ICOM X-band 50 REPEATER Owner's manual

  INSTRUCTIONMANUAL

VHF-UHFFMREPEATER

X BAND 50

REPEATER

IMPORTANT

READ THIS INSTRUCTION MANUAL

CAREFULLY before attempting to operate the

repeater.

SAVE THIS INSTRUCTION MANUAL– This

manual contains important safety and operating

instructionsfortheseries.

EXPLICITDEFINITIONS

WORD DEFINITION

WARNING Personalinjury,rehazardorelectric

shockmayoccur.

CAUTION Equipmentdamagemayoccur.

NOTE Ifdisregarded,inconvenienceonly.

Noriskofpersonalinjury,reor

electricshock.

PRECAUTION

WARNING HIGH VOLTAGE! NEVER

attachanantennaorinternalantennaconnector

duringtransmission.Thismayresultinan

electricalshockorburn.

WARNING HIGH VOLTAGE! NEVER

installtheantennaatanyplacethatpersontouch

theantennaeasilyduringtransmission.Thismay

resultinanelectricalshockorburn.

NEVER applyACtothe[BATTERY]terminals

ontherepeaterrearpanel.Thiscouldcausea

reordamagetherepeater.

NEVERapplymorethan16VDC,suchasa

24Vbattery,tothe[BATTERY]terminalsonthe

repeaterrearpanel.Thiscouldcauseareor

damagetherepeater.

NEVER letmetal,wireorotherobjectstouch

anyinternalpartorconnectorsontherearpanel

oftherepeater.Thismayresultinanelectric

shock.

NEVER exposetherepeatertorain,snowor

anyliquids.

AVOIDusingorplacingtherepeaterinareas

withtemperaturesbelow–30°C(–22°F)orabove

+60°C(+140°F).Beawarethattemperatures

onavehicle’sdashboardcanexceed80°C

(+176°F),resultinginpermanentdamagetothe

repeaterifleftthereforextendedperiods.

AVOID placingtherepeaterinexcessivelydusty

environmentsorindirectsunlight.

AVOIDputtinganythingontopoftherepeater.

Thiswillobstructheatdissipation.

Placetherepeaterinasecureplacetoavoid

inadvertentusebychildren.

BE CAREFUL! Theheatsinkswillbecomehot

whenoperatingtherepeatercontinuouslyforlong

periods.

BE CAREFUL! Ifalinearamplieris

connected,settherepeater’sRFoutputpower

tolessthanthelinearamplier’smaximum

inputlevel,otherwise,thelinearamplierwillbe

damaged.

UseIcommicrophonesonly(optional).Other

manufacturer’smicrophoneshavedifferentpin

assignments,andconnectiontotheX—Band

seriesmaydamagetherepeater.

For U.S.A. only

CAUTION: Thisrepeaterisintendedforuseas

axedstationwiththeantennalocatedoutdoors

ontherooftoporonantennatower,orindoors

withtheantennalocatedneartherepeater.

TheIcomAmericaSystemslogoisatrademark

ofIcom,Inc.

FORWARD



Thank you for purchasing this Icom America

SystemsX—BAND50VHF/UHFFMREPEATER.

Withpropercare,thisproductshouldprovideyou

yearsoftrouble-freeoperation.

 FEATURES

❍Automaticbatterybackup

 chargingsystem

 Abuilt-inbackupsystemsupportsautomatic

 switchingtoanexternalpowersupply(13.6

 VDC)iftheACpowersupplyfails,andthen

 rechargesbatterywhenpowerisrestored.

❍MultipleCTCSS&DTCStonememories

 One CTCSS/DTCS tone (TX/RX tones

 respectively)canbeprogrammedina 

 channel.Idealformanydifferentapplications.



❍Otherfeatures

 -PCprogrammable

 -19inchrackmountordesktop

❍Internalcontroller

 Internalcontrollerwithprogramable

 HangTimer

❍Localcontrolledoperation;

 canbeusedasadualbaseunit

❍DB25AccessoryConnector

 withEPTT,COR,DISC,EMODandAFOfor

 eachradio

❍BuiltinACEMIFilter

❍DualforcedAirCPUcontrolled

 coolingfans

SUPPLIEDACCESSORIES



Thefollowingaccessoriesaresuppliedwith

X—Band50series

[AC120Vversion]

➀ACpowercable(OPC-510)….............………1

➊ MICROPHONE/SPEAKER CONNECTOR

[MIC/SP]

 This8-pinmodularjackacceptstheoptional

 microphone.

