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BASIC OPERATION
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Channel selection (Continued)
D
USA, International and Canadian channels
The IC-M604A is preset with 59 USA, 59 international and
63 Canadian channels. These channel groups may be set for
your operating area.
q
Push
[CH/WX]
to select a regular channel.
• If a weather channel is displayed, push
[CH/WX]
again.
w
While holding down
[H/L]
, push
[CH/WX]
to change the
channel group, if necessary.
• USA, International and Canadian channel groups can be
sequentially selected.
e
Rotate
[SELECTOR]
to select a channel.
• “
DUP
” is displayed for duplex channels.
• “A” is displayed when a simplex channel is selected.
• Pushing the keypad keys, or
[
Y
]
/
[
Z
]
on the microphone, also
selects a channel.
D
Weather channels
The IC-M604A 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 scanning. (p. 48)
q
Push
[CH/WX]
once or twice to select a weather channel.
• “
WX
” is displayed when a weather channel is selected.
• “
WX ALERT
” is displayed when the weather alert function is
turned ON. (p. 48)
w
Rotate
[SELECTOR]
to select a channel.
• Pushing the keypad keys, or
[
Y
]
/
[
Z
]
on the microphone, also
selects a channel.
Push
once or twice
Weather alert is OFF.
Weather alert is ON.
CH/WX
Push
+
H/L
CH/WX