Icom ID-51A PLUS2 Advanced Owners Manual - Page 73

Previous view 8 D-STAR OPERATION ■■Setting "FROM" (Access repeater) Your access repeater must be set in "FROM" when you transmit using the DR function. You have four ways to set the access repeater. Click the title shown below to jump to the specified page. "Hirano" repeater is set in "FROM." • When you know your access repeater From the Repeater List (p. 8-3) Select the repeater in your transceiver's Repeater List. • When you don't know which repeater you can access. Search for a repeater using the DR scan (p. 8-4) The Normal DR scan searches for output repeater frequencies. The scan will stop when a signal is detected. • The scan will also stop on simplex signals. The Near Repeater scan searches for nearby repeaters by using your location and the repeater's location that is entered in the Repeater List, and then lists them. You can also find only FM repeaters using the Near Repeater (FM) scan. Blinks While selecting a scan item While scanning Search for the nearest repeater (p. 8-5) Searches for the nearest repeater by using your location and the repeater's location where entered in the Repeater List. The nearest repeaters in your transceiver's Repeater List are displayed as selectable choices. You can select the desired nearby repeater type (DV or FM). Selecting a repeater type • When the "FROM" data is stored in the TX History. Setting from the TX History (p. 8-7) When you transmit using the DR function, "FROM" (the access repeater) data is stored in the TX History. You can select the access repeater from the record. 8-2