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Weather channels
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(U.S.A. and Australian version transceiver only)
The transceiver 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 or while scanning. (p. 17)
Push [CH/WX] once or twice to select a weather channel.
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•“WX”appearswhenaweatherchannelisselected.
•“WX
” appears when the Weather Alert function is in turned
ON. (p. 78)
Push [
w
∫
](CH) or [
√
](CH) to select a channel.
•Pushing[
Y
]/[
Z
]
on the microphone selects only Favorite chan-
nels.
When weather alert is OFF.
When weather alert is ON.
Adjusting the volume/squelch
■
level
The volume and squelch level can be adjusted with [VOL/
SQL](Dial).
Push [VOL/SQL](Dial) one or more times to display the
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volume/squelch adjustment screen.
Rotate [VOL/SQL](Dial)
w
or push [
∫
]/[
√
]/[
Ω
]/[
≈
] to adjust
the volume/squelch level.
•Thetransceiverhas20volumelevelsandOFF.
•The transceiver has 11 squelch levels: OPEN is completely
open; 10 is tight squelch; 1 is loose squelch.
•Ifnokeyoperationisperformedforabout5seconds,thetrans
-
ceiver sets the selected volume level, and returns to the normal
mode.
Push [ENT] to set the level, and exit the volume adjust-
e
ment mode.
•Push[CLEAR]tocancel.
The desired function can be assigned to Dial. See page 70
for details.