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BASIC OPERATION
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D
U.S.A., international and Canadian channels
The IC-M504 is pre-programmed with 57 U.S.A., 57 inter-
national and 61 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 pushing and holding
[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-
lected in sequence.
e
Rotate
[DIAL]
to select a channel.
• “
DUP
” appears for duplex channels.
D
Weather channels
The IC-M504 has 10 pre-programmed weather channels.
These are used for monitoring broadcasts from NOAA (Na-
tional Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.)
The transceiver can automatically detect a weather alert
tone on the selected weather channel while receiving on an-
other channel, during standby on a regular channel or while
scanning. (p. 56)
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
use. (p. 56)
w
Rotate
[DIAL]
to select 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
+
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.