE�”
4� Operate in a normal way�
• The scan starts, and then stops when the matching
tone frequency from the repeater is received�
2� To close the TONE FREQUENCY screen, push
�
Blinks while scanning