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ICOM IC-F121 Any Reviews?
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groominator
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Same concern about 121
I am new to programming the F121. I am setting these up in 4 of our ambulances. They seem to work fine. I have the scan turned off when the radio turns on. I have buttom 1 programmed to start or stop scan. The scan works properly without the mic being grounded but it shuts off after about 2 minutes, why? I am also wondering what everyone is using for SQ level. I started at 45 but im not sure that is best. Can anyone tell me there common setup that works well for their total setup,
Thanks for any help.
Steve
I am new to programming the F121. I am setting these up in 4 of our ambulances. They seem to work fine. I have the scan turned off when the radio turns on. I have buttom 1 programmed to start or stop scan. The scan works properly without the mic being grounded but it shuts off after about 2 minutes, why? I am also wondering what everyone is using for SQ level. I started at 45 but im not sure that is best. Can anyone tell me there common setup that works well for their total setup,
Thanks for any help.
Steve
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To hook scan is a very annoying feature of the Icom. The radio will not continue scanning without the mic hung up. I don't know why they have that feature but they do. The only way around it is to wire the microphone so it's grounded all the time (which I do not recommend).
On the sq the default values should be fine unless you move into a very rf intensive area.
The only setting you may want to change is the minimum volume value. I purposely setup my public safety radios so the volume cannot be turned all the way down to zero. I have seen a lot of calls get missed because guys turned the radio down to talk on the cell and did not turn it back up. A little experimentation will get you a value that can be heard but not blaring.
igushikman99
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I just bought F121 and everything works fine, except scanning.It only works with a PL 2303 cable plugged to the radio and with other end only disconnected (just loosely hanging).With a mic grounded or not does not work.Thank you for any help.
Mirek.
Mirek.
bezking
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You may have the mic hanger action programmed to stop the scan, check your programming.
igushikman99
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I set hanger action to ON and OFF with same unsuccessful result.Once again it only scans with cable PL2303 connected to radio and on the other end disconnected from computer.
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