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IC-2820 Quick Reference Guide v.1.4
CTCSS
CTCSS Operations
Enabling CTCSS involves two steps. You have to set the Tone Frequency (Pg. 32) and
enable the Tone mode (Pg. 30).
Setting the Tone Frequency (Pg. 32)
1. Push
the
FUNCTION
key to display the function guide.
2. Push
the
MENU (V/MHZ-SCAN)
key (Far right).
3. Rotate
DIAL
to select DUP/TONE, then push
MAIN-BAND
.
4.
Rotate
DIAL
to select REPEATER TONE then push
MAIN-BAND
.
5.
Rotate
DIAL
to select the tone you want, and then push
MAIN-BAND
to set.
6.
Push
BACK (V/MHZ-SCAN)
(far right) twice to exit and return to normal op-
erations
Enabling Tone Mode (Pg. 30)
1. Push
TONE-DTMF
to enable TONE. It rotates through TONE, T.SQL, and dis-
abled.
Repeater Offsets
Setting Repeater Offsets (Pg. 30)
The IC-2820 comes preset with the following shifts: On 2m, 600 kHz; on 70cm, 5 MHz
To manually set the positive (+) or negative (-) or disable the offset, push the
DUP-
MONI
button to change between off, DUP-, and DUP+
This works ONLY for the active frequency.
Cross Band
Repeater
Operations
Enabling the cross band function (Icom KB 743G461664)
1. Configure the band(s) as needed with power levels and TONE as needed.
2. Press and hold both left and right
MAIN
dials then the
FUNCTION
key to-
gether. After two beeps, the lock key will flash in the upper right of the display.
3. When in cross band mode, the VHF frequency is on the left and the UHF fre-
quency is on the right.
4. Repeat step 2 to return to normal operations.