FOREWORD IMPORTANT

Thank you for purchasing this Icom product. The IC- READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS carefully and completely
V82/U82 VHF/UHF TRANSCEIVERS are designed and built with before using the transceiver.
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opera-tion. struction manual contains important operating instructions
for the IC-V82/U82.
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hope you agree with Icom’s philosophy of “technology first.”
Many hours of research and development went into the de- EXPLICIT DEFINITIONS
sign of your IC-V82/U82.
WORD DEFINITION
Personal injury, fire hazard or electric shock
D FEATURES R WARNING! may occur.
CAUTION Equipment damage may occur.
❍ 7 W*— high transmit output
power (*IC-V82, 5 W for IC-U82) Recommended for optimum use. No risk of
NOTE
personal injury, fire or electric shock.
❍ CTCSS and DTCS encoder/decoder stan-
dard
❍ Optional digital modulator/demodulator
❍ Optional DTMF decoder

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PRECAUTIONS
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away from
RWAR the lips and
NING! the
NEVER transceiver
hold the is verti-cal.
transceiver RWARNI
so that the NG!
antenna is
NEVER
very close
operate the
to, or
transceiver
touching
exposed with a
parts of the headset or
body, other audio
especially accessories
the face or at high
eyes, while volume
transmittin levels.
g. The Hearing
transceiver experts
will advise
perform against
best if the continuous
microphon high volume
e is 5 to 10 op-eration. If
cm (2 to 4 you
experience against such
a ringing in accidents
your ears, and the
reduce the transceiver
volume or will be
discontinue ruined.
use.
NEVER
NEVER attempt to
connect charge
the alkaline or
transceiver dry cell
to a power batteries. Be
source that aware that
is DC external DC
fused at power
more than connections
5 A. will charge
Accidental batter-ies
reverse inside the
connection battery case.
will be This will
protected damage not
by this only the bat-
fuse, but tery case but
higher fuse also the
values will transceiver.
not give DO NOT
any push the
protection PTT when
not actually
desiring to
Place
trans-mit.
the
unit in
a
secur
e
place
to
avoid
inadv
ertent
use
by
childr
en.
DO
NO
T
opera
te the
transc
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near
unshi
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electri
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ting areas
cap with
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expl
below
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AV (+140
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SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES
plied with
some
■ Supplied versions.

Accessories
q
Antenna* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
......................
1
w Belt clip (with
screws) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
...........1
e AC
Adapter*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
...................1
r Battery pack*/Battery
case* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.....1
t Battery charger*. . . . . . . . .
....................1
set

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SAFETY TRAINING INFORMATION
of the time can cause FCC
RF exposure compliance
CAUTION requirements to be
To ensure that your
exceeded. The radio is
exposure to RF
transmitting when the “Tx
electromagnetic en-ergy is indica-tor” appears. You can
within the FCC allowable cause the radio to transmit by
limits, always adhere to the press-ing the “PTT” switch.
following guidelines:
•ALWAYS use Icom
•DO NOT operate the radio authorized accessories
without a proper antenna at- (antennas, bat-teries, belt
tached, as this may damage
clips, speaker/mics, etc.).
the radio and may also cause
Use of unauthorized
you to exceed FCC RF
accessories can cause the
exposure limits. A proper
FCC RF exposure
antenna is the antenna
compliance requirements to
supplied with this radio by the
be exceeded.
manufacturer or an antenna
specifically authorized by the
manufacturer for use with this
radio.

•DO NOT transmit for more

than 50% of total radio use
time (“50% duty cycle”).
Transmitting more than 50%

•ALWAYS keep the antenna
at least 2.5 cm (1 inch) away
from the body when
transmitting, and only use the
Icom belt-clips which are
listed in this manual when
attaching the radio to your
belt, etc. To provide the
recipients of your
transmission the best sound
quality, hold the transceiver
at least 5 cm (2 inches) from
your mouth, and turned
slightly to one side.
The information listed above
provides the user with the
infor-mation needed to make
him or her aware of RF
exposure, and what to do to
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assure that this radio operates
within the FCC RF exposure
limits of this radio.
Electromagnetic
Interference/Compatib
ility
During transmissions, your
Icom radio generates RF
energy that can possibly cause
interference with other devices
or systems. To avoid such
interference, turn off the radio
in areas where signs are
posted to do so. DO NOT
operate the transmitter in
areas that are sensitive to
electromagnetic ra-diation
such as hospitals, aircraft, and
blasting sites.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
......................
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FOREWORD
■ Your first contact
.........................
i ......................
IMPORTANT III
......................... ■ Repeater
operation
i

EXPLICIT ......................
DEFINITIONS IV
......................... ■ Programming
i
memory channels
PRECAUTIONS
......................
......................... V
ii
SUPPLIED 1 ACCESSORIES
ACCESSORIES .........................
......................... 1–2
iii ■ Accessory
SAFETY TRAINING attachment
INFORMATION ......................
......................... 1
iv
2 PANEL
TABLE OF DESCRIPTION
CONTENTS
......................... .........................
3–7
v–vi
■ Switches,
QUICK REFERENCE controls, keys and
GUIDE connectors
......................... ......................
I–V 3
■ Preparation ■ Function display
 ...................... ......................
6 13
3 BATTERY PACKS
.........................
8–12
■ Battery pack
replacement
......................
8
■ Battery caution
......................
9
■ Charging NOTE
......................
9
■ Battery charging
......................
10
■ Battery case
(optional for some
versions)
......................
12
4 BASIC
OPERATION
.........................
13–16
■ Power ON
......................
13
■ VFO mode
selection
 ■ Offset frequency

