Icom IC-R8500 Instruction Manual

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175 MEMORY CHANNELSTo select regular channel banks:Push [M-CH • BANKs] or [ENT • BANKt], one or moretimes to select the desired channel bank.• The bank indicator shows the selected bank.• Push and hold [BANKs] or [BANKt] to quickly cyclethrough the channel banks in the order to , FREE,AUTO and SKIP.NOTE: The FREE bank is initially blank and there-fore cannot be selected. In order to select it at least1 channel must be programmed into the FREEbank. See p. 21.4Convenient: Bank namesThe default names of “USR-A” to “USR-T” can be setto your own preference. Refer to p. 20 for program-ming.To select the programmed scan edge:Push [PROG] for 1 sec.• PROG and channel number (0P1 to 9P2) appear.n Bank selectionThe IC-R8500 has 1000 regular memory channels,plus 20 programmable scan edge channels and 1 pri-ority channel. 8-digit memory names are programmedinto all 1000 channels and 5-digit bank names areprogrammed into 20 user banks for convenient recalland organisation of frequencies. Moreover, memorychannels can store mode information, a tuning step,and ATT (attenuation) information.NOTE: When memory channels without informa-tion (blank channels) are selected, the frequencyis not displayed. Only the memory channel num-ber appears.The table below gives a general overview of theIC-R8500’s memory channels.BANK INITIAL CONTENTS USAGE40 memories ×20 banksFor normal use. Frequency, mode, tuning step, name and ATT information canbe programmed. The number of channels in each bank is user-assignable.Banks cannot be deleted (they must contain at least 1 channel).100 memoriesFrequencies detected during auto memory write scan are memorised into thisbank in sequence. Mode and tuning step are written at the same time. Note thatwhen the written memories condition is set as CL&START and auto write scanis started, all memories in this bank are cleared.100 memoriesUndesired signals such as from beacons, control-coded signals, etc., can be pro-grammed to be skipped during programmed scan and auto memory write scan.When [MW] is pushed for 1 sec. while scan is paused, the displayed frequencyis programmed into this bank regardless of the selected bank.BlankFor temporary storage when assigning channels to banks. Deleted channels(contents have been cleared) are stored in this bank until being assigned toanother bank. This bank does not appear when no channel are assigned.20 memories (fixed)Memorize scan edge frequencies. 10 pairs of scan edges (0P1 to 9P2) are pro-grammable (upper and lower scan edges). Mode and tuning step are automati-cally equalised to the last programmed channel in a pair.n GeneralENTBANKBANK. ; ,ENTM-CHBANKBANKBANKBANKUSR-A BLANKBLANKBLANKBLANKUSR-BBANKBLANKUSR-TAUTOBANKBLANKFREESKIP*NONAME*PROGAUTOSKIPFREEPROG