Icom IC-M506 [20/124] Receiving and transmitting

Icom IC-M506 [20/124] Receiving and transmitting
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BASIC OPERATION
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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- q
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)
Push [ w ](CH) or [](CH) to select a channel.
•Pushing[Y]/[Z] on the microphone also selects a channel.
When weather alert is OFF. When weather alert is ON.
Receiving and transmitting
CAUTION: Transmitting without an antenna will damage
the transceiver.
Hold down [PWR](Dial) to turn ON the power. q
Set the audio and squelch levels. (pp. 3, 4) w
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) e
Push [ r ](CH) or [](CH) to select a channel. (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“ icon appears and audio is
heard.
•Furtheradjustmentofthevolumelevelmaybenecessary.
Push [LO/DX] to turn the receive Attenuator function ON t
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. y
•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.

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