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BASIC OPERATION
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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
CH/WX
]
]
(
(
U/I/C)
U/I/C) to select a regular channel.
• If a weather channel appears, push
[
[
CH/WX
CH/WX
]
]
(
(
U/I/C)
U/I/C) again.
w While pushing
[
[
HI/LO
HI/LO
]
], push
[
[
CH/WX
CH/WX
]
]
(
(
U/I/C)
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
CHANNEL
]
] to select a channel.
•“DUP” appears for duplex channels.
•“A” appears when a simplex channel is selected. “b” appears
when a receive only channel for a Canadian channel group is se-
lected.
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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. 39.
q Push
[
[
CH/WX
CH/WX
]
] once or twice to select a weather channel.
•“WEATHER” appears when a weather channel is selected.
• “WX ALT” appears when the Weather alert function is in use.
(p. 39)
w Rotate
[
[
CHANNEL
CHANNEL
]
] to select a channel.
