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West Marine VHF155 Radio Owner’s Manual
Watch mode
What it does
To turn it on/off
Quad Watch
Checks channels 16 and 9
for activity every 2 seconds,
and checks the last-used
weather channel every 7
seconds.
Turn on Triple Watch,
then turn on Weather
Alert Watch.
Private boats must monitor channel 16 whenever they are
underway. Water-going vessels should have either Triple
Watch or Dual Watch on at all times.
Normal mode operation
To transmit, remove the radio from the charger, then
press and hold
Push to talk
. Release the button when
you are finished talking.
For the best sound quality, hold the microphone about
two inches from your mouth while you’re talking.
Press
Channel up
to move up one channel at a time.
Press and hold the button to scroll quickly up the
channels.
Press
Channel down
to move down one channel at a
time. Press and hold the button to scroll quickly down
the channels.
To change the transmit power, press
1/2.5/5W
. The
transmit power switches to the next transmit power
each time you press this button.