   ➀+8VDCoutput(Max.10mA)

   ➁I/OportforPCprogramming

   ➂AFO

   ➃MPTT(InputportforTXcontrol)

   ➄Microphoneground

   ➅Microphoneinput

   ➆Ground

   ➇CLI(Inputportfor

   monitorcontrol)

➋ VOLUME CONTROL [VOLUME]

 Adjuststheaudiooutputlevel.

➌ DEALER PROGRAMMABLE KEYS

 P0,P1,P2,P3

➍ POWER SWITCH [POWER]

 PushtoturnthepowerONandOFF.

➎ INTERNAL SPEAKER

 Monitorsreceivedsignals.

➀➇

1PANEL DESCRIPTION

■Front Panel

➊

➋ ➌ ➍

➎

   PANELDESCRIPTION1

 

➊ AF VOLUME CONTROL KNOB

 Rotatetheknobtoadjusttheaudiooutput 

 level.

 •Minimumaudiolevelispre-programmed.

➋ FUNCTION DISPLAY

 Displaysavarietyofinformation,suchasan

 operatingchannelnumber/name.

NOTE: Theabovefunctionsdependon 

 pre-programming.

➌ POWER SWITCH [POWER]

 PushtoturnthepowerONandOFF.

•Thefollowingfunctionsareavailableat  

  powerONasoptions:

  -Automaticscanstart

  -Passwordprompt

  -Setmode

➍ DEALER-PROGRAMMABLE KEYS

[P0] to [P3]

Desiredfunctionscanbeprogrammed 

 independentlybyyourdealer.

➎ MICROPHONE CONNECTOR

 Connectthesuppliedmicrophoneoroptional

 DTMFmicrophone.

➏CHANNEL CONTROL KEYS

NEVERconnectnon-speciedmicrophones.

Thepinassignmentsmaybedifferentand

thetransceivermaybedamaged.

➋

➌

➊

➎ ➍

➏

■Front Panel

➊ AC POWER SOCKET [AC]

 ConnectsthesuppliedACpowercabletoa 

 domesticACoutlet.

➋POWER SWITCH [POWER]

 TogglestoturntherepeaterpowerON

 orOFF.Locatedonthebackpanelof

 therepeater.

➌RIGHT Radio ANTENNA CONNECTOR

➥Connectthecorrectbandantenna  

 (impedance:50Ω).

➍ LEFT Radio ANTENNA CONNECTOR

➥Connectthecorrectbandantenna  

 (impedance:50Ω).

➎ GROUND TERMINAL [GND]

 Groundtherepeaterthroughthisterminal 

 topreventelectricshocks,TVI,BCIandother

 problems.

➏DC POWER INPUT TERMINALS [BATTERY]

 Connectsthe12Vstoragebatteryforthe 

 repeaterbackupwhentheACpoweris 

 interrupted.Theseterminalsarealsousedfor

 DCpoweroperation.

➐ ACCESSORY CONNECTOR [ACC]

 DB25connectstotheremotecontroller.

•Seepgs.3,4foraccessoryconnector 

 information.

CAUTION: NEVERshortthe(+)lineofthe 

 DCpowercabletorepeater’schassis,when

 connectingDCpowercabletothe[BATTERY]

 terminals.Otherwise,thereisdangerof 

 electricshockand/orequipmentdamage.

■Rear Panel

   PANELDESCRIPTION1

 

➊

➋

➌➍

➎➏

➐

■Repeater Controller

Programming Both Mobile Radios

CS-F3020/F5010/F5020

•GotoLMR>MemoryCH>1:

ProgramtheTXandRX

• SettheCTCSS/CDCSSTone

• SetRFPowertoHigh

•LMR>ExternalI/O>Option

IGNSW=inhibit

Ext.EPTT>ToneMuteEPTT=off

Ext.Out(EXO)/Horn>RXEXO=on

•LMRExternal1/0>PortSettings

EXT.I/O4OutputNull

EXT.I/O6OutputNull

EXT.I/O7AFO

EXT.I/O10Null

EXT.I/O11Audible

EXT.I/O14EPTT

*Insidetheradio,SolderjumperDandsolderTX

DatawiretoF.Seeg.1andg.2.

Cut“k”,Solder“I”

CABLE CONNECTORS

X1 AccessoryConnector RightRadio

X2 AccessoryConnector LeftRadio

X4 FAN LeftRadio

X6 J6OptionalConnector LeftRadio

X7 J6OptionalConnector RightRadio

X8 FAN RightRadio

JP7 JP6 JP5 JP4 T sec.

