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Icom IC

–2720H Mini–Operating Guide by W5JCK, September 2007 

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Icom IC-2720H VHF/UHF Radio 

Mini

–Operating Guide by W5JCK 

 

 

[

PWR

Power Switch

 

Press and hold 1 sec. to turn power On/Off.

 

[

SET●LOCK

Set, Lock Switch 

● Press to enter Set mode. 
● Press and hold for 1 sec. to switch the 

Lock function On or Off. 

[

LOW●PRIO

Output Power, Priority Switch

 

● Press to change the power output level. 
● Press and hold for 1 sec. to start the 

Priority Watch operation.

 

[

TONE●DTMF

Tone, DTMF Switch

 

● Press to select a Tone function. 
● Press and hold for 1 sec. to turn DTMF 

memory encoder On or Off.

 

[

DUP●MONI

Duplex, Monitor Switch

 

● Press to select between DUP-, DUP+, and 

Simplex operation. 

● Press and hold for 1 sec. to switch the 

Monitor function On or Off.  

[

MAIN●BAND

L/R Band Switches

 

● Press to select the main band for L/R side. 
● Press and hold for 1 sec. to select 

operating frequency band for L/R side. 

         

[

V/MHz●SCAN

L/R VFO/MHz Tuning, Scan 

Switches

 

● Press to select between VFO mode and 1 

MHz Tuning mode for L/R side. 

● Press and hold for 1 sec. to start scan for 

L/R side.  

● Press to stop a scan for L/R side.

 

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M/CALL●MW

L/R Memory/Call, Memory 

Write Switches

 

● Press to select between Memory, Call, and 

Weather Channel modes for L/R side. 

● Press and hold for 1 sec. to select a 

memory channel for L/R side for 
programming.

 

[

VOL

L/R Volume Control Switches

 

Turn to adjust audio for L/R side.

 

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DIAL

L/R Tuning Dials

 

Turn to select operating frequency, memory 
channel, setting for Set mode item, or 
scanning direction for L/R side. 

11 

[

SQL

L/R Squelch Control Switches

 

Turn to adjust squelch level for L/R side.

 

Summary of Contents for IC-2720H

Page 1: ... sec to switch the Monitor function On or Off 6 MAIN BAND L R Band Switches Press to select the main band for L R side Press and hold for 1 sec to select operating frequency band for L R side 7 V MHz SCAN L R VFO MHz Tuning Scan Switches Press to select between VFO mode and 1 MHz Tuning mode for L R side Press and hold for 1 sec to start scan for L R side Press to stop a scan for L R side 8 M CALL...

Page 2: ... 1 VFO Lock Switch 2 PTT Switch 3 Up Down Switches 4 Activity Indicator 5 Keypad 6 Function Indicator 7 2 nd function Switch 8 DTMF Select switch 9 Function Switches 10 Band Switch 11 Memory Call Switch Using the Keys Select a Frequency Press or to select a frequency in VFO mode or memory channel in Memory mode Start a Scan Press and hold or for 1 sec to activate the scan mode Stop a Scan Press or...

Page 3: ...HM 133 microphone button VFO LOCK to activate VFO mode on the main band Operating in VFO Mode If necessary press L R V MHz SCAN to activate the VFO mode To change the frequency using 1 KHz steps rotate DIAL To change the frequency using 1 KHz 1 MHz or 10 MHz steps 1 Press V MHz SCAN one or more times to toggle between 1 KHz 1 MHz and 10 MHz tuning steps 2 Rotate DIAL to change the frequency To sta...

Page 4: ...elect a Memory channel within the bank To return to regular Memory mode press and hold MAIN BAND for 1 sec then momentarily press MAIN BAND again Using the Monitor Function This function is used to listen to weak signals without disturbing the squelch setting To activate press and hold L R DUP MONI for 1 sec to open the squelch The Busy icon blinks on the LCD display To cancel press and hold DUP M...

Page 5: ...d repeater shift this step will not be necessary as the IC 2720H will automatically set the shift To manually set the repeater shift Press L R DUP MONI once or twice to select minus duplex or plus duplex shift For minus duplex DUP appears on the LCD screen The repeater s receive freq is set lower than its transmit frequency For plus duplex DUP appears on the LCD screen The repeater s receive freq ...

Page 6: ...e beeps sound and the indicator icon appears on the LCD display 2 Rotate DIAL to select a blank Memory channel in which to program the current settings Be certain you select a blank channel so as to not overwrite any existing channels 3 Press and hold M CALL MW for 1 sec to program the channel Three beeps will sound indicating the channel was programmed Assigning a Memory Channel to a Memory Bank ...

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