Icom Ic-V88, Operating Manual

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INTRODUCTION
FOREWORD
We appreciate you choosing Icom for your communication needs.
The MDC 1200 signaling system is built into your IC-V88
vhf transceiver
and IC-U88
uhf transceiver
.
IMPORTANT
FIRST, CAREFULLY READ INSTRUCTIONS
q
and
w
that are provided with the transceiver.
SAVE THIS OPERATING GUIDE—
This operating guide contains additional important operating instructions for
the IC-V88
vhf transceiver
and IC-U88
uhf transceiver
.
taBLe Of cOntents
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of Icom Incorporated (Japan) in Japan, the United States,
the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Russia and/
or other countries.
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FOREWORD ......................................................................... i
IMPORTANT .......................................................................... i
TABLE OF CONTENTS ......................................................... i
1 ACCESSORIES ...........................................................1–2
Accessory attachments ....................................................1
D Antenna ........................................................................1
D Battery pack .................................................................1
D Belt clip.........................................................................1
D Jack cover ....................................................................2
2 PROGRAMMABLE KEY FUNCTIONS .......................3–4
Programmable key functions ............................................3
3 MDC 1200 SYSTEM OPERATION ..................................5
About the MDC 1200 system ..........................................5
Receiving .........................................................................5
D
Receiving a PTT ID ......................................................5
Transmitting ......................................................................5
D
Transmitting a PTT ID ...................................................5
4 USER SET MODE ...........................................................6
User Set mode .................................................................6
5 FRONT PANEL PROGRAMMING .............................7–11
Front Panel Programming mode ......................................7
D
Entering the Front Panel Programming mode ..............7
D
Selecting a channel to program ..................................7
D
Editing the Receive (RX) and Transmit (TX) frequencies ...8
D Selecting the RX and TX tones ....................................8
D Editing the channel name...........................................10
D Other settings .............................................................11