11110

0 1 1 1 0.5

10111

1 0 1 1 1.5

11012

0 1 0 1 2.5

10013

0 0 0 1 3.5

11104

0 1 1 0 4.5

10105

0 0 1 0 5.5

11006

0 1 0 0 6.5

10007

0 0 0 0 7.5

HANG ON TIME CONFIGURATION

**1=ON;0=OFF

   PANELDESCRIPTION1

R9 TXModulation RightRadio

R59 TXModulation LeftRadio

CONTROLLER ADJUSTMENTS

CONTROLLER JUMPER SETTINGS

JP2 InternalControllerDisable

JP3 TransmitOn

JP4 HangOnTime

JP5 HangOnTime

JP6 HangOnTime

JP7 HangOnTime

JP8 AudioOn:

LefttorightRadio

JP9 AudioOn:

RighttoleftRadio

Fig.1VHF/UHF

Solder wire to only

this side of “F”

Solder

Cut

Fig.2VHF/UHF

Solder

■Accessory connector

   PANELDESCRIPTION1

DB25 Pin Outs Conguration

Radio on Right

No. Pin Name Description Specication

6 Vcc +15VDCSupplyforInternalDevice Maximum1A

7 GND DCGround,UHFUnit

8 Busy OutputTerminalforBusySignal Open

Collector+OFF,0V=ON

9 AFO AudioOutput LowLevelAudio

10 DISC DiscriminatorOutput

11 TXA TransmitAudio

12 PTT ExternalPTT ActiveLow

13 TXD TransmitDataInput

Radio on Left

No.

Pin Name Description Specication

18 Vcc +15VDCSupplyforExternalDevice Maximum1A

19 GND DCGround

20 Busy OutputTerminalforBusySignal Open

Collector+OFF,0V=ON

21 AFO AudioOutput LowLevelAudio

22 DISC DiscriminatorOutput

23 TXA TransmitAudio

24 PTT ExternalPTT ActiveLow

25 TXD TransmitDataInput

2INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS

■Unpacking

Afterunpacking,immediatelyreportanydamage

to the delivering carrier or dealer. Keep the

shippingcartons.

For a description and a diagram of accessory

equipmentincludedwiththeX-BAND50series,

see‘Suppliedaccessories’ofthismanual.

■Selecting a location

Select a location for the repeater that allows

adequate air circulation, free from extreme

heat, cold, or vibrations, and away from TV

sets, TV antenna elements, radios and other

electromagneticsources.

■Antenna connections

For radio communications, the antenna is of

criticalimportance,alongwithoutputpowerand

sensitivity. Select antenna(s), such as a well-

matched 50 Ω antenna, and feedline. 1.5:1 or

betterofVoltageStandingWaveRatio(VSWR)

isrecommendedfordesiredband.Ofcourse,the

transmissionlineshouldbeacoaxialcable.

 CAUTION:Protectrepeaterfromlightning 

 byusingalightningarrestor.

 NOTE:Therearemanypublications  

 coveringproperantennasandtheir  

 installation.Checkwithyourlocaldealerfor

 moreinformationandrecommendations.

■Grounding

Topreventelectricalshock,televisioninterference

(TVI), broadcast interference (BCI) and other

problems, ground the transceiver through the

[GND]terminalontherearpanel.

Forbestresults,connectaheavygaugewireor

straptoalongearth-sunkcopperrod.Makethe

distancebetweenthe[GND]terminalandground

asshortaspossible.

WARNING: NEVERconnectthe 

 [GND]terminaltoagasorelectricpipe, 

 sincetheconnectioncouldcausean 

explosionorelectricshock.

TYPE-N CONNECTOR INSTALLATION EXAMPLE

Slidethenut,atwasher,rubbergasketandclampoverthecoaxial

cable,thencuttheendofthecableevenly.

Stripthecableandfoldthebraidbackovertheclamp.

Softsolderthecenterconductor.Installthecenterconductorpinand

solderit.

Carefullyslidetheplugbodyintoplacealigningthecenterconductor

pinonthecable.Tightenthenutontotheplugbody.

     30mm≈9⁄8in10mm≈3⁄8in1–2mm≈1⁄16in

➀

➁

➂

➃

■Required Connections

 INSTALLATIONANDCONNECTIONS2

 

[DC POWER INPUT TERMINAL]

Makesurethebackupbatteryiscorrectly

connected.Useacablewithfollowing

currentcapacity.Solderorclampthecable

plug when connecting the power cable to

thebackupbatterytopreventvoltagedrops.

Powercablecurrentcapacity:25Aormore

TX - RX ANT

VHForUHFTX•RX

antennarequired.

VHF RX - RX ANT

VHForUHFTX•RX

antennarequired.

GROUND

Make sure the [POWER] switch is turned OFF

when connecting an AC power cable and a

backupbattery(emergencypowersupply).

