Icom IC-M25

Selecting Channel 16 ❏
Channel 16 is the distress and safety channel. It is used for
establishing initial contact with a station, and for emergency
communications. While in the standby, you must monitor
Channel 16.
Push q [16/C] to select Channel 16.
Push w [CH/WX] to recall the channel that was displayed
before selecting Channel 16.
Selecting Call channel ❏
Each channel group has a Call channel.
Hold down q [16/C] for 1 second to select the Call channel
of the selected channel group.
 •“CALL” and the Call channel number appear.
Push w [CH/WX] to recall the channel that was displayed
beforeselectingChannel9.
NOTE:
You can set your most often-used channel. See page 13.
❏ Weather channels
(
For USA, EXP, CHN and AUS versions.)
Thetransceiverhas10weatherchannels.Theseareused
for monitoring the broadcasts from the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Push q [CH/WX] once or twice to select the Weather
channel group.
 •“WX” appears when a weather channel is selected.
Push w [Y] or [Z] to select a weather channel.
About the Weather Alert function:
A NOAA broadcast station
transmits a weather alert tone
before any important weather
announcements.
The Weather Alert function
automatically detects a weather
alert tone on the selected
weather channel.
See page 18 for details.
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Push
Hold down
for 1 second
Push once or twice.
A weather channel is selected.
Weather Alert function is ON.