HF MARINE TRANSCEIVER iC-M600 KB2LJJ Radio Mods Manuals Icom Inc.FOREWORD ‘Thank you for purchasing the iC-MS00 HF MARINE TRANSCEIVER. The IC-MB00 is a compact, easy-to- operate transceiver designed with Icom’s state-of. the-art technology. To fully appreciate the capabilities of your new 1C-M800, please read this instruction manual thoroughly before attempting operation. If you have any questions regarding the operation of the 1C-M800, feel free te contact your nearest authorized Icom Dealer or Service Center. EXPLICIT DEFINITIONS ‘The following explicit defin tion manual ns apply to this instruc: WORD DEFINITION Gansina | Personal injury, fre hazard or alectie WARNING | shock may occur CAUTION | Equipment damage may 0 | | i cleregrces, inconvenience oni | | note | No personal injury, risk offre er siactic | | shoe IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS READ THIS INSTRUCTION MANUAL CAREFULLY before attempting to operate the transceiver. SAVE THIS INSTRUCTION MANUAL — This instruction manual contains important safety and operating instructions for the 1C-M600. IMPORTANT: ‘he Operating Rules and Guide- lines are described in Section 6 (p. 14). WARNING: Mount the transceiver securely with the supplied bolts and nuts. If the transceiver is mounted without these, personal injury or trans- ceiver damage could occur due to wave shock, vibra- tions, etc, NEVER connect the transceiver via the [DC 13.6 V) connector to an AC outlet or to a power source of more than 16 V DC. NEVER connect the transceiver to a power source using reverse polarity. These connections will ruin the transceiver. NEVER allow children to touch the transceiver. AVOID using or placing ths transceiver in arees with temperatures below —30°C or over +80°C. NEVER expose the transceiver to rain, snow or any liquids. AVOID using the irenscelver in environments. AVOID placing the t long periods. nscelvar in direct sunlight 4 BE CAREFUL! The heatsink may become hot when operating the transceiver continuously for log periods. During maritime mobile operations, DO NOT operate the transceiver without running the boat's engine. FEATURES * One-touch emergency frequency access capability. ‘+ Full 150 W* (PEP) of output power. + Excellent frequency stability of +20 H: ~+60°C range. * DDS (Direct Digital Synthesizer) system for a rapid lockup time and high quality frequency oscillation. ‘Convenient frequency selection via keyboard entry or rotation of the main dial. Clarity control for up to 150 Hz in 10 Hz steps. +99 user-programmable memory channels. #192 pre-programmed ITU channels and 282 new ITU channels effective July 1991 the -30°C * Overload protection against open, shorted or mis: matched antenna connections and thermal overloads. + General coverage receiver. * Splash-resistant front panel. ‘* Keyboard and function display backlighting. + Audio activated squelch. Noise blanker circuit. ‘+ AGC (Automatic Gain Control) circult. “Accepts an optional AT-120 HF AUTOMATIC ANTENNA TUNER. * Optional UT-62 ALARM transmission. UNIT for alarm signal * For 25.0000~26.9909 MHz: More than 60 WTABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD . i EXPLICIT DEFINITIONS IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS i FEATURES. exo i TABLE OF CONTENTS ..............-. ii UNPACKING .. 1 PANEL DESCRIPTION. ‘Switches and controls... Rear panel - Function display . 2 INSTALLATION - Mounting the transceiver Rear panel connections ... + Installation example. 10 SETTING A FREQUENCY. 13 + Setting a frequency 8 ~ Changing the frequency in 100 Hz steps ..... 13 OPERATING RULES AND GUIDELINES ... 14 RECEIVING. 15~16 - Receiving 15~16 TRANSMITTING .............. 7 « Transmitting. ceeeeeeeenere 7 + Setting the transmit power ...........cceee0. 17 MEMORY OPERATION .......... 18 - Programming a frequency .. oe = Changing the operating mode 18 Clearing memory information 18 ALARM SIGNAL (OPTIONAL) 19) + Transmitting an alarm signal on 2182 kHz... 19 + Ground connections. - Distress call procedures. 19 + Antenna connections... + Testing an alarm signal 19 ~ Power source . 11. OPTIONAL UNIT INSTALLATION 20 3. EXTERNAL EQUIPMENT Cea ss CONNECTIONS : 9~10 Bacon 2 = AT-120 HF AUTOMATIC ANTENNA TUNER. ... 