Icing Prevention - Furuno FAR-2218 Operator's Manual

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW
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Icing Prevention

You can rotate the antenna (24 rpm) without transmission to keep the antenna from
freezing.
1. Open the menu.
2. Select [9 INITIAL SETTINGS].
3. Select [5 OPERATION].
4. Select [7 ICING PREVENTION].
5. Select [ON] or [OFF] as appropriate. If you select [ON], the message "Rotate An-
tenna to Prevent Icing." appears at the bottom of the screen.
6. Click [Start Antenna Rotation] to rotate the antenna without transmission. The
message changes to read "Antenna Rotating,No TX.".
Rotate Antenna to Prevent Icing.
Start Antenna Rotation
When the antenna stops
To stop the antenna rotation, left-click [Stop Antenna Rotation].
With this feature active and the antenna stopped, pushing the STBY TX key on the
Control Unit or click the [STBY TX] button on the Status bar rotates the antenna and
transmits pulses. Operating one of the above-mentioned controls again stops trans-
mission but the antenna rotates.
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Antenna Rotating,No TX.
Stop Antenna Rotation
When the antenna rotates