TheX-Band50seriescanoperatewithanACor

DCpowersupply.IfACpowerisinterruptedwhen

operatingtherepeaterwithanACpowersupply,

powerisautomaticallyprovidedtothe[BATTERY]

terminals.Batterywillbeautomaticallyrecharged

whenACpowerisrestored.

 In AC operation

CAUTION:

•UsethesuppliedACpowercablefor 

 connectiontoadomesticACoutlet.

•Extensioncordsshouldnotbeusedunless

 absolutelynecessary.Usingimproper 

 extensioncordscouldresultinrerisk.

 In DC operation

CAUTION: Voltagesgreaterthan16VDC 

willdamagetherepeater.Checkthesource

 voltagebeforeconnectingthepowercable.

•DONOTplacethebackupbatteryonornear

 therepeater.Lead-acidbatteriesshouldbe 

 placedatleast5m(16.4ft.)awayfromthe 

 repeater.Useaheavydutycabletomake 

 theconnectionandbesureboththepositive

 (red)andnegative(black)terminalsare 

 correctlyconnected.

•Whenconnectingtothebattery,keepin 

 ordertoconnecttheDCpowercableto 

 therepeaterrst,thenthepositive(red) 

 terminalandnegative(black)terminal

 tothebatterytopreventanelectricshock.

■Power

 INSTALLATIONANDCONNECTIONS2

3OPTIONAL UNIT INSTALLATION

■Opening the repeater’s case

Follow the case and cover opening procedures

shownherewhenanoptionalunitisinstalledor

adjusttheinternalunits,etc.

CAUTION: Disconnect theAC power cable

and/or DC power cable from the repeater.

Otherwise, there is danger of electric shock

and/orequipmentdamage.

➀Remove7screwsfromthetopoftherepeater

 and1screwfromthetopfront,thenliftupthe

 topcover.

4LOCAL OPERATION ■ CROSS BAND OPERATION

■Turning power ON

➀Onrearpanel,push[POWER]toturnpower

 ON.

■Receiving and transmitting

 Receiving

➀Push[POWER]toturnpowerON.

➁Rotate[VOLUME]toadjusttheaudio

 outputlevel.

➂Pushtoselectthedesiredchannel.

 •Whenreceivingasignal,BUSYindicatorturnsON 

  andaudioisemittedfromthespeaker.

 •Furtheradjustmentof[VOLUME]toacomfortable 

  listeninglevelmaybenecessaryatthispoint.

 Transmitting

➀Takethemicrophoneoffhook.

➁Waitforthechanneltobecomeclear.

➂Pushandhold[PTT]totransmit,then

 speakintothemicrophoneatyournormal 

 voicelevel.

➃Release[PTT]toreceive.

IMPORTANT:

Tomaximizethereadabilityofthetransmitted

signal:

➀Pausebrieyafterpushing[PTT].

➁Holdthemicrophone1to2inch(2.5to 

 5cm)fromyourmouth,thenspeakinto

 themicrophoneatanormalvoicelevel.

■Turning power ON



Onrearpanel,push[POWER]toturnpower

 ON.LEDwillbeonifthereisACorDC 

 powerintheunit.

 Oneachradio,push[POWER]toturnpower

 ontothatradio.

Right Radio must be on for Internal Controller

to function.

 Pushtoselectthedesiredchanneloneach 

 radio.

 Anyradiotrafcreceivedononeradiothat 

 meetstheprogrammedsettings,willcause 

 theotherradiotokeyandpassaudio.

 XBand50isaHalfDuplexdevice.Radio 

 trafccanonlypassonedirectionatatime.

 KeepHaastimesettingslowasyoursystem

 allows.

5MAINTENANCE

“Therearetwofusesforeachradio

TheleftfusesareforLeftRadio

TherightfusesareforRightRadio

■Fuse replacement

Ifafuseblowsortherepeaterstopsfunctioning,trytondthesource

oftheproble,andreplacethedamagedfusewithanew,ratedfuse.

Replacethecircuitryfuseasshownbelow.

RWARNING:

DISCONNECTtheACpowercableand/orDCpowercablefrom

therepeater.Otherwise,thereisadangerofelectricshockand/

orequipmentdamage.

6SPECIFICATIONS AND OPTIONS

■Specications

GENERAL

◆ X

Band 50 VHF Specication

•Frequencycoverage 136–174MHz

•Typeofemission Wide 16K0F3E(25.0kHz)

Narrow 11K0F3E(12.5kHz)

•Numberofprogramablechannels 128channels(8zones)

•Antennaimpedance 50Ω(nominal)

•Operatingtemperaturerange –30°Cto+60°C(−22°Fto+140°F)

•Powersupplyrequirement(nominal) 13.6VDC(Negativeground)

•Currentdrain

(approx.)

