Icom ID-51A

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Section 8
D-STAR OPERATION <BASIC>
■ Setting “FROM” (Access repeater) ..................................... 8-2
D Using the preloaded Repeater List ................................. 8-3
D Using the DR scan ......................................................... 8-4
D Using the Repeater Search function .............................. 8-5
D Using the TX History ...................................................... 8-7
■ Setting “TO” (Destination) ................................................... 8-8
D Using “Local CQ” (Local Area call) ................................. 8-9
D Using “Gateway CQ” (Gateway call) ............................. 8-10
D Using “Your Call Sign” ................................................... 8-11
D Using RX History .......................................................... 8-12
D Using TX History .......................................................... 8-13
D Directly inputting (UR) .................................................. 8-14
D Directly inputting (RPT) ................................................ 8-15
■ Reflector operation ........................................................... 8-16
D What is the reflector? ................................................... 8-16
D Linking to a reflector ..................................................... 8-17
D Using a reflector ........................................................... 8-18
D Unlinking a reflector ...................................................... 8-19
D Reflector Echo Testing .................................................. 8-19
D Requesting repeater information .................................. 8-20
■ Updating the Repeater List ............................................... 8-21
IMPORTANT!
• The Repeater List described in this manual may differ from your transceiver’s Repeater List contents.
• Although Japanese repeaters are used in the setting examples, the Japanese repeater node (port) letters are dif-
ferent from other country’s.
Be sure to add a repeater node letter as the 8th digit in the call sign field, according to the repeater frequency
band, as shown below.
1200 MHz: A (B in Japan)
430 MHz: B (A in Japan)
144 MHz: C (no D-STAR repeaters in Japan)
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