D Checking The Repeater Input Signal; D 1750 Hz Tone Burst - Icom ID-5100A Full Manual

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REPEATER AND DUPLEX OPERATIONS
FM Repeater operation (Continued)

D Checking the repeater input signal

You can check whether another station's transmit sig-
nal can be received directly or not, by listening to the
repeater input frequency.
In the F-1 menu, touch [MONI] to listen on the re-
➥
peater input frequency.
• While monitoring, "BUSY" blinks.
• While monitoring, the displayed frequency automatically
changes to the transceiver transmit frequency (repeater
input frequency).
• When the other station's signal can be directly received,
move to a non-repeater frequency and use simplex. (du-
plex OFF)
• While monitoring, the Attenuator function is temporarily
disabled to receive a weak signal.
While monitoring

D 1750 Hz tone burst

A 1750 Hz tone is required to access many European
repeaters.
In the FM mode, touch the Function group icon one
q
or more times.
• Selects the F-3 menu.
Push [PTT] on the microphone to transmit, and then
w
touch [TONE] once to access the repeater with a
short tone burst.
• "1750Hz TONE" briefly appears.
• This operation is only for the ID-5100E.
• You can also send the 1750 Hz tone by pushing the mi-
crophone key that has the [T-CALL] function to it. See
page 12-54 for microphone key assignment details.
Operate in the normal way.
e
Sending the tone burst
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