9 = Internal setting for a non-leom antenna 12 MAINTENANCE. ......... moe tuner... 9 Replacing a fuse seeeeeseeesssiee 24 = MN-100, MN-IOOL ANTENNA MATCHERS |... 10 Cleaning. con 21 = OPC-02, OPC-303 ACC CABLES. 10 13 TROUBLESHOOTING... 2 4. SELECTING A CHANNEL... .t1~42 Direct selection of 2182 kHz ..11 14 SPECIFICATIONS... serene BB * Selecting a memory channel 11~12 48 OPTIONS..........- ee ‘Accessories included wit the 16-M600: ov. © Mounting bracket 1 @ Rubber toot 4 Mounting knobs 4 & Spare tuses (20 A) : {5 Spare fuses (4 A). 2 Hal washers or mourting nob) ‘ Microphone (EM-48) 1 {B Microphone hanger and screws Yee Comer cable OFC 7 1 00008 49 Spring washers 8 {y Rat washer ‘ OOOO OOOGeooe %8 Selt-tapping screws a 2) 0) @ @ Ceee See + | e@@Og 9992 nv TTT TL cose ®= Switches and controis © @ INTERNAL SPEAKER Operates while the transceiver is receiving and "34" is not displayed. @ FUNCTION DISPLAY (p. 4) Indicates the current operating frequency, channel, mode and additional information. © MAIN DIAL Selects an operating channel (pgs. 11, 12) or ‘operating frequency (p. 13). Selects an operating band after pushing {FUNC}. (. 12) © CLARITY SWITCHES [CLARA] (pgs. 15, 16) Shifts only the receive frequency +150 Hz in 10 Hz steps. * Clarity indicator appears and shows the shifting level ‘*Cilears the shift frequency when both [UP] and [ON] ‘are pushed simultaneously © VOLUME SWITCHES [VOL] (p. 15) Adjusts the audio level. ‘The volume level is displayed by the S/AF indicator while adjusting the volume level. ‘When both [Al] and [¥] are pushed simultaneously, audio is muted. PANEL DESCRIPTION ‘au )}|| ((are2 © SOHO © POWER SWITCHES [POW] Turn power ON and OFF. ‘Turns power ON when either switch Is pushed. “Turns power OFF when beth switches are pushed simultaneously. ® FUNCTION SWITCH [FUNC] (pgs. 15, 16) Activates the secondary functions of the switches and main dial. KEY | SECONDARY FUNCTION (Alter pushing (FUNC)) Dimmer switch [DIM] (L_ | Turns backlighting ON and OFF. ‘Squelch switch [SQL] 21_| Turns the squelch function ON and OFF. Noiee bianker switch [NB] ‘Turns the noise blanker function ON and OFF. m8 Speakeroff switch [SP] 4] | #Mutes received audio and the beep tone from the internal epeaker. [AGC switch [AGC] {51 | *Tums the AGC (Automatic Gain Control) circuit ON and OFF. © RECEIVE FREQUENCY ENTER SWITCH [RX] Stores a duplex ITU channel or memory channel after keyboard entry. (pgs. 11, 12) Enters a receive frequency. (p. 13) Stores a receive frequency in a memory channel. (p. 18)PANEL DESCRIPTION 1 Gg 0 0) com BQ oe ¢) © e000 ‘@ TRANSMIT FREQUENCY ENTER SWITCH [TX] Stores a duplex ITU channel or memory channel after Keyboard entry. (pgs. 11, 12) Sets the transceiver for writing of @ transmit frequency. (p. 18) Stores a transmit frequency in a memory channel. (. 18) Sets the transcelver to select RF output power after pushing [FUNC]. (p. 17) @ KEYBOARD Numeral keys perform tuning and activate func- tions. Some numeral keys have secondary func- tions as shown in the table at left. To activate the secondary function of the keys, push [FUNC] before pushing the keys. ‘See pgs. 11~13 for tuning operation, or see the page at left for a description of secondary tunc- tions. (@ TRANSMIT FREQUENCY CHECK SWITCH [TXF] (.17) White pushing this switch, the operating frequency changes from the recelve frequency to the trans- mit frequency to check whether the transmit frequency is busy or not. @® CLEAR SWITCH [CE] Clears input digits and retrieves the previous key input. Sets the transceiver for the 100Hz tuning step. (p. 13) Sets the transceiver to store a frequency. ® 2182 kHz SWITCH [2182] (p. 11) Accesses the 2182kHz emergency and distress call frequency instantly during any operating condi- tion. ® MODE SWITCH [MODE] Selects the desired operating mode. ® ALARM SWITCH [ALM] (p. 19) Selects the 2182 kHz emergency frequency; also turns ON and OFF the alarm function when the ‘optional UT-62 ALARM UNIT is installed. its alarm signals on 2182 kHz when push- switch together with [TXF]. @ ANTENNA TUNER SWITCH [TUNE] Starts the tuning of an of AUTOMATIC ANTENNA TUNER, nal AT-120 HF1 PANEL DESCRIPTION