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West Marine VHF160 Radio Owner’s Manual
Normal Mode Operation
To transmit, remove the radio from the charger, then press
and hold Push to Talk. Release the button when you are
nished 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 L/M/H. The transmit
power switches to the next transmit power each time you
press this button.
Normal mode with Weather Alert Watch
If you activate
Weather Alert
Watch while
operating in
Normal mode,
the radio checks the most recently
used weather channel every few
seconds. If it detects a weather or
other hazard alert, it will switch to that
weather channel. (If you are actively
transmitting, the radio waits until you
nish your transmission before
checking the weather channel.)
wx
Every few seconds,
the radio checks
the last-used
weather channel.
WX Alert
Watch on
Monitoring Channel 25