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BASIC OPERATION
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Weather channels
There are 10 weather channels. Used for monitoring weather
channels from the NOAA (National Oceanographic and At-
mospheric Administration) broadcasts.
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. See
“Weather alert” on p. 31.
q
Push [CH/WX] once or twice to select a weather channel.
• “WEATHER” appears when a weather channel is selected. “WX
ALT” appears when the weather alert function is in use. (p. 31)
w
Rotate the channel selector to select a channel.
• Channels are memorized separately for each channel group.
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Microphone lock function
The microphone lock function electrically locks the [
Y
]/[
Z
]
and [HI/LO] switches on the supplied microphone. This pre-
vents accidental channel changes and accidental function ac-
cess.
➥
While pushing [HI/LO] on the supplied microphone, turn
power ON to toggle the lock function ON and OFF.
Push once
or twice
When weather alert is OFF.
WEATHER
When weather alert is ON.
WX ALT
CH/WX
DW
U/I/C
Push
+
U.S.A. channels
HI/LO
CH/WX
DW
U/I/C
Canadian channels
CANADA
International channels
INT
DUP
USA
