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BASIC OPERATION
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U.S.A., international and Canadian channels
The IC-M422 is pre-programmed with 57 U.S.A., 57 interna-
tional and 61 Canadian channels. These channel groups may
be specified for the operating area.
q
Push
[CH/WX•
DUAL
]
to select a regular channel.
• If a weather channel appears, push
[CH/WX•
DUAL
]
again.
w
Push both
[
Y
]
and
[
Z
]
on the transceiver to change the
channel group, if necessary.
• U.S.A., International and Canadian channel groups can be se-
lected in sequence.
e
Push
[
Y
]
or
[
Z
]
to select a channel.
• “
DUP
” appears for duplex channels.
• “
” appears when a simplex channel is selected.
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Weather channels
The IC-M422 has 10 weather channels. These are used for
monitoring broadcasts from NOAA (National Oceanographic
and Atmospheric Administration.)
The transceiver can detect a weather alert tone on the se-
lected weather channel while receiving the channel, during
standby on a regular channel or while scanning. (p. 33)
q
Push
[CH/WX•
DUAL
]
once or twice to select a weather
channel.
• “
WX
” appears when a weather channel is selected.
• “
WX ALT
” appears when the Weather Alert function is in use.
(p. 33)
w
Push
[
Y
]
or
[
Z
]
to select a channel.
Scrolls
Appears
Scrolls
Appears
When Weather alert is OFF.
When Weather alert is ON.
Push
once or twice
Push
and
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