Icom IC-M88

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
IMPORTANT .......................................................................... i
EXPLICIT DEFINITIONS ....................................................... i
FEATURES ............................................................................ i
RECOMMENDATION ........................................................... ii
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY ................................................. ii
SAFETY TRAINING INFORMATION ................................... iii
PRECAUTIONS ................................................................... iv
FCC INFORMATION ............................................................ v
1 OPERATING RULES ....................................................... 1
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Priorities ....................................................................... 1
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Privacy .........................................................................1
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Radio licenses .............................................................1
2 SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES AND ATTACHMENTS ....2–3
■ Supplied accessories ...................................................2
■ Attachments .................................................................2
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Swivel belt clip ..........................................................2
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Flexible antenna ....................................................... 3
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Handstrap.................................................................3
3 PANEL DESCRIPTION ................................................4–7
■ Front, top and side panels ............................................ 4
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Battery pack release button .....................................5
■ Function display ...........................................................6
4 BASIC OPERATION .................................................. 8–12
■ Selecting a Channel .....................................................8
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Channel 16 ...............................................................8
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Channel 9 (Call channel) .........................................8
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USA, International and Canadian channels ............. 9
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Weather channels
(Available for USA version only)
.......9
■ Receiving and transmitting .........................................10
■ Adjusting the squelch level ......................................... 11
■ Automatic backlight ....................................................11
■ Lock function ..............................................................11
■ Setting the Call channel .............................................12
5 SCAN OPERATION ................................................. 13–14
■ Scan types .................................................................13
■ Setting Tag channels ..................................................14
■ Starting a scan ...........................................................14
6 DUALWATCH and TRI-WATCH .....................................15
■ About Dualwatch and Tri-watch ..................................15
■ Operation....................................................................15
7 LAND CHANNEL OPERATION ...................................... 16
■ LAND Channel Group ................................................16
■ Function display .........................................................16