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West Marine VHF150 Radio Owner’s Manual
LCD Display
1 Watt or 2.5 Watts or 5 Watts
— indicates present trans-
mit power. Not displayed when receiving weather frequen-
cies.Not displayed for those channels on which transmitting
is prohibited. The initial setting is 5W.
USA
or
INT
or
CAN (UIC)
— indicates the frequency band in
use for marine operation.
Memory
— displayed when the radio displays a channel
stored in memory.
Alert
— displays when weather alert is enabled.
SCAN
— displays when the radio is set to scan mode.
TRIWATCH
or
DUALWATCH
— displayed when either mode
is active.
Locked
— displayed when the keypad is locked.
Battery Level Icon
— displays one of
fi
ve different indica-
tors to show the battery power level.
MODE Indicator
Line — the bottom of the screen shows the
selected mode such as Standard Marine Channels, Weather,
Dual or Triple Watch, Transmitting, and more. For full details,
refer to the speci
fi
c section of the manual.
CHANNEL
— shows the currently selected channel number:
1
A
to 88
A
, (1 to 88 in Canada)