Icom ID-52A, Basic Manual

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BASIC MANUAL
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Table of contents
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Important ......................................... i
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Features .......................................... i
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Explicit definitions ............................ i
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Supplied Accessories ......................ii
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Voice Coding Technology ................ii
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Trademarks .....................................ii
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Table of contents ............................iii
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About the ID-52A/ID-52E manuals . v
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Important Notes..............................vi
D When using the GPS receiver .......vi
D Electromagnetic Interference.........vi
D Spurious signals ............................vi
D About charging with the power ON vi
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Unique functions ...........................vii
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Precaution ......................................ix
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Battery cautions .............................xi
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Battery caution...............................xi
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Charging caution ..........................xii
1 PANEL DESCRIPTION ���������������������� 1
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Front, top, and side panels............. 1
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Function display ............................. 3
2 INITIAL SETUP ���������������������������������� 5
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Attaching the Battery pack ............. 5
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Charging the battery pack .............. 6
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Capacity of the battery pack .......... 6
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Inserting a microSD card................ 7
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Turning ON the transceiver ............ 7
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Adjusting the audio level ................ 7
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Saving the setting data onto a
microSD card ................................. 8
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Formatting a microSD card............ 8
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Saving the setting data .................. 9
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Confirming the GPS is receiving
signals ......................................... 10
3 BASIC OPERATION ������������������������ 11
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Receiving ..................................... 11
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Dualwatch operation .................... 11
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Turning Dualwatch ON or OFF .... 11
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MAIN band selection ................... 11
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Monitor function............................ 12
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Setting a squelch level ................. 12
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Quick Menu window ..................... 13
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Quick Menu window operation .... 13
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Selecting the Frequency
Selecting mode ............................ 14
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VFO mode ................................... 14
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Memory mode.............................. 14
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Call Channel mode ...................... 14
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Weather Channel mode
(For only the ID-52A) ................... 14
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DR function operation .................. 14
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Selecting the operating band ....... 15
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Selecting the operating mode ...... 15
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Setting a frequency ...................... 16
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Selecting a tuning step ................ 16
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Selecting the 1 MHz tuning .......... 16
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Attenuator..................................... 16
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Scan operation ............................. 17
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Speech function ........................... 17
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Home Channel function................ 18
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Setting a Home Channel ............. 18
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Transmitting ................................. 19
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Making a simplex call .................. 19
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About the transmit power levels .. 20
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FM Radio operation...................... 20
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Turning ON the FM Radio ........... 20
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Lock function ................................ 20
4 MENU SCREEN ������������������������������� 21
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Selecting a Menu item.................. 21
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MENU screen operation .............. 21
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Selecting a Menu item ................. 22
5 MEMORY OPERATION ������������������� 23
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Entering Memory channels .......... 23
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Selecting a Memory channel ........ 24
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Viewing the Memory channel
contents ....................................... 24