I Weather Channel Operation - Icom IC-91A Instruction Manual

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OTHER FUNCTIONS

I Weather channel operation

There are 10 weather channels for monitor-
ing weather channels from the NOAA (Na-
tional Oceanographic and Atmospheric
Administration) broadcasts.
D D Weather channel selection
q Push [CALL] several times to select weather channel
mode.
• "WX" and the weather channel number appear.
w Rotate [DIAL] to select the desired weather channel.
e Push [VFO] or [MR] to return to the previous frequency or
memory channel.
[DIAL]
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Weather channel indication.
1
WX
D D Weather alert function
NOAA broadcast stations transmit weather alert tones before
important weather announcements. When the weather alert
function is turned ON, the selected weather channel is moni-
tored every 5 sec. for the announcement. When the alert sig-
nal is detected, the "ALT" and the WX channel are displayed
alternately and sounds a beep tone until the transceiver is op-
erated. The previously selected (used) weather channel is
checked periodically during standby or while scanning.
q Select the desired weather channel.
w Enter "WEATHER ALERT" in set mode.
➪
MENU screen SET MODE
(Push [MENU/LOCK]) (Rotate [DIAL]
e Rotate [DIAL] †
to select "ON" or "OFF."
r Push [ï](5)
to return to set mode, and push
(or [Ω Ω ](4))
[MENU/LOCK] to return to the weather channel indication.
t Set the desired stand-by condition.
• Select VFO, memory or call channel.
• Scan or priority watch operation can also be selected.
[DIAL] ↔ [∫ ∫ ](2)/[√ √ ](8)
†
U.S.A. version only
(p. 90)
➪
WEATHER ALERT
† †
, then push [ï](5) .)
[ï](5) ↔ [≈ ≈ ](6)