iPREFACEThank you for purchasing this Icom product. The IC-F8101 hf transceiver is designed and built withIcom’s state of the art technology and craftsmanship.With proper care, this product should provide you withyears of trouble-free operation.We appreciate you making the IC-F8101 your radio ofchoice, and hope you agree with Icom’s philosophy of“technology first.” Many hours of research and develop-ment went into the design of your IC-F8101.D FEATURES❍ ALE (Automatic Link Establishment)/Sel-call capability❍ Digital Signal Processor (DSP) allows flex-ible filter selection❍ Full-dot matrix LCD for a variety of infor-mationIMPORTANTREAD THIS INSTRUCTION MANUALCAREFULLY before attempting to operate thetransceiver.SAVE THIS INSTRUCTION MANUAL. Thismanual contains important safety and operating in-structions for the IC-F8101.EXPLICIT DEFINITIONSWORD DEFINITIONR DANGER! Personal death, serious injury or anexplosion may occur.R WARNING! Personal injury, fire hazard or electricshock may occur.CAUTION Equipment damage may occur.NOTERecommended for optimum use. Norisk of personal injury, fire or electricshock.Version of the IC-F8101 complies with Stan-dard Australia Specification No. AS/NZS4365-2011.Icom, Icom Inc. and Icom logo are registered trademarks ofIcom Incorporated (Japan) in Japan, the United States, theUnited Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Russia, Australia,New Zealand, and/or other countries.All other products or brands are registered trademarks ortrademarks of their respective holders.Icom is not responsible for the destruction ordamage to the Icom transceiver, if the malfunctionis because of:• Force majeure, including, but not limited to, fires,earthquakes, storms, floods, lightning, othernatural disasters, disturbances, riots, war, orradioactive contamination.• The use of Icom transceivers with any equipmentthat is not manufactured or approved by Icom.FCC INFORMATIONFOR CLASS A UNINTENTIONAL RADIATORS:This equipment has been tested and found to complywith the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant topart 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed toprovide reasonable protection against harmful interfer-ence when the equipment is operated in a commercialenvironment. This equipment generates, uses, andcan radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installedand used in accordance with the instruction manual,may cause harmful interference to radio communica-tions. Operation of this equipment in a residential areais likely to cause harmful interference in which casethe user will be required to correct the interference athis own expense.CAUTION: Changes or modifications to this trans-ceiver, not expressly approved by Icom Inc., couldvoid your authority to operate this transceiver underFCC regulations.