Icom iM323 Instruction Manual

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114BASIC OPERATION1234567891011121314151611Weather channelsD(U.S.A. and Australian version transceiver only)The transceiver has 10 weather channels. These are used formonitoring broadcasts from NOAA (National Oceanographicand Atmospheric Administration.)The transceiver can automatically detect a weather alert toneon the selected weather channel or while scanning. (p. 17)Push [CH/WX] once or twice to select a weather channel.q฀ •฀“WX”฀appears฀when฀a฀weather฀channel฀is฀selected.฀ •฀฀“WX฀ ” appears when the Weather Alert function is in turnedON. (p. 78)Push [w ∫](CH) or [√](CH) to select a channel.฀ •฀฀Pushing฀[Y]/[Z] on the microphone selects only Favorite chan-nels.When weather alert is OFF.When weather alert is ON.Adjusting the volume/squelch■levelThe volume and squelch level can be adjusted with [VOL/SQL](Dial).Push [VOL/SQL](Dial) one or more times to display theqvolume/squelch adjustment screen.Rotate [VOL/SQL](Dial)w or push [∫]/[√]/[Ω]/[≈] to adjustthe volume/squelch level.฀ •฀The฀transceiver฀has฀20฀volume฀levels฀and฀OFF.฀ •฀฀The฀ transceiver฀ has฀ 11฀ squelch฀ levels:฀ OPEN฀ is฀ completely฀open; 10 is tight squelch; 1 is loose squelch.฀ •฀฀If฀no฀key฀operation฀is฀performed฀for฀about฀5฀seconds,฀the฀trans-ceiver sets the selected volume level, and returns to the normalmode.Push [ENT] to set the level, and exit the volume adjust-ement mode.฀ •฀Push฀[CLEAR]฀to฀cancel.The desired function can be assigned to Dial. See page 70for details.