Icom IC-A23 User Manual

FOREWORD .................................................................................... i
EXPLICIT DEFINITIONS ................................................................. i
CAUTIONS ....................................................................................... i
SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES............................................................. ii
TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................. iii
1 ACCESSORY ATTACHMENT .................................................. 1
2 PANEL DESCRIPTION ........................................................ 2–7
■Panel description ............................................................... 2–5
■ Function display ................................................................ 6–7
3 BASIC OPERATION .......................................................... 8 –11
■ DIAL↔[Y]/[Z] trade function...................................................8
■ Setting a frequency ................................................................ 8
■ Accessing 121.5 MHz emergency frequency ......................... 8
■ Selecting a weather channel................................................... 9
■ Setting a squelch level ........................................................... 9
■ Side tone function .................................................................. 9
■ Beep tone ............................................................................... 9
■ Lock function ........................................................................ 10
■ Display backlighting ............................................................. 10
■ Low battery indicator ............................................................ 10
■ REC/PLY of recorded signals/messages ............................. 10
■ Receiving ............................................................................. 11
■ Transmitting .......................................................................... 11
4 MEMORY OPERATION ................................................... 12 –15
■ Memory channel selection ................................................... 12
■ Transferring memory contents ............................................. 12
■ Programming a memory channel ......................................... 13
■ Memory names ............................................................. 14 –15
5 SCAN OPERATION ......................................................... 16– 17
■ Scan types ........................................................................... 16
■ COM band scan ................................................................... 16
■ Memory scan ....................................................................... 16
■ Weather channel scan ......................................................... 17
■ “TAG” channels ................................................................... 17
6 VOR NAVIGATION (IC-A23 only).................................... 18– 24
■ VOR indications ................................................................... 18
■ VOR functions ...................................................................... 19
■ Flying to a VOR station ................................................. 20 –21
■ Entering a desired course .................................................... 22
■ Crosschecking position ................................................. 22 –23
■ Duplex operation ................................................................. 24
7 BATTERY PACKS ........................................................... 25– 27
■ Charging precautions ........................................................... 25
■ Battery pack charging ................................................... 25 –26
■ About the battery pack ......................................................... 27
■Battery pack CAUTION ........................................................ 27
8 CLONING ................................................................................ 28
9 TROUBLESHOOTING ............................................................ 29
10 SPECIFICATIONS .................................................................. 30
11 OPTIONS ......................................................................... 31 –32
(■ OPC-967 connection ......................................................... 32)
12 OPERATION GUIDE ....................................................... 33 –34
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Icom IC-A23 Specifications

General

Brand	Icom
Model	IC-A23
Category	Transceiver
Language	English