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BASIC OPERATION
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U.S.A., international and Canadian channels
The IC-M504A is pre-programmed with 59 U.S.A., 59 interna-
tional and 63 Canadian channels. These channel groups may
be specified for the operating area.
q
Push
[CH/WX•DUAL•U/I/C] to select a regular channel.
• If a weather channel appears, push
[CH/WX•DUAL•U/I/C] again.
w
While holding down
[H/L], push [CH/WX•DUAL• U/I/C] to
change the channel group, if necessary.
• U.S.A., International and Canadian channel groups can be se
-
quentially selected.
e
Rotate
[DIAL] to select a channel.
• “
DUP
” appears for duplex channels.
• When a simplex channel is selected, “A” appears.
• Pushing the keypad keys, or
[
Y
]/[
Z
] on the microphone, also
selects a channel.
25W
USA
34°34.506N
123°23.236W
UTC 12:00 PORT OPR
25W
INT
DUP
34°34.506N
123°23.236W
UTC 12:00 TELEPHONE
25W
CAN
34°34.506N
123°23.236W
UTC 12:00
CCG
Push
+
D
Weather channels
The IC-M504A has 10 weather channels. These are used for
monitoring broadcasts from NOAA (National Oceanographic
and Atmospheric Administration.)
The transceiver can automatically detect a weather alert tone
on the selected weather channel while receiving on another
channel, during standby on a regular channel or while scan-
ning. (p. 54)
q
Push
[CH/WX•DUAL•U/I/C] once or twice to select a
weather channel.
• “
WX
” appears when a weather channel is selected.
• “
WX ALERT
” appears when the Weather Alert function is in
turned ON. (p. 54)
w
Rotate
[DIAL] to select a channel.
• Pushing the keypad keys, or
[
Y
]/[
Z
] on the microphone, also
selects a channel.
WX ALERT
34°34.506N
123°23.236W
UTC 12:00163.275MHz
WX
34°34.506N
123°23.236W
UTC 12:00163.275MHz
Push
once or twice
When weather alert is OFF.
When weather alert is ON.
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