Rear panel @ ANTENNA CONNECTOR [ANT] (p. 8) Connects an antenna cable. A PL-259 plug must be used. CAUTION: transmitting without an antenna may damage the transceiver. @ SPARE HOLES [ACI], [ACC2] (p. 10) Optional ACC cables, OPC-302 and OPC-303, can be installed here. External equipment may require sockets with ACC cables. © ANTENNA TUNER CONNECTOR [TUNER] (p. 9) Connects the control cable of an optional AT-120 HF AUTOMATIC ANTENNA TUNER. © DC POWER CONNECTOR [DC 13.6 V] (pgs. 6, 8) Connects the supplied DC power cable to an external 13.6 V DC power source. © Mic CONNECTOR [MIC] Connects the supplied microphone or an optional HS-50 HANDSET. ‘+The internal speaker does not function when the micro phone is not connected to [MIC}. © EXTERNAL SPEAKER JACK [EXT SP] Connects a 4~8 © speaker, if desired. ‘The intemal speaker can be tuned OFF using the ‘speakeroff function (Push [FUNC], then [4 @ GROUND TERMINAL [GND] (p. 8) To prevent electrical shocks, interference from ‘other electronic equipment and other problems, be sure to ground the transceiver to a good earth point. (Gee p. 8 for ground connection examples.)Mi Function display © CHANNEL INDICATOR Displays the selected ITU or memory channel number. ‘*Hyphenated numbers appear when a simplex ITU ‘channel is selected. @ DUPLEX INDICATOR Appears when a duplex channel is selected. © SIMPLEX INDICATOR Appears when a simplex channel is selected. @ MODE INDICATORS Indicate the operating mode. ‘The mode Indicator disappears while an optional antenna tuner is tuning. © CLARITY INDICATOR Indicates the clarity setting level every 50 Hz. ‘A arrows indicate that the receive frequency has n shifted higher than the displayed frequency. r” arrows indicate that the receive frequency has been shifted lower than the displayed frequency. © FUNCTION INDICATOR Appears when the [FUNC] switch is pushed. @ NOISE BLANKER INDICATOR ‘Appears when the noise blanker function is turned ON. @ AGC OFF INDICATOR Appears when the AGC (Automatic Gain Control) circuit is turned OFF. © SQUELCH INDICATOR ‘Appears when the squelch function is turned ON. PANEL DESCRIPTION 1 @ SPEAKER-OFF INDICATOR Appears when the internal speaker Is turned OFF. @ SIRF INDICATOR Displays the relative received signal strength while receiving, Displays the volume level while adjusting the volume. Displays the RF output power level while trans- mitting, © FREQUENCY READOUT Displays the operating frequency. @® ALARM INDICATOR ‘Appears when the optional alarm function is activated. @ FREQUENCY SETTING INDICATOR ‘Appears during frequency setting. +The [CE] switch turns the indicator ON and OFF. ® TUNING INDICATOR Blinks while an optional antenna tuner is tuning. @ TRANSMIT INDICATOR Appears while transmitting or checking the trans- mit frequency. Blinks while setting the transmit frequency. @ RECEIVE INDICATOR ‘Appears when the squelch opens.M2 INSTALLATION @ Mounting the transceiver ‘The bracket supplied with your transceiver allows “overhead” or “dashboard” mounting. Read the following installation instructions carefully WARNING: the transceiver may drop during ‘wave shocks or vibrations when mounted without the proper bolts, nuts, etc. 4) Select a location that provides easy access to the front panel for steering safety, good ventilation and. a dry environment. 2) DO NOT select areas Subject to extreme heat, cold, vibrations, or areas near electromagnetic sources or in direct sunlight. 3) Install the mounting bracket as shown in the diagram below so the transceiver is adequately supported, thus protecting it from wave shock and vibrations. 