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Icon Indicators
Ten icons appear in the upper right area of the LCD display to indicate
parameters that are active when you work with MICOM-2E.
Icon Indicates
Upper side band is active.
Lower side band is active.
Squelch is active.
Monitoring is off.
Noise blanker is active
Clarify - frequency deviation is other than 0.
Notch filter is active.
Not standard band width filter.
Fast Automatic Gain Control active.
Page located in stack. 
						

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Transceiver Rear Panel
No. Name Description
1 Antenna socket
2 Accessory
connector (J3)25-pin connector used to connect the radio to
external accessories such as: personal
computers, external modems, Morse key, etc.
3 DC connector (J4) Power.
4 Ground screw
Alert Tone Indications
The MICOM-2E generates some audible tones, enabled via the RSS or
front panel programming, to indicate radio operating conditions. The
intensity of the tone, low or high, may also be set using the RSS or by
programming through the front panel.
Tone Description
Valid key press: A beep is sounded when a keypad key is pressed to
indicate that the key was accepted.
PTT release: A beep is sounded on the remote radio to indicate
that the PTT button was released.
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Operating Instructions
The display shows the words SELF TES T for about
When the self test procedure is completed, the
If a self test fails, the display shows the word ERR 
						

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Global Operations
MICOM-2E assigns specific operations that are in effect in all working
modes to six controls:
Used to turn the radio on and off and to control the volume.
Always used to scroll between values that are already
programmed into MICOM-2E, whether they be channels or
numerical values.
Always used to display the MICOM-2E main menu.
Cancels the last operation and returns to the previous screen.
Always confirms the selection and/or entered value and saves it
in MICOM-2E.
Scrolls to menu options not displayed in the current screen. This
button is active only when the right arrow 
 appears at the end
of the third row in the display. 
						

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Using Working Modes
The following sections describe how you use the various working modes
in MICOM-2E.
Working with Channel Mode
The first menu option you see when you press  is Channel mode.
Channel mode is used for choosing channels already programmed in
MICOM-2E.
To enter Channel mode:
1.Pressto display the Menu screen.
2.Press[CHAN].
MICOM-2E blinks the last active channel in the display.
3.Press
to confirm your choice.
Once you are in Channel mode, the mode options appear in the LCD
display:
· BAND - toggles between upper side band (USB) and lower side band
(LSB).
· SQ - toggles the noise squelch on and off.
·DSP - displays the Digital Signal Processing
menu. This menu includes submenus:
· CLAR - Clarity mode 
						

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·  NF - Notch filter
· CLI P - Clipper
·  NB - Noise Blanker
· ATTN  - Attenuator On/O ff
·   PWR - displays the Power Setting menu.
·
  MODE - displays the Mode menu.
·
  AGC - toggles th
e Automatic Gain Control.
·  BW - displays the Band Width menu.
·
is pressed.
Whe
n ALE is active, three additional options appear: 
						

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Choosing a New Channel
If you enter a channel that has not already been
2. Press to confirm your choice.
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Example: you want to choose Channel 12. The last active channel was
Channel 1.
Step 1Enter Channel mode (if not in already).
Step 2Press the digits “1” and “2” on
the keypad so that the number
“12” blinks in the LCD display.
Step 3Pressto confirm your choice.
If Channel 12 was not already programmed, you see an error message
at this point. If it has already been programmed, the active channel is
now 12. 
						

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Working with Frequency Mode
To enter Frequency mode:
1.Pressto display the Menu screen.
2.Press[FREQ].
3.Press the function key beneath the frequency option
of your choice (see the section entitled “Setting
Frequencies” on page 19).
4.Press
 to confirm your choice.
NOTE
Frequency mode is accessible only if the radio is not
locked.
Once you are in Frequency mode, the mode options appear in the LCD
display:
· T/R - sets the transmit and receive frequencies and frequency type.
· BAND - toggles between upper side band (USB) and lower side band
(LSB).
· SQ - toggles the noise squelch on and off.
·DSP - displays the Digital Signal Processing
menu (see pages 13-15 for submenus).
·PWR - displays the Power Tx Setting menu.
·MODE - displays the Mode menu.