Icom IC-M604A Instruction Manual

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73BASIC OPERATION23■ Channel selectionD Channel 16Channel 16 is the distress and safety channel. It is used forestablishing initial contact with a station and for emergencycommunications. Channel 16 is monitored during bothDualwatch and Tri-watch. While standing by, you mustmonitor Channel 16.➥ Push [16•9] momentarily to select Channel 16.➥ Push [CH/WX] to return to the screen before selectingChannel 16, or rotate [SELECTOR] to select a channel.• Pushing the keypad keys, or [Y]/[Z] on the microphone, alsoselects a channel. Push916✔Convenient!When the Favorite channel function is turned ON (p. 49),pushing the [Y]/[Z] keys on the microphone sequentiallyselects the favorite channels in the selected channel group.• The favorite channels are set by the TAG channel setting. (p. 15)D Channel 9 (Call channel)Each regular channel group has a separate leisure-use Callchannel. The Call channel is monitored during Tri-watch. TheCall channels can be programmed, and are used to storeyour most often used channel in each channel group forquick recall. (p. 10)➥ Hold down [16•9] for 1 second to select the Call channelof the selected channel group.• “CALL” and Call channel number are displayed.• Each channel group may have an independent Call channelafter programming a Call channel. (p. 10)➥ Push [CH/WX] to return to the screen before you selectedCall channel, or rotate [SELECTOR] to select a channel.• Pushing keys on the keypad, or [Y]/[Z] on the microphone,also selects a channel. Hold downfor 1 second916