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West Marine VHF250 Radio Owner’s Manual
Operation - FM Band
Momentarily press
BAND/1/2.5/5W
to
switch to the FM band.
Press either
▲
or
▼
to
select a local FM station.
The default (USA) step option
is 200MHz per press of either
the
▲
or
▼
key. To change to 100MHz steps, see Page 43.
If selected,
Europe
replaces
USA
in the upper right corner of
the LCD.
Note
: Typical FM broadcasts rarely reach more than 30
miles from the transmitter and terrain may also be a factor.
Operation - Aircraft Band
Momentarily press
BAND/1/2.5/5W
to
change to the aircraft
band.
Press either
▲
or
▼
to select a channel.
Hold down either key to
change frequencies rapidly.
The default aircraft step option is 25KHz steps per press of
either the
▲
or
▼
key.
After holding
▲
for more than a second, if you release it,
the radio will scan all frequencies until it
fi
nds a signal, and
will stay on that frequency.
Memory channels can be added and deleted as in VHF
mode. Press
SCAN/MEM
to scan those channels in
memory until a channel with signal is reached.
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