■ Setting a ......................
frequency 18
■ Subaudible
...................... tones
13
■ Setting ......................
audio/squelch 18
level ■ Repeater
lockout
......................
15 ......................
■ Receive and 19
transmit ■ Auto repeater
function
...................... (USA/CSA
15 versions only)
■ Display type
......................
...................... 20
16
■ Key lock 6 MEMORY/CALL
OPERATION
function
...................... .........................
21–26
16
■ General
5 REPEATER description
OPERATION
......................
......................... 21
17–20 ■ Selecting a
■ General memory channel
...................... ......................
17 21
■ Reversed duplex ■ Selecting the
mode call channel
...................... ......................
17 21
 ■ Programming bank contents
the memory/call ......................
channels
26
......................
22 7 DTMF MEMORY
■ Channel name .........................
programming 27–29
...................... ■ Programming a
23 DTMF code
sequence
■ Memory
transfers ......................
27
...................... ■ Transmitting a
23
DTMF code
■ Memory bank sequence
selection
...................... ......................
28
25
■ DTMF
■ Memory bank transmission rate
setting
...................... ......................
29
25
■ Transferring
v
 ■ When receiving a digital call
.........................................................................
46
■ Break-in communication
8 SCAN OPERATION ..............................................30–33 ■
.........................................................................
■ Scan types.........................................................30 47 L
o
■ Programmed scan.................................................30 ■ EMR communication
w
■ Memory scan......................................................31
......................................................................... -
48 s
■ Skip channels......................................................32 ■ Pocket beep operation p
e
■ Priority watch......................................................32 ......................................................................... e
48
■ Scan resume condition...........................................33 d
■ Digital squelch functions
9 SUBAUDIBLE TONES.........................................34–37 ......................................................................... d
49 a
■ Tone squelch........................................................34 ■ Digital monitor t
a
■ Pocket beep operation............................................36 .........................................................................
49
■ Tone scan...........................................................37 c
o
10PAGER/CODE SQUELCH (Requires Optional UT-108) .. 38–41 m
m
■ Pager function.....................................................38 u
■ Code programming................................................38 n
i
■ Pager operation....................................................40 c
a
■ Code squelch......................................................41
t
11 DIGITAL MODE OPERATION i
o
(Requires Optional UT-118) ....................................42–58 n
■ Digital mode operation............................................42
5
■ Call sign programming............................................42 0
■ Digital voice mode operation.....................................45 ■
 About D-STAR system..............................................51 18CE.................................................................82– 1
83
■ Repeater call sign programming.................................52 2
■ Setting other items.................................................53
3
■ GPS operation.....................................................57
4
12OTHER FUNCTIONS...........................................59–70
5
■ SET MODE.........................................................59
6
■ INITIAL SET MODE...............................................63
■ Weather channel operation 7
(IC-V82 [USA]/[CSA] versions only) ...............................69 8
■ CPU reset..........................................................70 9
■ Partial reset........................................................70 1
13CLONING.........................................................71–72 0
■ Transceiver-to-transceiver cloning..............................71 1
■ Cloning using a PC................................................72 1
14OPTIONAL UNITS..............................................73–74
1
2
...................................73
■ Optional UT-108/118 installation
■ Optional MB-86 installation.......................................73
1
3
15SPECIFICATIONS...............................................75–76
1
■ IC-V82..............................................................75
4
■ IC-U82..............................................................76
1
16OPTIONS.........................................................77–78 5
17MODE ARRANGEMENT.......................................79–81 1
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17
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QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE
below.

■ Preparation
D Battery pack
replacement
Before replacing the
battery pack, push and
hold [PWR] for 1 sec. to
turn the power OFF.
• Slide the battery release
forward, then pull the
battery pack upward with
the transceiver facing away
from you.

D Battery case—
optional for some
versions
When using a BP-208N
BATTERY CASE attached to
the trans-ceiver, install 6
AA (LR6) size alkaline
batteries as illustrated
D Charging with the Check
BC-144N/146 orientation for
The optional BC-144N correct charg-
ing. (Insert
provides rapid charging,
together with
and the BC-146 provides AD-99N.)
regular charging of an
optional battery pack with
or without a transceiver
attached. The following is
addition-ally required:
• An optional AC adapter. (An
AD-99N is supplied with
BC-144N or BC-146.) BC-144N/146
+AD-99N
Turn power OFF.

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 QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE

D About AD-99N D Antenna Q

The adapter (Spacer A) only is required for the IC-V82/U82 Attach the antenna to the transceiver ui
series. When removing the spacer (Spacer B/C), push the as illustrated at right. ck
re
latch carefully with your finger to remove the spacer (Spacer B/C)
fe
from the adapter (Spacer A). re
n
Remove the spacer (Spacer B/C) ce
from the adapter. g
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Push the latch d
carefully. e

D Belt clip
R CAUTION!
Conveniently attaches to your belt.
•DO NOT push or force the latch with a screw driver, etc.,
Attach the belt clip with the supplied screws using a phillips
to remove it.
screwdriver.
•DO NOT bend the latch when the adapter and spacer are
not joined together. This will cause weakening of the To attach the belt clip
latch plastic.
• Both cases may break the latch and it may not be able to
be reattached.
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