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IN THE IC 91A.  IT TAKES MORE EFFORT TO EXPLAIN THE PROCESS THAN IT DOES TO
ACTUALLY SELECT AND SET UP THE FEATURES FROM THE MENU SCREEN.  DTMF AND
TONE SQUELCH CTCSS/ DTCS, ONCE CONSIDERED AN OPTION IN VHF/ UHF FM
TRANSCEIVERS, ARE NOW THE NORM.  MORE AND MORE REPEATERS REQUIRE A TONE FOR
ACCESS TO REDUCE INTERFERENCE AND TO ALLOW FREQUENCY COORDINATORS TO
ACCOMMODATE MORE REPEATERS IN AN ALREADY TIGHTLY PACKED SPECTRUM.  THE IC
91A MAKES PROGRAMMING THESE SUBAUDIBLE TONES EASY USING THE ON SCREEN MENU
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FUNCTION.  YOU NEEDNT WORRY ABOUT HAVING ENOUGH CHANNELS FOR MEMORY
STORAGE, AS YOU HAVE SOME 1300 AVAILABLE.  MEMORY CHANNELS CAN BE SORTED
INTO BANKS FOR EASE OF USE.  IN EACH MEMORY CHANNEL, YOU CAN STORE
EVERYTHING NEEDED TO USE A SPECIFIC REPEATER FREQUENCY, MODE, DUPLEX
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105 5 1 1,150 STX AB2JL 157 5 1 1,085 WNY KD2HE 96 5 1 1,060 NLI K3TW 52 5
1 970 MDC W3BIG 118 5 1 940 EPA KC9ZO 78 5 1 930 IL WA5ZNU 28 5 1 915 SCV
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