113 FREQUENCY AND CHANNEL SETTINGNew2001■ Setting a frequencyq Push [V/M] to select the VFO mode, if necessary.w Select a desired frequency band with [BAND].• Or, while holding down [BAND], rotate [DIAL] to select adesired frequency band.e Rotate [DIAL] to select a desired frequency.• The frequency changes according to the preset tuning step. Seethe section to the right for setting the tuning step.• While holding down [FUNC], rotate [DIAL] to change the fre-quency in 1 MHz steps (default).[DIAL][DIAL] changes thefrequency according tothe selected tuning step.While holding down[FUNC], rotating [DIAL]changes the frequencyin 1 MHz steps (default).The MHz tuning step (dial select step) can be set to100 kHz, 1 MHz or 10 MHz tuning steps in the Set mode.See page 17 for details.■ Setting a tuning stepThe tuning step can be selected for each frequency band.However, additional steps become selectable in only theadditional steps become selectable in only theVHF Air band (8.33 kHz) and in the AM broadcast band(9 kHz). The following tuning steps are available for theThe following tuning steps are available for theIC-R6.• 5.0 kHz • 6.25 kHz • 8.33 kHz • 9.0 kHz• 10.0 kHz • 12.5 kHz • 15.0 kHz • 20.0 kHz• 25.0 kHz • 30.0 kHz • 50.0 kHz • 100.0 kHz• 125.0 kHz • 200.0 kHzD Tuning step selectionq Push [V/M] to select the VFO mode, if necessary.w Push [BAND] to select a desired frequency band.• Or, while holding down [BAND], rotate [DIAL] to select adesired frequency band.e Push [TS] to enter the tuning step selecting mode.r Rotate [DIAL] to select a desired tuning step.t Push [TS] to return to the VFO mode.[DIAL]5 kHz tuning step