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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•U/I/C] to select a regular channel.
• If a weather channel appears, push [CH/WX•U/I/C] again.
w
While pushing [H/L], push [CH/WX•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] to select a channel.
• “
DUP
” appears for duplex channels.
• “A” appears for simplex channels.
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. 45.
q
Push [CH/WX•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 use.
(p. 45)
w
Rotate [CHANNEL] to select a channel.
Push once or twice
When weather alert is OFF.
When weather alert is ON.
WX ALERT
WX
CH/WX
Push
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U.S.A. channels
H/L
CH/WX
Canadian channels
CAN
International channels
INT
DUP
USA
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