Icom IC-R8500 Memory Channels, General, Bank selection, Bank Initial Contents Usage

5 MEMORY CHANNELS

■General

The IC-R8500 has 1000 regular memory channels, plus 20 programmable scan edge channels and 1 pri- ority channel. 8-digit memory names are programmed into all 1000 channels and 5-digit bank names are programmed into 20 user banks for convenient recall and organisation of frequencies. Moreover, memory channels can store mode information, a tuning step, and ATT (attenuation) information.

NOTE: When memory channels without informa- tion (blank channels) are selected, the frequency is not displayed. Only the memory channel num- ber appears.

The table below gives a general overview of the IC-R8500’s memory channels.

BANK	INITIAL CONTENTS	USAGE
	40 memories ⋅	For normal use. Frequency, mode, tuning step, name and ATT information can
		be programmed. The number of channels in each bank is user-assignable.
	20 banks
		Banks cannot be deleted (they must contain at least 1 channel).
		Frequencies detected during auto memory write scan are memorised into this
AUTO	100 memories	bank in sequence. Mode and tuning step are written at the same time. Note that
		when the written memories condition is set as CL&START and auto write scan
		is started, all memories in this bank are cleared.
		Undesired signals such as from beacons, control-coded signals, etc., can be pro-
SKIP	100 memories	grammed to be skipped during programmed scan and auto memory write scan.
		When [MW] is pushed for 1 sec. while scan is paused, the displayed frequency
		is programmed into this bank regardless of the selected bank.
FREE		For temporary storage when assigning channels to banks. Deleted channels
	Blank	(contents have been cleared) are stored in this bank until being assigned to
		another bank. This bank does not appear when no channel are assigned.
PROG		Memorize scan edge frequencies. 10 pairs of scan edges (0P1 to 9P2) are pro-
	20 memories (fixed)	grammable (upper and lower scan edges). Mode and tuning step are automati-
		cally equalised to the last programmed channel in a pair.

■Bank selection

To select regular channel banks:

Push [M-CH• BANK▲] or [ENT • BANK▼], one or more times to select the desired channel bank.

•The bank indicator shows the selected bank.

•Push and hold [BANK▲] or [BANK▼] to quickly cycle through the channel banks in the order to , FREE,

AUTO and SKIP.

NOTE: The FREE bank is initially blank and there- fore cannot be selected. In order to select it at least 1 channel must be programmed into the FREE bank. See p. 21.

✔Convenient: Bank names

The default names of “USR-A” to “USR-T” can be set to your own preference. Refer to p. 20 for program- ming.

To select the programmed scan edge:

Push [PROG] for 1 sec.

• PROG and channel number (0P1 to 9P2) appear.

BANK
USR-A	BLANK
BANK
USR-B	BLANK
BANK
USR-T	BLANK
BANK	BLANK
FREE
BANK	BLANK
AUTO
BANK	BLANK
SKIP

PROG *NONAME*

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M-CH

BANK

BANK

ENT

ENT

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