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6. WX BUTTON. Press this button for instant selection of the NOAA
weather bureau or Canadian receiver. Select the proper channel, with the
rotary channel selector, for your area. It is normal to hear the same
information on more than one channel, select the channel with best sound.
To return to CB operation, push the WX button again.
7. MEMORY CHANNEL INDICATOR. LCD indicator showing which
memory channel has been selected (1 - 4).
8. TX INDICATOR. This indicator on the LCD screen will be illuminated
when the unit has been set in TX mode.
9. CHANNEL SELECTOR. This switch selects any one of the forty
Citizens Band channels desired. The selected channel or frequency appears
on the LCD readout. The channel selector is bypassed and will not operate
when instant channel 9 or 19 has been selected.
10. M1-M4 BUTTONS. These 4 buttons are used to enter and select the 4
memory channels. To set channels in the memory ,select the desired channel
for M1, press and hold the “M1” button until a second beep is heard and the
memory channel indicator lights. Your selected channel is now entered at
M1. Repeat the above operation for M2 through M4. To recall a memory
channel just press the the “M” button.
11. BD BUTTON (Band Button). This button is used to select the LSB,
USB, AM, mode of operation. Unless the station with which
communication is desired is equipped with SSB, the AM mode is normally
used. The band “BD” button changes the mode of operation of both
transmitter and receiver simultaneously. Turn to ‘’Receiving SSB signals’’
for a further explanation of single sideband. Continued pressing of the band
button causes the unit to keep switching between AM/LSB/USB as indicated
by the LCD screen.
12. CLARIFIER. This control allows variation of the receiver operating
frequencies above and below the assigned frequency. Although this control
is intended primarily to tune in SSB signals, it may be used to optimize AM
and WX signals as described in the Operating Procedure paragraphs.
13. BAND INDICATOR. LCD indication of the band selected by using the
band switch button.
14. SC INDICATOR. LCD indicator showing when the scan mode has
been activated.
15. WX INDICATOR. LCD indicator showing when the weather receive
mode has been selected.