Icom IC-M602 Instruction Manual

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3BASIC OPERATION9DD U.S.A., Canadian and International channelsThere are 57 U.S.A., 61 Canadian and 57 International chan-nels. These channel groups may be specified for the operat-ing area.q Push [CH/WX•U/I/C] to select a regular channel.• If a weather channel appears, push [CH/WX•U/I/C] again.w While pushing [H/L], push [CH/WX•U/I/C] to change thechannel group, if necessary.• U.S.A., International (INT) and Canadian channels can be se-lected in sequence.e Rotate [CHANNEL] to select a channel.• “DUP” appears for duplex channels.• “A” appears for simplex channels.DD Weather channelsThere are 10 weather channels. Used for monitoring weatherchannels from the NOAA (National Oceanographic and At-mospheric Administration) broadcasts.The transceiver can detect a weather alert tone on the se-lected weather channel while receiving that channel, duringstandby on a regular channel or while scanning. See“Weather alert” on p. 51.q Push [CH/WX•U/I/C] once or twice to select a weatherchannel.• “WX” appears when a weather channel is selected.• “WX ALERT” appears when the weather alert function is in use.(p. 51)w Rotate [CHANNEL] to select a channel.Push once or twiceWhen weather alert is OFF. When weather alert is ON.WX ALERTWXCH/WXPush +U.S.A. channelsH/L CH/WXCanadian channelsCANInternational channelsINTDUPUSA3