TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD .............................................................. i
IMPORTANT ............................................................... i
EXPLICIT DEFINITIONS ............................................ i
SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES.......................................i
FCC INFORMATION .................................................. i
PRECAUTIONS ......................................................... ii
D-STAR INTRODUCTION ........................................ iii
D About the D-STAR system ................................iii
D D-STAR system description ..............................iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................ v
1 PANEL DESCRIPTION................................... 1–21
■ Front panel ........................................................ 1
■ Rear panel ....................................................... 10
D ACC socket information .............................. 13
D DATA2 socket information ........................... 14
■ LCD display ..................................................... 15
■ Function display .............................................. 19
D M1 (Menu 1) display.................................... 19
D M2 (Menu 2) display.................................... 19
D M3 (Menu 3) display.................................... 19
D D1 display ................................................... 19
D D2 display ................................................... 19
D Function keys on M1 (Menu 1) display .......20
D Function keys on M2 (Menu 2) display .......20
D Function keys on M3 (Menu 3) display .......21
D Function keys on D1 display .......................21
D 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
D Rear panel ..................................................24
■ Advanced connections .................................... 25
D Front panel .................................................. 25
D Rear panel ..................................................25
■ External keypad connections .......................... 26
■ Optional and the external units connections ... 26
■ Power supply connections ...............................27
■ Connecting a DC power supply ....................... 27
D Connecting the PS-126
DCPOWERSUPPLY ................................. 27
D Connecting a non-Icom
DCPOWERSUPPLY ................................. 27
■ Linear amplifier connections ........................... 28
D Connecting the IC-PW1/PW1EURO ........... 28
D Connecting a non-Icom linear amplifier ...... 29
■ External antenna tuner connection ................. 29
D Connecting the AH-4 .................................. 29
■ Microphone connector information .................. 30
■ Microphones .................................................... 30
D HM-36 ......................................................... 30
D SM-50 (Option) ........................................... 30
3 BASIC OPERATION ..................................... 31–46
■ Before first applying power .............................. 31
■ Turning ON (Partial resetting) .......................... 31
■ MAIN and SUB Bands ..................................... 32
D MAIN/SUB Band selection .......................... 32
D SUB Band display ....................................... 32
D SUB Band setting mode operation .............33
D The SUB Dial function ................................. 33
■ VFO description ............................................... 34
D Selecting the VFO A/B ............................... 34
D VFO equalization ........................................ 34
■ Selecting VFO/memory mode ......................... 34
■ Selecting a frequency band ............................. 35
D Using the band stacking registers ...............35
■ Frequency setting ............................................ 37
D Tuning with [MAIN DIAL] ............................. 37
D Direct frequency entry with the keypad
....... 37
D Quic
k Tuning function ..................................38
D Selecting ‘kHz’ step .....................................38
D Selecting 1 Hz step ..................................... 39
D Auto tuning step function ............................39
D
1
⁄4 tuning step function ................................ 39
D About the 5 MHz frequency band operation
(only USA version) ...................................... 40
D Band edge warning beep ............................ 41
D 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
D Transmitting ................................................. 46
D Microphone gain adjustment .......................46
4 RECEIVE AND TRANSMIT .......................... 47–68
■ Operating SSB ................................................ 47
■ Operating CW ................................................. 48
D About the CW reverse mode ....................... 49
D About CW pitch control ............................... 49
D About keying speed..................................... 49
D CW sidetone function .................................. 49