1. ICOM ID-5100A
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2. ICOM ID-5100A Mike Condon W9MNC.
I have been with MERT sense June of 2015.
I am giving the presentation to introduce the ICOM ID-5100A to you. I have the radio at home and MERT now has one here.

3. OVERVIEW How to turn the radio on/off. Controls and menu’s. Dual VFO.
Knobs and touch screen.
Touch screen menu’s.
VFO mode. F1, F2, F3, F4.
DR mode. D1, D2, D3.
Button’s and Knob’s.
Body menu’s.
Dual VFO.
VFO A and B or Main and Sub.
Dual or Single VFO.
Operating single VFO.
Setting operating frequency using VFO.

4. OVERVIEW Change manual tuning speed. Listening to weak signals.
Setting Home Channel.
Setting up Repeaters.
How to setup memory channels.
Setup Call Channels
Call channels.
Programming call channels.
Power output level.
Setting the power level.
Web sites for Ham Radio terms.
Summary.

5. To turn the radio on or off.
Press the on button on the right side of the control head for one second.
If you just press and release the ON/OFF button it will read the frequency and the mode.
To turn the radio on or off.
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6. Controls and menus.
The radio has a Volume/Squelch and Dial knobs on both sides.
The touch screen has two sets of menus.
One set when in V/M mode and one set when in DR mode.
The body has four menu buttons.
MENU, HOME, DR and QUICK.
Each set of knobs will operate that side of the screen/VFO.
V/M = VFO and Memory.
DR = D-Star Repeater.
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7. The touch screen has three menus in VFO/Memory mode.
The three menus are F-1, F-2 and F-3. Pressing the F# will change to one of the three.
The Operating Guide has the touch screen operations. It shows all the touch screen points and what they do.
Pressing the D# will change to one of the three.
The touch screen has several points to touch.
They are the same for both sides when in dual mode and when in single mode the touch points would be the same as one side of the dual mode.
To get to the DR mode you would press the “DR” on the body.
Looking at the screen you can touch MAIN/SUB, FM/DV/FNN, MR/C/WX, VFO, H/M/L (Power), TIME, SQL (MONI on/off).
The touch screen has three menus in VFO/Memory mode.
When in DR mode the three menus are D-1, D-2 and D-3.
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8. Function menu F1: “V/M” toggle between “VFO” & “Memory modes”.
Pressing the menu button a second time will return to normal. When in a menu you can maneuver by either using the dial or the touch screen.
Function menu F1:
“V/M” toggle between “VFO” & “Memory modes”.
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9. “CALL” turns the CALL channel mode ON or OFF.
Tapping the MW brings up a menu for “EDIT”, “COPY TO VFO”, “MANAGE MEMORY”.
Edit will edit the current memory channel.
Copy will copy the current frequency to the VFO.
Manage memory lets you manage the memory channels in the memory banks.
“MW” Touch to open the Memory Write window. In “VFO” mode or “DR” screen touch for 1 second to store the operating data into a blank channel. In Memory or Call channel mode, touch for 1 second to open the Memory Edit screen.
“CALL” turns the CALL channel mode ON or OFF.
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10. Questions? “SCAN” Touch to open the Scan type setting window.
Touch for 1 second to start last used scan.
To use the SCAN you would be scanning the frequencies that you allow to be scanned. This is part of the programming of the radio. You can set a channel to be skipped when scanning. It can also be changed but menu (next slide).
“SCAN” Touch to open the Scan type setting window.
“MONI” Touch to turn the Monitor function ON or OFF.
Questions?
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11. SKIP lets you set the SKIP to SKIP, PSKIP, OFF.
If in the SKIP or PSKIP the channel will not be part of the scanning.
DTMF lists you manually set the DTMF for the current frequency/memory channel.
Function menu F2:
“SKIP” (Displayed in the Memory mode). Touch to open the Scan Skip setting window.
“DTMF” Touch to open the DTMF (Dual Tone Multi Frequency) send window.
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12. “LOW” Touch to open the TX power setting window.
“VOICE” When you insert an SD card into the transceiver’s SD card slot, touch to open the “VOICE TX” screen.
“LOW” Touch to open the TX power setting window.
“GPS” Touch to open the GPS item setting window.
Questions?
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13. Tone Displayed only when in the FM/FM-N mode.
Function menu F3:
“DUP” Touch to open the duplex direction setting window.
“TONE” Touch to open a tone function setting window.
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14. “REC” When you insert an SD card into the transceiver’s SD card slot, touch to start recording a QSO audio.
“SCOPE” Touch to open the sweep item setting window.
The last blank button will change when in the “SCOPE” is selected. Touch to start a single sweeping. Touch for 1 second to start a continuous sweeping. While sweeping touch to stop it.
Questions?
REC is for recording a QSO. To record press the “REC” and a dialog box comes up and say’s recording starts. To stop recording you can press the “REC” again and press yes in the dialog. To play the recording s back press “MENU” on the head, go to “Voice Memo” and press it. Press “QSO Recorder”, press “Play Files”, Press on the folder then press on the recorder file. To close the menu press the “MENU” again.
