Operation - Fm Band; Operation - Aircraft Band - West Marine VHF 250 Owner's Manual

Operation - FM Band

1. Momentarily press
BAND/1/2.5/5W to
switch to the FM band.
2. Press either ▲ or ▼ to
select a local FM station.
The default (USA) step option
is 200MHz per press of either
the ▲ or ▼ key. To change to 100MHz steps, see Page 43.
If selected, Europe replaces USA in the upper right corner of
the LCD.
Note: Typical FM broadcasts rarely reach more than 30
miles from the transmitter and terrain may also be a factor.

Operation - Aircraft Band

1. Momentarily press
BAND/1/2.5/5W to
change to the aircraft
band.
2. Press either ▲ or ▼
to select a channel.
Hold down either key to
change frequencies rapidly.
• The default aircraft step option is 25KHz steps per press of
either the ▲ or ▼ key.
• After holding ▲ for more than a second, if you release it,
the radio will scan all frequencies until it fi nds a signal, and
will stay on that frequency.
• Memory channels can be added and deleted as in VHF
mode. Press SCAN/MEM to scan those channels in
memory until a channel with signal is reached.
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