Weather Channels - Icom IC-M24 Instruction Manual

D USA, International and Canadian channels
The transceiver is pre-programmed with 59 USA, 61 Inter-
national and 65 Canadian channels. Choose the appropriate
channel groups for your operating area.
q Push [CH/WX] to select a regular channel.
• If a weather channel appears, push [CH/WX] again.
w Hold down [U/I/C] (CH/WX) for 1 second to change the
channel group. Repeat to advance to the next group.
• USA, International and Canadian channel groups can be se-
quentially selected.
e Push [Y] or [Z] to select a channel.
• "DUP" appears for duplex channels.
• "A" appears when a simplex channel is selected.
U.S.A. channels
Hold down
International channels
for 1 second
Canadian channels
BASIC OPERATION
D Weather channels
The transceiver has 10 weather channels. These are used
for monitoring broadcasts from NOAA (National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration).
The transceiver can automatically detect a weather alert
tone on the selected weather channel while receiving an-
other channel, or during a scan. (p. 18)
q Push [CH/WX] once or twice to select the Weather chan-
nel group.
• "WX" appears when a weather channel is selected.
• "WX ALT" appears when the Weather Alert function is turned
ON. (p. 18)
w Push [Y] or [Z] to select a weather channel.
Push once or twice.
Weather Alert is OFF.
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Weather Alert is ON.
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