“SCOPE” is a scan of the frequencies to show where there are QSO’s going on. It will show up on the MAIN side of the screen to the left of the memory channel.
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15. F4 selections are only displayed when in the DV mode.
The “UR” is the destination call sign. The person you want to talk to. “CD” will open the receive history. This is a listing of the stations that you received on the repeaters. You can use this to set the UR.
RX>CS = Receive Call Sign.
Function menu F4:
“RX>CS” Touch to open the “RX>CS” screen. Touch for 1 second to set the received station call sign as the destination (UR) call sign.
“CD” Touch to open the “RX HISTORY” screen.
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16. “CS” Touch to open the “CALL SIGN” screen.
The “CS” is the Call Sign that you have setup. My, R1, R2, UR.
“CS” Touch to open the “CALL SIGN” screen.
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17. When in DR mode the three menus are D-1, D-2 and D-3.
Pressing the D# will change to one of the three.
When in DR mode the three menus are D-1, D-2 and D-3.
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18. Function menu D-1:
“SCAN” Touch to open the “DR” scan setting window. Touch for 1 second to start the last used scan.
“MONI” Touch to turn the Digital Monitor function ON or OFF.
To show the “D” functions press the “DR” button on the head. The “RX>CD”, “CD”, “CS” menu’s were covered in the previous slide. The “MONI” is used to bring in weak signal’s. It’s like turning the squelch off.
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19. Function menu D-2:
“SKIP” Touch to open the skip setting window for the Access repeater scan.
The rest of the button’s are the same as in the “F#” Function menu’s.
SKIP. Touch for 1 second to set the skip setting in the Function menu.
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20. Function menu D-3:
“DSQL” Touch to open the Digital squelch function setting window. “REC” Pressing the record will let you record the QSO. Start/Stop recording.
The DSQL will only be displayed when in DV mode. Pressing the DSQL will bring up a menu to set the DSQL.
Pressing the REC once will start the recording. Pressing it a second time will bring up a menu to either stop the recording, YES or leaving the recording on NO.
If you set the operating mode to “DV” in the “VFO” mode. This is displayed instead of “TONE” on the F-3 menu.
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21. Button’s and Knobs on the body.
The left and right side knobs perform the same functions for that side of the screen.
The bottom knobs are for changing frequencies/memory channels and also for movement when in one of the menu items.
The top knob is the volume and squelch. The inside knob is the volume control and the outside knob is the squelch control.
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22. The menus on the body are MENU, HOME, DR and QUICK
The menus on the body are MENU, HOME, DR and QUICK. To select one press on it. Pressing on the selection again will switch it off.
MENU. Pressing on the MENU button will bring up a menu. The menus are used to setup different operations. HOME. Pressing the HOME button will change the MAIN frequency to the home frequency if one is setup.
To move through the menu either turn the DIAL knob or use the up/down arrows on the touch screen. To select one of the menu selections press on the one you want to use. To close the menu you can either press the return arrow or select the MENU button.
The MENU items are explained in the manual and the groups are explained in the Operating Guide. There are to many to cover in this short class.
HOME channel function are channels that are often-used frequencies you can preset in the transceiver’s VFO mode, memory mode and DR function. Setting HOME channel is explained in the manual.
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23. DR. Pressing the DR button will bring up a window with the TO and FROM
DR. Pressing the DR button will bring up a window with the TO and FROM. This window will let you set the TO and FROM data.
QUICK. Pressing QUICK will bring up a menu. In the menu you can select a bank, work with GPS information, select Priority watch, switch to weather channels, turn weather alert on/off, display type, start recording, lock the mic and view the voltage.
Questions?
When in DR mode the buttons on the screen will change from F# to D#.
Pressing the QUICK for 1 second will mute the audio.
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24. The radio has the capability of receiving two frequencies at a time.
Dual VFO.
The radio has the capability of receiving two frequencies at a time.
They can both be on the same band (UHF/VHF) at the same time, be on separate bands, both be on FM only, both be on DV at the same time or a mix between FM and DV.
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25. There is an A and B VFO when in dual receive.
They are called MAIN and SUB
Either side can be MAIN and the other will be the SUB.
To change a side to MAIN touch an open area on the SUB side.
The side that is MAIN will be the transmit side.
If you want to transmit from the other side select it as MAIN.
QUESTIONS?
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26. To return to dual receive just press the A or B for one second.
To enable a receiver to be a single receive press the MAIN or SUB for one second.
That side will become a single receive and the MAIN or SUB will change to A or B.
To return to dual receive just press the A or B for one second.
In single receiver the “MAIN” “SUB” will change to “A” “B”. You can change from VFO to VFO by selecting the “A” or “B”.
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27. Operating on a single VFO can be useful.
The radio has two audio out jacks.
Using headphones will have both MAIN and SUB in the headset if you are plugged into speaker 1.
