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First, give Zone-1 a name in the Text column, even if you're going to call it Zone-1.
If it's a non-trunked channel, pick Conventional in the column that you highlighted in your screenshot.
Then on the "tree" column to the left of the Zone Operation window, pick Zone-1 and Zone-1's window opens (See below).
Fill in your Rx/Tx freqs and channel name in Text column. Then under the CH-Type column, select DIGITAL or MIXED to enable NXDN.
As you scroll further to the right, fill in the appropriate digital info, like Rx/Tx RAN and Squelch Type. Older IDAS radios only work on 6.25 khz channels so they won't work with 12.5 khz Kenwood systems. If you're going to be working with a Kenwood repeater, consider changing the far right column (Fast Unmute) to ON, especially if you're going to use the Icom to scan Kenwood repeaters. (See below)
Hope that helps.
If it's a non-trunked channel, pick Conventional in the column that you highlighted in your screenshot.
Then on the "tree" column to the left of the Zone Operation window, pick Zone-1 and Zone-1's window opens (See below).
Fill in your Rx/Tx freqs and channel name in Text column. Then under the CH-Type column, select DIGITAL or MIXED to enable NXDN.
As you scroll further to the right, fill in the appropriate digital info, like Rx/Tx RAN and Squelch Type. Older IDAS radios only work on 6.25 khz channels so they won't work with 12.5 khz Kenwood systems. If you're going to be working with a Kenwood repeater, consider changing the far right column (Fast Unmute) to ON, especially if you're going to use the Icom to scan Kenwood repeaters. (See below)
Hope that helps.
Are the repeaters conventional or part of a trunked system? If conventional, then select Conventional on the Zone Operation page. Then go to the Zone-1 page and enter the frequencies and other info that I mentioned in my first post. In the CH-TYPE column, you would select DIGITAL. There is no "IDAS" selection --- they call it "DIGITAL" in the software. As I mentioned earlier, if the Kenwood repeaters are 12.5 kHz then the IC-F4161D probably won't work with it as I think they're 6.25 kHz only. Good luck with it.
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