Weather Channels - Icom IC-M25 Instruction Manual

D Channel 16
Channel 16 is the distress and safety channel. It is used for
establishing initial contact with a station, and for emergency
communications. While in the standby mode, you must moni-
tor Channel 16.
q Push [16] momentarily to select Channel 16.
w Push [CH/WX] to recall the channel, displayed before se-
lecting Channel 16.
D Channel 9 (Call channel)
has a Call channel.
q Hold down [9] (16) for 1 second to select the Call channel
of the selected channel group.
CALL" and the Call channel number appear.
w Push [CH/WX] to recall the channel displayed before select-
ing Channel 16.
D Weather channels
The transceiver has 10 weather channels. These are used
for monitoring broadcasts from NOAA (National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration).
The transceiver can automatically detect a weather alert
tone on the selected weather channel while receiving an-
q Push [CH/WX] once or twice to select the Weather chan-
nel group.
WX" appears when a weather channel is selected.
w Push [Y] or [Z] to select a weather channel.
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