Icom IC-208H - Manual (Page 67)

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POCKET BEEP AND TONE SQUELCH
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■ Pocket beep operation
This function uses subaudible tones for calling and can be
used as a “common pager” to inform you that someone has
called while you were away from the transceiver.
D Waiting for a call from a specific station
q Set the operating frequency.
w Push [SET•LOCK] to enter set mode.
e Push [SET•LOCK] or [S.MW•MW] several times until “CT”
for tone squelch or “DT” for DTCS squelch appears.
r Rotate [DIAL] to select the desired tone squelch frequency.
t When operating the pocket beep function with DTCS
squelch, push [SET•LOCK] once then rotate [DIAL] to se-
lect the DTCS polarity.
y Push [TONE•T-SCAN] to exit set mode.
u Push [TONE•T-SCAN] several times until “T SQLS” or
“SDTCS” are displayed to turn ON the pocket beep with
tone squelch or DTCS squelch, respectively.
i When a signal with the matched tone is received, the
transceiver emits beep tones and blinks “S.”
• Beep tones sound for 30 sec. and “S” blinks. To stop the
beeps and blinking manually, push any key. When the beep
tones are not stopped manually, “S” continues blinking until
[PTT] is pushed (see step o).
o Push [PTT] to answer.
• “S” disappears and cancels the pocket beep function auto-
matically.
!0 Push [TONE•T-SCAN] several times until “T SQL” or
“DTCS” disappears to cancel the tone squelch or DTCS
squelch function.
Push [TONE•T-SCAN] several times to select the pocket beep
function with tone squelch or DTCS squelch.
Appears when the pocket beep
with tone squelch is activated. Appears when the pocket beep
with DTCS squelch is activated.
DTCS polarity setting
Tone squelch frequency setting DTCS code setting