RX Stand-by 300mA

Max.audio 1200mA

TX at25W 7.0A

at50W 14.0A

•Dimensions

(projectionsnotincluded)

[25Wver.] 480(W)x133(H)x364(D)mm;

18.90(W)x5.24(H)x14.33(D)in

[50Wver.] 480(W)x133(H)x364(D)mm;

18.90(W)x5.24(H)x14.33(D)in

•Weight [25Wver.] 8.6kg(19lb)

[50Wver.] 8.6kg(19lb)

TRANSMITTER

•TXoutputpower [25Wver.] 25W(High),10W(Low2),2.5W(Low1)

[50Wver.] 50W(High),25W(Low2),5.0W(Low1)

•Modulation Variablereactancefrequencymodulation

•Max.permissible

deviation

Wide ±5.0kHz

Narrow ±2.5kHz

•Frequencyerror ±2.5ppm

•Spuriousemission 70dBtyp.

•Adjacentchannel

power

Wide 70dBmin.

Narrow 60dBmin.

•Audiofrequencyresponse +1dBto–3dBof6dB/octave

(from500–2500Hz)

•Audioharmonicdistortion 3%typ.(with1kHzAF40%deviation)

•FMhumandnoise

(withoutCCITTlter)

Wide Morethan40dB(46dBtyp.)

Narrow Morethan34dB(40dBtyp.)

•Limitingcharactofmodulation 70–100%ofmax.deviation

•Microphoneimpedance 600Ω

■Options

•HM-100HANDMICROPHONE

•HM-100TNDTMFMICROPHONEHandmicrophonewithaDTMFkeypad

•SM-25DESKTOPMICROPHONE

GENERAL

◆ X

Band 50 UHF Specication

•Frequencycoverage 400–470MHz[USA-01]450–512MHz[USA-02]

•Typeofemission

Wide 16K0F3E(25.0kHz)

Narrow 11K0F3E(12.5kHz)11K0F7E/D(12.5kHz)*

8K10F1E/D(12.5kHz)*4K00F1E/D(6.25kHz)*

•Numberofprogramablechannels max.512channels(128zones)

•Antennaimpedance 50Ω(nominal)

•Operatingtemperaturerange −30°to+60°;−22°Fto+140°F;−22°Fto+140°F

•Powersupplyrequirement(nominal) 13.6VDC(nominal)

•Currentdrain

(approx.)

RX Stand-by 300mA

Max.audio 1200mA

TX at25W 7.0A

at50W 14.0A

•Dimensions(projectionsnotincluded) 480(W)x133(H)x364(D)mm;

18.90(Wx5.24(H)x14.33(D)in

•Weight 8.6kg(19lb)

TRANSMITTER

•Transmitoutputpower 45W

•Modulation Variablereactancefrequencymodulation

•Max.permissible

deviation

Wide ±5.0kHz

Narrow ±2.5kHz

•Frequencyerror ±1.0ppm

•Spuriousemission 75dBtyp.

•Adjacentchannel

power

Wide Morethan70dB

Narrow Morethan60dB

•Audiofrequencyresponse +1dBto–3dBof6dB/octave

(from500–2500Hz)

•Audioharmonicdistortion 3%typ.(with1kHzAF40%deviation)

•FMhumandnoise

(withoutCCITTlter)

Wide Morethan40dB(45dBtyp.)

Narrow Morethan34dB(40dBtyp.)

•Limitingcharactofmodulation 70–100%ofmax.deviation

•Microphoneimpedance 600Ω

RECEIVER

•Receivesystem Double-conversionsuperheterodyne

•Intermediatefrequencies 1stIF;46.35MHz,2ndIF;450kHz

•Sensitivity 0.25μVtyp.at12dBSINAD

•Adjacentchannel

selectivity

Wide Morethan80dB(85dBtyp.)

Narrow Morethan70dB(75dBtyp.)

•Spuriousresponse Morethan85dB(90dBtyp.)

•Intermodulation Morethan75dB(77dBtyp.)

•Humandnoise

(withoutCCITTlter)

Wide Morethan45dB(50dBtyp.)

Narrow Morethan40dB(45dBtyp.)

•Audiooutputpower 4Wtyp.at10%distortionwitha4Ωload

•Audiooutputimpedance 4Ω

 SPECIFICATIONSANDOPTIONS6

*;Availablewhenanoptionaldigitalunit(UT-119H/UT-126H)isinstalled.

Countonus!

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