ICOM A220 VHF Air Band Transceiver

Air band panel mount transceiver with intercom and OLED display

The A220 features the brightest OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) display on the market offering many advantages in brightness, vividness, high contrast, wide viewing angle and response time compared to a conventional display. The A220 also features a built in 2 station intercom, 12 or 24 volt compatible, automatic squelch and GPS memory function.

Features :

• 20 channels, 50 groups, 10gps, 10 weather
• 20 auto stack memory
• 8W
• Automatic squelch function
• White OLED display with white key backlight
• Easy channel selection
• GPS memory function
• 12V/24V DC power source
• Intercom functions
• One touch access to 121.5MHz emergency frequency
• ANL (Automatic noise limiter) function
• Remote control capability
• Time-out-timer
• PC programming capability
• Dial lock and panel lock
• Dual watch and priority watch functions

• Automatic squelch function detects signal level and adjusts the squelch level
• Built-in voice activated intercom function allows pilot and co-pilot to talk via the headset
• Connect the A220 to an external GPS
• Built-in DC-DC converter accepts a 12/24V DC power source
• Automatic weather channel scanning and receive
• Dualwatch and priority watch functions
• One touch access to 121.5 MHz emergency frequency
• Side tone function for monitoring your voice with headset
• ANL function reduces pulse type noise
• Remote control capability
• Dial lock and panel lock
• Time-out-timer
• D-Sub 25-pin industry standard connector for easy installation
• Two types of menu mode; settings menu and configuration men

The OLED emits light from organic materials, providing an extremely higher contrast and a very wide viewing angle of almost 180 degrees. In addition, the OLED display is set close to the front panel. Well laid out characters help identify important information like operating frequencies. White characters on a black background show clear easy to read operating information. With white key backlighting, the white OLED display matches modern plane’s instrument panel. In addition, the auto dimmer function adjusts the display for optimum brightness at day or night.

The A220’s display has a wide active area, so operating frequencies’ characters can be maximized in the display, while operating status can be shown on both top and bottom. The A220’s OLED can display 4-level gray scale from darker gray to bright white and increases readability. This gradation is used, for example, in showing selected items in the settings menu.

A pilot with the A220 connected to an external GPS receiver can pick up the local tower frequencies and automatically store them into the radios memory. This makes for a hands free safe transaction.