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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD ..............................................................
IMPORTANT ...............................................................
EXPLICIT DEFINITIONS ............................................
SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES.......................................
FCC INFORMATION ..................................................
PRECAUTIONS .........................................................
D-STAR INTRODUCTION ........................................
About the D-STAR system ................................iii
D-STAR system description ..............................iv
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1 PANEL DESCRIPTION................................... 1–21
Front panel ........................................................ 1
Rear panel ....................................................... 10
ACC socket information .............................. 13
DATA2 socket information ........................... 14
LCD display ..................................................... 15
Function display .............................................. 19
M1 (Menu 1) display.................................... 19
M2 (Menu 2) display.................................... 19
M3 (Menu 3) display.................................... 19
D1 display ................................................... 19
D2 display ................................................... 19
Function keys on M1 (Menu 1) display ....... 20
Function keys on M2 (Menu 2) display ....... 20
Function keys on M3 (Menu 3) display ....... 21
Function keys on D1 display ....................... 21
Function keys on D2 display ....................... 21
2 INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS ........ 22–30
Selecting a location ......................................... 22
Grounding ....................................................... 22
Electronic keyer and microphone connections .. 22
Antenna connection ........................................ 23
Required connections ..................................... 24
Rear panel .................................................. 24
Advanced connections .................................... 25
Front panel .................................................. 25
Rear panel .................................................. 25
External keypad connections .......................... 26
Optional and the external units connections ... 26
Power supply connections ............................... 27
Connecting a DC power supply ....................... 27
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Linear amplifier connections ........................... 28
Connecting the IC-PW1/PW1EURO ........... 28
Connecting a non-Icom linear amplifier ...... 29
External antenna tuner connection ................. 29
Connecting the AH-4 .................................. 29
Microphone connector information .................. 30
Microphones .................................................... 30
HM-36 ......................................................... 30
SM-50 (Option) ........................................... 30
3
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Before first applying power .............................. 31
Turning ON (Partial resetting) .......................... 31
MAIN and SUB Bands ..................................... 32
MAIN/SUB Band selection .......................... 32
SUB Band display ....................................... 32
SUB Band setting mode operation ............. 33
The SUB Dial function ................................. 33
VFO description ............................................... 34
Selecting the VFO A/B ............................... 34
VFO equalization ........................................ 34
Selecting VFO/memory mode ......................... 34
Selecting a frequency band ............................. 35
Using the band stacking registers ............... 35
Frequency setting ............................................ 37
Tuning with [MAIN DIAL] ............................. 37
Direct frequency entry with the keypad ....... 37
Quick Tuning function .................................. 38
Selecting ‘kHz’ step ..................................... 38
Selecting 1 Hz step ..................................... 39
Auto tuning step function ............................ 39
tuning step function ................................ 39
About the 5 MHz frequency band operation
(only USA version) ...................................... 40
Band edge warning beep ............................ 41
Programming the user band edge .............. 42
Operating mode selection ............................... 43
Squelch and receive (RF) sensitivity ............... 44
Volume setting ................................................. 45
Voice synthesizer operation ............................. 45
Meter Display selection ................................... 45
Basic transmit operation .................................. 46
Transmitting ................................................. 46
Microphone gain adjustment ....................... 46
4 RECEIVE AND TRANSMIT .......................... 47–68
Operating SSB ................................................ 47
Operating CW ................................................. 48
About the CW reverse mode ....................... 49
About CW pitch control ............................... 49