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BASIC OPERATION

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There are 61 USA, 57 Canadian and 57 international chan-
nels. These channel groups may be specified for the operat-
ing area.

➀

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

• If regular channels (USA, CAN or INT) are already selected, this

step is not necessary.

➁

Push [UP]/[DN] to select a channel.

• “DUP” appears for duplex channels.

➂

To change the channel group, push [CH/WX] + [H/L] simul-
taneously.

• USA, Canadian and international channels can be selected in se-

quence.

U.S.A. channels

Push simultaneously

International channels

Canadian channels

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There are 10 weather channels. These are used for monitor-
ing NOAA (National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Admin-
istration) weather broadcasts.

✔

Weather alert function: NOAA broadcast stations transmit a
weather alert tone before important weather announcements.

When the weather alert function is turned ON, the “ALT” indi-
cator flashes until a switch is pushed. This function is acti-
vated when a weather channel is selected or during any scan.
See “SET mode items” on p. 12.

Push

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