Instruction manual

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3 BASIC OPERATION
New2001
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U.S.A., International and Canadian channels
The IC-M604 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 While pushing and holding [H/L], push [CH/WX] to change
the channel group, if necessary.
• U.S.A., International and Canadian channel groups can be se-
lected in sequence.
e Rotate [SELECTOR] to select a channel.
•“
DDUUPP
” appears for duplex channels.
• Pushing the keypad or [
YY
]/[
ZZ
] on the microphone also selects a
channel.
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Weather channels
The IC-M604 has 10 pre-programmed weather channels.
These are used for monitoring broadcasts from NOAA (Na-
tional Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.)
The transceiver can automatically detect a weather alert tone
on the selected weather channel while receiving the channel,
during standby on a regular channel or while scanning. (p. 44)
q Push [CH/WX] once or twice to select a weather channel.
•“
WWXX
” appears when a weather channel is selected.
• “
WWXX AALLEERRTT
” appears when the weather alert function is turned
ON. (p. 44)
w Rotate [SELECTOR] to select a channel.
• Pushing the keypad or [
YY
]/[
ZZ
] on the microphone also selects a
channel.
WXWX ALERTALERT
3434°34.506N34.506N
123123°23.236W23.236W
UTCUTC 1212:00:00163163.275MHz.275MHz
WXWX
3434°34.506N34.506N
123123°23.236W23.236W
UTCUTC 1212:00:00163163.275MHz.275MHz
Push once or twice
Weather alert is OFF. Weather alert is ON.
CH/WX
25W25W USAUSA
3434°34.506N34.506N
123123°23.236W23.236W
UTCUTC 1212:00:00 PORTPORT OPROPR
25W25W CANCAN
3434°34.506N34.506N
123123°23.236W23.236W
UTCUTC 1212:00:00 CCGCCG
25W25W INTINT
DUPDUP
3434°34.506N34.506N
123123°23.236W23.236W
UTCUTC 1212:00:00 TELEPHONETELEPHONE
Push +
H/L CH/WX
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