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Using Your Radio
NOTE: By default, when you change to channel 16, the radio automatically
boosts the power to 25 Watts. Be sure to change the power back to 1 Watt if
you are not making an emergency transmission.
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transmission to 1 Watt so that there is less interference between boaters
attempting to use the channel at the same time. If you switch to one of these
channels, the radio changes back to 1 Watt automatically. See the channel
list on page 57 for a list of power-restricted channels.
Choosing Triple Watch or Dual Watch
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seconds. In Dual Watch mode, the radio checks channel 16 only. Generally,
Triple Watch is used in areas where channel 9 is used as a hailing frequency,
while Dual Watch is used in areas where channel 16 is used for distress and
hailing. Your radio comes set to use Triple Watch; if you want to use Dual
Watch instead, you will have to select it in the setup:
88
A
Dual Watch
Triple Watch
[Exit]
Dual/TriWatch
MENU
Setup
SELECT
Dual/TriWatch
SELECT
Press the
MENU-PA
button to display the menu.
Select
Setup
and then
Dual/Tri Watch
.
Highlight
Dual Watch
and press the
SELECT-1W/25W
button. The radio
activates the new setting and returns to the
Setup
menu.
To reactive Triple Watch, repeat the procedure described above, but
choose
Triple Watch
in step 3.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Using FIPS codes for weather alerts
The US National Weather Service established 6-digit Federal Information
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You can choose which areas you want to hear alerts for by entering these
FIPS codes in your radio. This can prevent you from being bothered by
events that are far from where you are boating. The radio only sounds the
alert tone if an incoming FIPS code matches one of the areas you selected.
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