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D USA, International and Canadian channels

The transceiver is pre-programmed with 59 USA, 61 Inter-

national and 65 Canadian channels. Choose the appropriate

channel groups for your operating area.

q Push [CH/WX] to select a regular channel.

• If a weather channel appears, push [CH/WX] again.

w Hold down [U/I/C] (CH/WX) for 1 second to change the

channel group. Repeat to advance to the next group.

• USA, International and Canadian channel groups can be se-

quentially selected.

e Push [Y] or [Z] to select a channel.

• “DUP” appears for duplex channels.

• “A” appears when a simplex channel is selected.

D Weather channels

The transceiver has 10 weather channels. These are used

for monitoring broadcasts from NOAA (National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration).

The transceiver can automatically detect a weather alert

tone on the selected weather channel while receiving an-

other channel, or during a scan. (p. 18)

q Push [CH/WX] once or twice to select the Weather chan-

nel group.

• “WX” appears when a weather channel is selected.

• “WX ALT” appears when the Weather Alert function is turned

ON. (p. 18)

w Push [Y] or [Z] to select a weather channel.

BASIC OPERATION

Hold down

U.S.A. channels

International channels Canadian channels

for 1 second

Push once or twice.

Weather Alert is OFF. Weather Alert is ON.