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FOREWORD
Thank you for purchasing this Icom product. The IC-M73/
IC-M73EURO
vhf
marine
transceiver
is designed and built
with Icom’s state of the art technology and craftsmanship.
With proper care, this product should provide you with
years of trouble-free operation.
IMPORTANT
READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS
carefully and complete-
ly before using the transceiver.
SAVE THIS INSTRUCTION MANUAL
— This in-
struction manual contains important operating instruc-
tions for the IC-M73/IC-M73EURO.
EXPLICIT DEFINITIONS
WORD
DEFINITION
R
DANGER!
Personal death, serious injury or an ex-
plosion may occur.
R
WARNING!
Personal injury, fire hazard or electric
shock may occur.
CAUTION
Equipment damage may occur.
NOTE
If disregarded, inconvenience only. No
risk of personal injury, fire or electric
shock.
FEATURES
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Submersible construction
Built tough to withstand the punishing marine environ-
ment, the IC-M73/IC-M73EURO’s submersible con-
struction meets IPX8 ratings of the International Stan-
dard IEC 60529 (2001).
In addition, the speaker grill structure with a water self-
draining Aquaquake function is helpful for easily remov-
ing rain or seawater.
☞
Dualwatch and Tri-watch functions
Convenient functions that allow you to monitor the dis-
tress channel (Ch 16) while receiving one other channel
of your choice (Dualwatch), or while receiving one other
channel of your choice and the Call channel (Tri-watch*).
See page 16 for details.
* May not be available depending on the transceiver version.
☞
Voice recorder function
IC-M73/IC-M73EURO has a voice recorder function*
which can automatically, or manually, record the re-
ceived signal. The automatic (60 seconds) and manual
(30 seconds) recordings are recorded separately into
memory in the transceiver.
* May not be available depending on the transceiver version.
☞
Bass booster function
The TX/RX bass booster functions* boosts the frequen-
cies to increase the bass level, if desired.
* May not be available depending on the transceiver version.