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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD .............................................................. I
IMPORTANT ............................................................... I
EXPLICIT DEFINITIONS ............................................ I
SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES....................................... I
FCC INFORMATION .................................................. I
PRECAUTIONS ......................................................... II
D-STAR INTRODUCTION ........................................ III
D About the D-STAR system ................................iii
D D-STAR system description ..............................iv
4!",%/&#/.4%.43 ............................................ v
1 PANEL DESCRIPTION................................... 1–21
N Front panel ........................................................ 1
N Rear panel ....................................................... 10
D ACC socket information .............................. 13
D DATA2 socket information ........................... 14
N LCD display ..................................................... 15
N Function display .............................................. 19
D M1 (Menu 1) display.................................... 19
D M2 (Menu 2) display.................................... 19
D M3 (Menu 3) display.................................... 19
D D1 display ................................................... 19
D D2 display ................................................... 19
D Function keys on M1 (Menu 1) display ....... 20
D Function keys on M2 (Menu 2) display ....... 20
D Function keys on M3 (Menu 3) display ....... 21
D Function keys on D1 display ....................... 21
D Function keys on D2 display ....................... 21
2 INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS ........ 22–30
N Selecting a location ......................................... 22
N Grounding ....................................................... 22
N
Electronic keyer and microphone connections
.. 22
N Antenna connection ........................................ 23
N Required connections ..................................... 24
D Rear panel .................................................. 24
N Advanced connections .................................... 25
D Front panel .................................................. 25
D Rear panel .................................................. 25
N External keypad connections .......................... 26
N Optional and the external units connections ... 26
N Power supply connections ............................... 27
N Connecting a DC power supply ....................... 27
D Connecting the PS-126
$#0/7%23500,9 ................................. 27
D Connecting a non-Icom
$#0/7%23500,9 ................................. 27
N Linear amplifier connections ........................... 28
D Connecting the IC-PW1/PW1EURO ........... 28
D Connecting a non-Icom linear amplifier ...... 29
N External antenna tuner connection ................. 29
D Connecting the AH-4 .................................. 29
N Microphone connector information .................. 30
N Microphones .................................................... 30
D HM-36 ......................................................... 30
D SM-50 (Option) ........................................... 30
3 "!3)#/0%2!4)/. ..................................... 31–46
N Before first applying power .............................. 31
N Turning ON (Partial resetting) .......................... 31
N MAIN and SUB Bands ..................................... 32
D MAIN/SUB Band selection .......................... 32
D SUB Band display ....................................... 32
D SUB Band setting mode operation ............. 33
D The SUB Dial function ................................. 33
N VFO description ............................................... 34
D Selecting the VFO A/B ............................... 34
D VFO equalization ........................................ 34
N Selecting VFO/memory mode ......................... 34
N Selecting a frequency band ............................. 35
D Using the band stacking registers ............... 35
N Frequency setting ............................................ 37
D Tuning with [MAIN DIAL] ............................. 37
D Direct frequency entry with the keypad
....... 37
D Quick
Tuning function .................................. 38
D Selecting ‘kHz’ step ..................................... 38
D Selecting 1 Hz step ..................................... 39
D Auto tuning step function ............................ 39
D
1
⁄4 tuning step function ................................ 39
D About the 5 MHz frequency band operation
(only USA version) ...................................... 40
D Band edge warning beep ............................ 41
D Programming the user band edge .............. 42
N Operating mode selection ............................... 43
N Squelch and receive (RF) sensitivity ............... 44
N Volume setting ................................................. 45
N Voice synthesizer operation ............................. 45
N Meter Display selection ................................... 45
N Basic transmit operation .................................. 46
D Transmitting ................................................. 46
D Microphone gain adjustment ....................... 46
4 RECEIVE AND TRANSMIT .......................... 47–68
N Operating SSB ................................................ 47
N Operating CW ................................................. 48
D About the CW reverse mode ....................... 49
D About CW pitch control ............................... 49
D About keying speed..................................... 49
D CW sidetone function .................................. 49