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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.
