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Setting a frequency, Preparation – Icom IC-208H User Manual

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SETTING A FREQUENCY

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Preparation

D Turning power ON/OFF

➥ Push [PWR] for 1 sec. to turn power ON and OFF.

D Operating frequency band selection

The IC-208H has 2 m and 70 cm bands for transmission and
reception. In addition, extra frequency bands 127, 220, 350,
500 and 900 MHz bands are available for wide-band receiver
capability (except Taiwan and Korean version).

➥ Push [BAND] to select the desired frequency band.

➥ Push [BAND] to select the desired band.

D VFO and memory modes

The transceiver has 2 basic operating modes: VFO mode and
memory mode. Select VFO mode first to set an operating fre-
quency.

➥ Push [V/MHz•SCAN] to select VFO mode.

• When VFO mode is already selected, the digit below 10 MHz

(the digit below 1 MHz or 100 kHz disappear depending on ver-
sions) disappear. In this case, push [V/MHz•SCAN] again (or
twice or 3 times depending on version).

➥ Push [M/CALL•PRIO] to select memory mode.

• “!” indicator appears when memory mode is selected.

➥ Push [VFO/LOCK] to select VFO mode.

➥ Push [MR/CALL] to select memory mode.

VFO/LOCK

[V/MHz•SCAN]

[M/CALL•PRIO]

Appears

BAND

[BAND]

[PWR]

Note that in this manual, sections beginning with a micro-
phone icon (as above), designate operation via the HM-133
microphone.