Icom IC-M25 Instruction Manual

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Selecting Channel 16❏Channel 16 is the distress and safety channel. It is used forestablishing initial contact with a station, and for emergencycommunications. While in the standby, you must monitorChannel 16.Pushq [16/C] to select Channel 16.Pushw [CH/WX] to recall the channel that was displayedbefore selecting Channel 16.Selecting Call channel❏Each channel group has a Call channel.Hold downq [16/C] for 1 second to select the Call channelof the selected channel group.• “CALL” and the Call channel number appear.Pushw [CH/WX] to recall the channel that was displayedbefore selecting Channel 9.NOTE: You can set your most often-used channel. See page 13.❏ Weather channels(For USA, EXP, CHN and AUS versions.)The transceiver has 10 weather channels. These are usedfor monitoring the broadcasts from the National Oceanic andAtmospheric Administration (NOAA).Pushq [CH/WX] once or twice to select the Weatherchannel group.• “WX” appears when a weather channel is selected.Pushw [Y] or [Z] to select a weather channel.About the Weather Alert function:A NOAA broadcast stationtransmits a weather alert tonebefore any important weatherannouncements.The Weather Alert functionautomatically detects a weatheralert tone on the selectedweather channel.See page 18 for details. 94BASIC OPERATION12345678910111213141516PushHold downfor 1 secondPush once or twice.A weather channel is selected.Weather Alert function is ON.