Ic-f521

rsqemt911 · #1 (**permalink**) 08-24-2009, 04:56 PM

hello,
i recently purchased an F521 and am waiting for the programming cable to come in. in the mean time i am playing with the software and have a few small questions. I have programmed an F50v so i am familiar with the basics of the icom software.

what is the most current software? i am running CV-500 v20

can you alpha tag the banks in the 521? I do not see an option on that page like on the F50v. i also do not see where to put in MDC encode/decode. is this radio capable of ANI?

thanks

Rob

bezking · #2 (**permalink**) 08-24-2009, 04:59 PM

I don't know about the software but I can tell you that if you want to be able to alphatag banks that setting would be under "Bank Operation" and you should be able to click a text box under the "Text" column and enter the tag. If that is not there, I don't think that you can do that. This radio is not capable of MDC1200. In order to do ANI you will need the UT-108 module.

HTH

rsqemt911 · #3 (**permalink**) 08-25-2009, 01:07 AM

those are not options in the bank menu .... the f50 software has options like that, but i could not find it in the CS-500. i guess it doesn't have alpha tagging of banks. i could have sworn i read somwhere in the specs that it did though.

Nomex · #4 (**permalink**) 08-25-2009, 07:42 PM

In the software scroll down to scan. Click to open and the 10 banks positions open up. You can name anyone of the 10 to your liking.

Nomex

rsqemt911 · #5 (**permalink**) 08-26-2009, 12:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nomex

In the software scroll down to scan. Click to open and the 10 banks positions open up. You can name anyone of the 10 to your liking.

Nomex

thanks but isn't that for alpha tagging different "scan lists"?

bezking · #6 (**permalink**) 08-26-2009, 08:01 AM

Yes, that has nothing to do with the bank alpha tags.

rsqemt911 · #7 (**permalink**) 08-27-2009, 02:41 AM

so once i install the ut-108r, how do you program and configue it? i still see nothing in the RSS for MDC/ANI (as i formerly stated) ... thier is a field in the rss for the scrambler functions even though the radio does not have that capability without the scrambler board installed.

does anybody have 1 installed and can explain how it functions.

bezking · #8 (**permalink**) 08-27-2009, 07:42 AM

I'm not entirely sure. Keep in mind that the UT-108 will provide DTMF ANI, not MDC1200.

rsqemt911 · #9 (**permalink**) 08-27-2009, 04:20 PM

your right ... i misread it thinking ANI meant MDC.