Receiving And Transmitting - Icom IC-M506 Instruction Manual

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BASIC OPERATION
D Weather channels
The transceiver has 10 weather channels. These are used for
monitoring broadcasts from NOAA. (National Oceanographic
and Atmospheric Administration)
The transceiver can automatically detect a weather alert tone
on the selected weather channel or while scanning. (p. 16)
Push [CH/WX] once or twice to select the weather chan-
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nel.
• When a weather channel is selected, the "WX" icon appears.
• When the Weather Alert function is in turned ON, the "WX
icon appears. (p. 98)
Rotate dial or push [
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• Pushing [Y]/[Z] on the microphone also selects a channel.
When weather alert is OFF.
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∫](CH)/[√](CH) to select a channel.
When weather alert is ON.

Receiving and transmitting

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CAUTION: Transmitting without an antenna will damage
the transceiver.
Hold down [PWR](Dial) to turn ON the power.
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Set the audio and squelch levels. (pp. 3, 4)
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First, open the squelch. Then, adjust the audio output
➥
level. After that, adjust the squelch level until the noise
just disappears.
Change the channel group. (p. 10)
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Rotate dial or push [
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(pp. 9, 10)
• Pushing [Y]/[Z] on the microphone selects only Favorite chan-
nels.
•You can turn OFF the FAV on MIC setting (p. 100). After that, you
can select all channels by the microphone.
• When receiving a signal, the "
heard.
• Further adjustment of the volume level may be necessary.
Push [LO/DX] to turn the receive Attenuator function ON
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or OFF, if necessary.
• The "LOC" icon appears when the receive Attenuator function is
ON.
Push [HI/LO] to select the output power, if necessary.
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• The "25W" icon appears when high power is selected, and the
"1W" icon appears when low power is selected.
• Choose low power for short range communications, choose high
power for longer distance communications.
• Some channels are for only low power.
∫](CH)/[√](CH) to select a channel.
" icon appears and audio is