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Emergency and Assistance Channel Mode
This radio has a quick access button (EMG) to the Emergency and
Assistance Channel. This channel is not monitored by local authorities.
When using this channel,
EMG
appears on the display. Pressing this
button will set the transceiver to the channel 10, 462.6750 MHz). The
Emergency Channel can be used transmit and receive on a special
frequency (CH10: 462.6750 MHz).
The Emergency Channel can be selected quickly from any user mode.
To access the Emergency Channel mode,
- Press Emergency (EMG) Button;
EMG
and Channel 10 appears on
the display.
- To turn off the Emergency Channel feature, press and release the
EMG Button.
Weather Band Operation
Channel Selection
This feature provides access to 10 channels within the weather band (7
NOAA channels and 3 Canadian marine channels. To select a weather
channel, the unit must be in the weather channel mode. Press and hold
the MODE button for at least 2 seconds; the weather alert icon (
) will
appear, together with a channel number in the band. Press the MODE
button (12) until the channel number flashes.
To change the channel,
- Press the Up Button (10) briefly to move to the next higher
main channel number.
- Press the Down Button (11) briefly to move to the next lower main
channel number.