Icom IC-R20 Two-Way Radio User Manual


 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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FOREWORD .................................................. i
IMPORTANT .................................................. i
EXPLICIT DEFINITIONS ................................ i
PRECAUTION ............................................... ii
SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES ......................... iii
OPERATING THEORY ................................. iii
OPERATING NOTES ................................... iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................ iv
QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE .................. I–VI
Preparation............................................. I
1 PANEL DESCRIPTION ........................ 1–7
Front, top and side panels .................... 1
Function display .................................... 6
2 BATTERY CHARGING ...................... 8–10
Battery installation ................................. 8
Caution .................................................. 9
Battery charging .................................... 9
3 FREQUENCY AND CHANNEL SETTING
.......................................................... 11–16
Mode selection..................................... 11
Operating band selection..................... 12
Setting a tuning step............................ 14
Setting a frequency.............................. 14
Selecting a memory channel ............... 10
Receive mode selection ...................... 16
Lock function ....................................... 16
4 BASIC OPERATION ........................ 17–23
Receiving............................................. 17
Setting audio volume........................... 17
Squelch level setting............................ 18
Monitor function................................... 18
Attenuator function .............................. 19
RF gain................................................ 19
Duplex operation ................................. 20
AFC function........................................ 21
NB/ANL functions ................................ 21
Band scope.......................................... 22
[DIAL] function assignment.................. 23
5 DUALWATCH OPERATION ............ 24–25
Setting audio volume........................... 24
Squelch level setting............................ 24
Main band selection............................. 25
Band exchange.................................... 25
6 MEMORY CHANNELS ..................... 26–33
General description ............................. 26
Memory channel programming............ 26
Memory bank setting ........................... 27
Memory bank selection........................ 28
Programming memory/bank name ...... 29
Selecting memory/bank name indication..... 30
Copying memory contents................... 31
Memory clearing.................................. 32
Erasing/transferring bank contents...... 33
7 SCAN OPERATION ......................... 34–41
Scan types........................................... 34
Full/band/programmed scan................ 35
Scan edges programming ................... 36
Memory/bank/all bank scan................. 37
Auto-memory write scan...................... 38
Skip channel/frequency setting............ 39
Scan resume condition........................ 40
7 PRIORITY WATCH .......................... 42–44
Priority watch types ............................. 42
Priority watch operation....................... 43
9 COMFORTABLE RECEIVING.......... 45–48
Tone/DTCS squelch operation............. 45
Tone squelch frequency/DTCS code set-
ting....................................................... 46
DTCS polarity setting........................... 47
Tone scan ............................................ 48
10 SET MODE ...................................... 49–59
General................................................ 49
Set mode items.................................... 50
11 OTHER FUNCTIONS ....................... 60–67
Antenna selection................................ 60
Weather channel operation ................. 61
Data cloning ........................................ 62
Auto power-off function........................ 63
IC recorder........................................... 64
Partial reset ......................................... 67
All reset ............................................... 68
12 CONTROL COMMAND ................... 68–69
General................................................ 68
Data format.......................................... 68
Command table ................................... 68
13 FREQUENCY TABLE ...................... 70–61
TV channels......................................... 70
VHF marine channels.......................... 73
Weather channels................................ 73
Other communications in the USA ...... 74
Other communications— other countries
............................................................. 76
14 MAINTENANCE ..................................... 78
Troubleshooting................................... 78
15 SPECIFICATIONS ................................. 79
16 OPTIONS ............................................... 80
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