Icom IC-M304 [12/48] Basic operation

3 BASIC OPERATION

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U.S.A.,Canadian and international channels

The IC-M304 is pre-programmed with 59 U.S.A., 59 interna-

tional and 63 Canadian channels. These channel groups may

be speciﬁed for the operating area.

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

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

w Push [U/I/C] (both [Y] and [Z]) on the transceiver to

change the channel group, if necessary.

• U.S.A., International and Canadian channel groups can be se-

lected in sequence.

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

• “ ” appears for duplex channels.

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Weather channels

The IC-M304 has 10 pre-programmed weather channels.

These are used for monitoring broadcasts from NOAA (Na-

tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.)

The transceiver can automatically detect a weather alert tone

on the selected weather channel while receiving the channel

or during scanning. (p. 29)

q Push [CH/WX] once or twice to select a weather channel.

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

• “WX ALT” appears when the Weather alert function is in use.

(p. 29)

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

Push once or twice

When Weather alert is OFF.

When Weather alert is ON.

and )

Push [U/I/C] (both