Icom IC-M504A Instruction Manual

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73BASIC OPERATIOND U.S.A., international and Canadian channelsThe IC-M504A is pre-programmed with 59 U.S.A., 59 interna-tional and 63 Canadian channels. These channel groups maybe specified for the operating area.q Push [CH/WX•DUAL•U/I/C] to select a regular channel.• If a weather channel appears, push [CH/WX•DUAL•U/I/C] again.w While holding down [H/L], push [CH/WX•DUAL• U/I/C] tochange the channel group, if necessary.• U.S.A., International and Canadian channel groups can be se-quentially selected.e Rotate [DIAL] to select a channel.• “DUP” appears for duplex channels.• When a simplex channel is selected, “A” appears.• Pushing the keypad keys, or [Y]/[Z] on the microphone, alsoselects a channel.25W USA34°34.506N123°23.236WUTC 12:00 PORT OPR25W INTDUP34°34.506N123°23.236WUTC 12:00 TELEPHONE25W CAN34°34.506N123°23.236WUTC 12:00 CCGPush +D Weather channelsThe IC-M504A has 10 weather channels. These are used formonitoring broadcasts from NOAA (National Oceanographicand Atmospheric Administration.)The transceiver can automatically detect a weather alert toneon the selected weather channel while receiving on anotherchannel, during standby on a regular channel or while scan-ning. (p. 54)q Push [CH/WX•DUAL•U/I/C] once or twice to select aweather channel.• “WX” appears when a weather channel is selected.• “WX ALERT” appears when the Weather Alert function is inturned ON. (p. 54)w Rotate [DIAL] to select a channel.• Pushing the keypad keys, or [Y]/[Z] on the microphone, alsoselects a channel.WX ALERT34°34.506N123°23.236WUTC 12:00163.275MHzWX34°34.506N123°23.236WUTC 12:00163.275MHzPush once or twiceWhen weather alert is OFF. When weather alert is ON.12345678910111213141516