Basic Operation; I Power On; I Channel Selection - Icom IC-M59 Instruction Manual

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BASIC OPERATION

I Power ON

➀
Rotate [PWR/VOL] clockwise to turn power ON.
T X BUSY
TAG DUAL
LOW CALL
SCAN
CANUSA DUP ACK RCV
INT
WX ALT
USA
➁
Operate the transceiver as indicated in the following sec-
tions.
D Low voltage indicator
When "b" appears and flashes as
shown at right, there is a DC power
source problem. In this case, check
your vessel's battery and DC
power cable.
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All display indications
TRI
SCRM
appear briefly*.
*"SCRM" appears only when an optional
UT-79 is installed.
"dSC" appears only when an optional
UX-120 is installed.
USA

I Channel selection

D Channel 16
Channel 16 is the distress channel. It is used for establishing
initial contact with another station and for emergency com-
munications. Channel 16 is monitored during dualwatch/tri-
watch. While standing by you are required to monitor channel
16.
Push
or hang the microphone
on the microphone hanger.
D Call channel
The call channel is used to store your most often-used chan-
nel for quick recall. In addition, the call channel is monitored
during tri-watch. The default setting for the call channel is
channel 9 which is for pleasure use.
Push
9
16
USA
CALL
USA
"CALL" indicates that the
call channel is selected.