If you are operating with both VFO”s active it will be hard to hear the one that you want. Operating in single VFO will let you hear only the one you want to listen too.
The two jacks will let you have two speakers or through a headset.
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28. Setting operating frequency using the VFO mode.
Setting frequency by direct keypad on the LCD display.
Press the F-2 or F-3 until you get F-1.
Press V/M to select VFO mode.
Press the MHz to get a band selection screen.
Touch the F-INT to get a LCD keypad.
Enter the frequency. Enter a period between the MHz and the KHz.
Press the ENT to finish.
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29. Enter the frequency using the DIAL knob.
Press the F-2 or F-3 until you get F-1.
Press the V/M to select the VFO mode.
Rotate the DIAL knob to the desired frequency.
To make the tuning go faster touch MENU, function, dial-speed-up and set it to ON.
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30. To change the tuning speed.
To enable 1 MHz quick tuning touch the MHz number for one second. You will get an indicator over the MHz digit.
To enable the step size press the KHz for one second. This will display a menu that you can select the tuning step size.
Questions?
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31. To listen to weaker signals press MONI on the F-1 menu
To listen to weaker signals press MONI on the F-1 menu. This will toggle it on and off.
To set a HOME channel.
Set home channel by selecting the frequency/memory channel you want for home.
When in VFO mode press HOME for one second then select set frequency.
When in Memory or DR mode press HOME for one second and then set repeater.
Using the MONI is like turning off the squelch. It will allow weaker signals to be heard.
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32. To setup repeaters. For FM repeater mode.
The radio remembers repeater offsets by frequency band.
Enable automatic repeater offset by pressing MENU, FUNCTION, Auto Repeater then select either OFF, ON (DUP), ON (DUP, TONE).
Manual Repeater offsets. Press MENU, DUP/TONE, Offset frequency. Enter the offset for the repeater.
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33. The ID-5100A has 1,000 memory channels
The ID-5100A has 1,000 memory channels. There are 26 memory banks each with 100 channels.
The 26 memory banks can be used to store the information on that frequency (Repeater frequency, Name, mode, offset, tone, etc.).
Each bank can be named. (IE Local repeaters, D-Star repeaters, Simplex)
To select a memory channel press the V/M button. A “MR” followed by numbers will indicate that the receiver is in memory mode.
Questions?
The memory information is not really saved into the memory banks but into one of the 1,000 memory channels. The radio has the 1,000 memory channels assigned to a bank.
The V/M (Voice/Memory) button will select either the VFO or Memory. In VFO mode you will see 3 numbers in the lower left of each VFO. In Memory mode you will see “MR” in front of the numbers.
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34. To select a BANK of memory press QUICK, Bank Select
To select a BANK of memory press QUICK, Bank Select. Rotate the DIAL knob or press the up/down arrows to the bank you want and select that bank.
Rotating the DIAL knob will now tune to the memory channels in that bank.
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35. CALL Channels.
There are 2 call channels for the 144 MHz band and 2 for the 430 MHz band.
To program the CALL channels select F-1, MW, Manage Memory, Call CH.
Rotate the DIAL knob to desired frequency/repeater.
Touch the channel for one second and then touch EDIT.
You can edit the data. When done rotate the DIAL to the bottom and select <<overwrite>> and then select YES.
To recall the CALL channels press CALL from F-1. The information in the lower right corner will now show the bank and the CALL channel number. Rotate the DIAL to the desired channel.
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36. Power output level: Questions?
The radio can be set for three output levels: Low 5w, Mid 15w and High 50w.
To set the power level touch the power indicator (note the “L” next to busy) “L”, “M”, “H” in the Dual receive or “LOW”, “MID”, “HIGH” in single receive mode.
Questions?
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37. HAM RADIO TERMS/D-STAR INFO
If you ever wonder what some radio term is the following web sites have most of the terms you will hear or see.
Here’s documents on D-Star:
Setting up your radio.
Training course on D-Star reflector linking/unlinking.
D-Star information.
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38. SUMMARY
We covered a lot of information on the Icom ID 5100A. Parts that we covered were:
How to turn the radio on.
That the screen is a tough screen.
Button, knobs and menu’s.
That the radio is a dual VFO radio and that it can be changed to a single VFO.
How to change frequency using the VFO or manual tuning.
That we can listen to weak signals by using the MONI menu.
How to set the Home Channel.
How to set up for Repeaters.
How to setup memory channels.
What to do to program call channels.
How to set the power output level.
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39. SUMMARY
There is a lot more to the radio than what I have covered. What I have covered will get you on the air. The radio in MERT will already be programmed for the frequencies/repeaters that will be used. If you need to set a different frequency it has been covered. As they say RTFB to get more about the operation of the radio. There is a operating guide on the wall behind the radio. There is an operating guide with the radio that will help you operate the radio. I have also included it with the handout. Questions? Thank you for your attention and I hope that you will now be able to operate the radio. If you have any questions later you can contact my at my address. TTTTTTTTHAT’S ALL FOLKS
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