Fm Repeater Operation; D Checking The Repeater Input Signal; D Setting The Repeater Tone Frequency - Icom IC-9700 Advanced Manual

1. ADVANCED OPERATIONS

FM repeater operation

A repeater receives your radio's signals and
simultaneously retransmits them on a different
frequency to provide a greater communication range.
When using a repeater, the transmit frequency shifts
from the receive frequency by an offset amount. You
can access a repeater using the split function.
1. Select the VFO mode.
2. Set the operating mode to "FM."
3. Set the receive frequency (Repeater output
frequency).
L For only U.S.A. and Korea versions:
When the Auto Repeater function is turned ON, steps 4
and 5 are not necessary.
The Auto Repeater function automatically sets the
repeater settings (duplex ON/OFF, duplex direction,
tone encoder ON/OFF).
L You can turn OFF the function and manually set the
repeater settings.
» SET > Function > Auto Repeater
MENU
4. Set the Duplex direction and frequency offset.
L See page 1-14 for setting details.
5. Set the repeater tone.
L See "Setting the repeater tone frequency" to the right.
6. Communicate in the normal way.
• Subaudible tones are superimposed on your transmit
signal.

D Checking the repeater input signal

You can check whether you can directly receive
another station's transmit signal or not, by listening to
the repeater input frequency.
L While listening, the TX/RX indicator lights green, and then
the Noise Reduction and Notch Filter settings are cancelled.
While receiving, hold down
input frequency.
While holding
down XFC .
Another station's transmit frequency
to listen the repeater
XFC
Release XFC .
Frequency offset

D Setting the repeater tone frequency

Some repeaters require a subaudible tone to be
accessed. Subaudible tones are superimposed on
your signal, and must be set in advance.
Do the following steps to set the tone frequency.
1. Push
FUNCTION
2. Touch [TONE] for 1 second.
• Opens the TONE FREQUENCY screen.
3. Rotate
MAIN DIAL
tone frequency.
• Selectable tone frequencies
67.0 88.5 114.8 151.4 177.3 203.5 250.3
69.3 91.5 118.8 156.7 179.9 206.5 254.1
71.9 94.8 123.0 159.8 183.5 210.7
74.4 97.4 127.3 162.2 186.2 218.1
77.0 100.0 131.8 165.5 189.9 225.7
79.7 103.5 136.5 167.9 192.8 229.1
82.5 107.2 141.3 171.3 196.6 233.6
85.4 110.9 146.2 173.8 199.5 241.8
Checking the repeater tone frequency
You can check the tone frequency by receiving the
repeater's input frequency using the tone scan. To
receive the input signals, the transceiver detects the
subaudible tone frequency using the tone scan function.
1. Touch [T-SCAN].
Blinks while
scanning
• The scan starts, and then stops when the matching
tone frequency as the repeater is received.
2. To close the TONE FREQUENCY screen, push
.
EXIT
1-13
.
to select the desired subaudible