Probably a DSC mayday. Good thing you didn't respond!

"Ron White" wrote in message
...
Yesterday my ICOM vhf (which has DSC capability) would suddenly change to
channel 16 and emit a very loud ambulance siren type sound from the
speaker.
The volume of the sound was not controllable and be canceled by changeing
channels or pushing the DSC button.This happened quite a few times. Today
I
tested the unit by leaving it on for a good while , checks OK. So could
this
be caused by solar flares?
--
Ron White
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