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Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a transceiver, capable of receiving radio signals in a radio communication apparatus, and capable of receiving one to two channels for regional information such as weather from a large number of channels. The transceiver comprises a radio communication section and a weather broadcast receiving section. A channel of radio communication and a weather reception are selected by a channel switch, and a selecting section selects radio channel signal reception or weather channel signal reception by use of a control signal sent from a CPU of a control section. If the weather reception is selected and weather channel frequency data is stored in a memory, the weather channel reception can be carried out. If no weather channel frequencies are stored therein, a weather frequency band is scanned to detect weather channel frequencies, and detected frequencies are temporarily stored in the memory and can be used until the power supply is turned off. A weather channel signal strength is reduced as the receiver is moved across the country. When the weather channel signal becomes weaker, if a PTT switch is depressed, a frequency scan is carried out to detect a new weather channel, and frequency data of the weather channel stored in the memory is rewritten, and such rewritten frequency data can be used in a subsequent weather reception.

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