4) Mount the transceiver and adjust the viewing angle; then, tighten the mounting knobs. + Overhead mounting Adjust installation angle for good visibility. * Dashboard mounting To install the transceiver for dashboard mounting, attach the supplied rubber feet to the mounting bracket as above so that the transceiver can be moved to suit your operation needs; or use the supplied hardware as shown at left for fixed installation.Rear panel connections ‘The transceiver requires at least 4 cable connections: = Supplied DC power cable (OPC-077) Ground cabie + Antenna coaxial cable + Supplied microphone (EM-48) (1) DC power cable Connect the cable to a 13.6V DC power source {at least 30 A) directly. See the diagram below and p. 8 for details. . INSTALLATION 2 (2) Ground cable ‘The transceiver MUST have an adequate ground See p. 8 for details. (8) Antenna coaxial cable Connect a 500 coaxial cable with a PL-259 con- nector. See p. 8 for details. (4) Microphone Connect the supplied microphone to [MIC]. ‘+ Rear panel connections Antenna. External speaker Microphone red 12, battery * Mic cord hook attachment ‘* Mic connector pin arrangement ) Microphone input @Nc 2 Microphone ground AFI ‘® Ground @are. 9 PTT ®AF output ground Looking at the rear panel, you will see the above pin arrangement.2 INSTALLATION MiInstallation example The following diagrams show a typical installation of the IC-M600 with the AT-120. Installation consists of the following 5 major components: \C-M600 HF MARINE TRANSCEIVER = AT-120 HF AUTOMATIC ANTENNA TUNER DC power source + Antenna © Ground (1) 1C-M600 installation See pgs. 5 and 6 for installation and connections. (2) Optional AT-120 installation The AT-120 ensures a matched condition between the transceiver and antenna at all times. See p. 9 for installation and connection procedures. (3) DC power source The IC-M600 requires regulated DC power; 13.6V and at least 30 A. See p. 8 for the power cable con- nections. (4) Antenna The AT-120 requires an antenna wire or element at least 7.6 m (25 ft) long for covering all HF marine bands. See pgs. 8 and 9 for more information. (8) Ground Proper grounding Is very important. See p. 8 for a transceiver and tuner ground system example. Or AT-120 * Installation example with the optional AT-120 Coaxial cable romeo ef@efee (000 to [ANT] Eee] SSS SESE t =EeES== |O = Ground = — to [TUNER] Ground (See p. 8) AT-120 control cableGround connections INSTALLATION 2 The transceiver and antenna tuner MUST have an adequate ground connection. Otherwise, the overall efficiency of the transceiver and antenna tuner installation will be reduced. Electrical shocks and interference from other equipment could also occur. For best results, use the heaviest gauge wire or strap available and make the connection as short as possible. For wooden or fiberglass boats, make the ground connection to the engine block or other large metal objects, or use a copper ground plate, etc. See the diagram at right for an example of grounding. Antenna connections * Ground system example Copper sere ‘Copper pipe Optional AT-120 Meial object Ground plate Most stations operate with a whip or long wire (insulated backstay) antenna. However, these antennas cannot be connected directly to- the transceiver since thelr antenna impedance is not matched with the transceiver antenna connector. Keep the following procedures in mind Whip ot tong wite antennas require an optional AT-120 HF AUTOMATIC ANTENNA TUNER or an optional MN-100 or MN-100L. ANTENNA MATCHER. (9. 9) - A500 Impedance antenna is required. Ask your Icom Dealer for details * PL-259 connector attachment 30 mm 1) Slide the coupling ring aa at ‘over the coaxial cable. Coupling ring 107mm oft solden 10mm 2) Strip the cable as shown tet Soft inthe figure, and soft SER Solder solder the center ~2 mm conductor. Solder Spider 3) Slide the connector body onto the cable and solder. 4) Screw the coupling ring ‘onto the connector body. 4 mm = 1192 in i Power source The IC-M600 requires regulated DC power: 13.6 V and at least 30A. There are 3 ways to supply Power: = Connect the power cable directly to the 12 V battery in the boat. = Connect an optional PS-60 OC POWER SUPPLY to use an AC outlet. = Connect an optional PS-66 DC-DG CONVERTER to use a 19~32 V DC power source. CAUTION: ‘the supplied DC power cable MUST be used to provide power to the transceiver. AVOID exceeding the 3 m (10 ft) of length of the DG power cable. If it is necessary to make a run of over 3 m, use #6 or a similar cable instead of the supplied DC power cable for a maximum run of 6 m (20 tt). * DC power cable connection CAUTION: cabies must be connected to the terminals of a 12 V battery when using a battery as the power source. “se GS © black ae @red battery ‘Supplied DC power cable