Icom ID-51A Basic Instructions

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7TABLE OF CONTENTSNew2001UNIQUE FEATURES OF D-STAR ..................... 1PREPARATION ............................................ 2–16Enter your call sign into the transceiver ................................2Register your call sign to a gateway repeater .......................4TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................5FOREWORD ........................................................................9FEATURES ...........................................................................9EXPLICIT DEFINITIONS ....................................................10IMPORTANT .......................................................................10SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES ...............................................10ABOUT THE SUPPLIED CD ..............................................11Starting the CDD ......................................................11PRECAUTIONS ..................................................................12BATTERY CAUTIONS ........................................................14Battery cautionD .......................................................14Charging cautionD ....................................................15Charging timeD .........................................................15IMPORTANT NOTES..........................................................16When using the GPS receiverD ................................16Spurious signalsD .....................................................16About charging at power OND ..................................161 ACCESS THE REPEATER .................... 17–20STEP1 Select the DR mode .........................................17STEP2 Select your Access repeater (“FROM”) ............17STEP3 Select the Destination repeater (“TO”) .............19STEP4 Check whether you can access the repeater ...202 HOW TO USE THE RX HISTORY .......... 21–24STEP1 View the received call sign ...............................21STEP2 Save the destination call sign intoyour call sign memory from the RX History ......223 CAPTURING A CALL SIGN.................. 25–26STEP1 Set the received call sign to the destination .....26STEP2 Hold down [PTT] to transmit .............................264 MAKING A LOCAL AREA CALL.......... 27–28STEP1 Set “FROM” (Access repeater) .........................27STEP2 Set “TO” (Destination).......................................28STEP3 Hold down [PTT] to transmit .............................285 MAKING A GATEWAY CALL ................ 29–30STEP1 Set “FROM” (Access repeater) .........................29STEP2 Set “TO” (Destination).......................................30STEP3 Hold down [PTT] to transmit .............................30