Icom ID-51A Basic Instructions

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Key Lock function ■ ......................................................37
Transmitting ■ ...............................................................38
BC Radio operation ■ ...................................................40
5MEMORYCHANNELOPERATION ........ 41–42
Memory channel programming ■ .................................41
Selecting the Memory channel ■ .................................42
6 D-STAROPERATION ............................. 43–71
Unique features of D-STAR ■ .......................................43
D-STAR Introduction ■ .................................................44
About the DR (D-STAR Repeater) function ■ ...............44
Ways to Communicate with the DR function ■ .............45
Making a Simplex call ■ ...............................................46
Accessing repeaters ■ .................................................47
Using the RX history ■ .................................................50
Capturing a call sign ■ .................................................54
Making a Local area call ■ ...........................................55
Making a Gateway Repeater call ■ ..............................57
Calling an individual station ■ ......................................58
Troubleshooting ■ .........................................................60
Reflector operation ■ ....................................................62
Updating the repeater list ■ ..........................................68
7 RECORDING A qSO
ONTO A
microSD CARD ........................ 72–76
About the microSD card ■ ............................................72
RecordingaQSOaudio ■ ............................................73
Playing recorded audio ■ .............................................74
Removing the microSD card ■ .....................................75
8 GPSOPERATION ................................... 77–80
GPS operation ■ ..........................................................77
Checking your GPS position ■ .....................................77
GPS Logger function ■ .................................................79
9 RESETTING .................................................. 80
Resetting ■ ...................................................................80
10INFORMATION ........................................... 81
COUNTRY CODE LIST ................................................81
FCC INFORMATION .....................................................81
INDEX ......................................................... 82–84
INDEX FOR MENU ITEMS ........................ 85–88
SPECIFICATIONS ...................................... 89–90
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Icom ID-51A Specifications

General

Brand	Icom
Model	ID-51A
Category	Transceiver
Language	English