Recommendation; Trademarks; Operating Theory; Operating Notes - Icom IC-R15 Basic Manual

■ Recommendation

CLEAN THE RECEIVER THOROUGHLY
IN A BOWL OF FRESH WATER after
exposure to saltwater, and dry it before
operating. Otherwise, the receiver's keys
and switches may become unusable, due
to salt crystallization, and/or the charging
terminals of the battery pack may corrode.
NOTE: If the receiver's waterproof
protection appears defective, carefully
clean it with a soft, damp (fresh water)
cloth, then dry it before operating.
The receiver may lose its waterproof
protection if the case, jack cap, or
connector cover is cracked or broken, or
the receiver has been dropped.
Contact your Icom distributor or your
dealer for advice.

■ Trademarks

Icom and the Icom logo are registered
trademarks of Icom Incorporated (Japan)
in Japan, the United States, the United
Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Russia,
Australia, New Zealand, and/or other
countries.
Adobe, Acrobat, and Reader are either
registered trademarks or trademarks of
Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United
States and/or other countries.
The Bluetooth word mark and logos are
registered trademarks owned by the
Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such
marks by Icom Inc. is under license. Other
trademarks and trade names are those of
their respective owners.
All other products or brands are registered
trademarks or trademarks of their
respective holders.
This product includes "mbed TLS"
open source software, and is licensed
according to the open source software
license.
Refer to the "About the Licenses" page
at the end of the manual in English for
information on the open source software
being used in this product.

■ Operating theory

Electromagnetic radiation, which has
frequencies of 20,000 Hz (20 kHz*) and
above, is called radio frequency (RF)
energy because, it is useful in radio
transmissions. The IC-R15 receives RF
energy from 76.000 MHz* to 500.000
MHz for the European version, or from
88.000 MHz* to 500.000 MHz for the USA
version and converts it into audio frequency
(AF) energy which in turn actuates a
loudspeaker to create sound waves.
AF energy is in the range of 20 to 20,000 Hz.
* kHz is an abbreviation of kilohertz or
1,000 hertz, MHz is abbreviation of
megahertz or 1,000,000 hertz, where
hertz is a unit of frequency.

■ Operating notes

The IC-R15 may receive its own oscillated
frequency, resulting in no reception or only
noise reception, on some frequencies.
The IC-R15 may receive interference
from extremely strong signals on different
frequencies or when using an external
high-gain antenna.

■ Supplied accessories

Antenna
Hand strap
USB cable
(Type-A/Type-C)
NOTE: Some accessories are not
supplied, or the shape is different,
depending on the receiver version.
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Battery pack
Belt clip
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