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BASIC OPERATION
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D
D
U.S.A., Canadian and International channels
There are 57 U.S.A., 61 Canadian and 57 International chan-
nels. These channel groups may be specified for the operat-
ing area.
q
Push
[
[
CH/WX
CH/WX
]
]
(
(
U/I/C)
U/I/C)
to select a regular channel.
• If a weather channel appears, push
[
[
CH/WX
CH/WX
]
]
(
(
U/I/C)
U/I/C)
again.
w
While pushing
[
[
HI/LO
HI/LO
]
]
, push
[
[
CH/WX
CH/WX
]
]
(
(
U/I/C)
U/I/C)
to
change the channel group, if necessary.
• U.S.A., International (INT) and Canadian channels can be se-
lected in sequence.
e
Rotate
[
[
CHANNEL
CHANNEL
]
]
to select a channel.
• “
DUP
” appears for duplex channels.
• “A” appears when a simplex channel is selected. “b” appears
when a receive only channel for a Canadian channel group is se-
lected.
D
D
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 that channel, during
standby on a regular channel or while scanning. See
“Weather alert” on p. 39.
q
Push
[
[
CH/WX
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. 39)
w
Rotate
[
[
CHANNEL
CHANNEL
]
]
to select a channel.
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
CAN
International channels
INT
DUP
USA
DW
DW
DW
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