Icom IC-M59 [11/36] Basic operation

BASIC OPERATION

D U.S.A., Canadian and international channels

There are 61 U.S.A., 57 Canadian and 57 international chan-

nels. These channel groups may be speciﬁed for the operat-

ing area.

➀ Push [CH/WX] to select a regular channel.

• If a weather channel appears, push [CH/WX] again.

➁ Rotate the channel selector to select a channel.

•“DUP” appears for duplex channels.

➂ To change the channel group, push [CH/WX•U/I/C] for 1

sec.

• U.S.A., Canadian and international channels can be selected in

sequence.

D Weather channels

There are 10 weather channels. These are used for monitor-

ing NOAA (National Oceanographic and Atmospheric

Administration) weather broadcasts.

✔ CONVENIENT

Weather alert function: NOAA broadcast stations transmit

a weather alert tone before an important weather announce-

ment.

When the weather alert function is turned ON, the “ALT” indi-

cator ﬂashes until any key is pushed.

This function is activated when a weather channel is selected

or during any scan. See “SET mode items” on p. 19.

USA

INT

DUP

CAN

TAG

U.S.A. channels

Push for 1 sec.

International channels Canadian channels

U/I/C

CH/WX

Push

once or twice

CH/WX