Yaesu FTA-230 User Manual

FTA-230 OperATing MAnuAl
19
Reception of Weather Channel Broadcasts
(USA version only)
The
FTA-230
can receive VHF Weather Channel broad-
casts, which may assist your ight planning. The
FTA-
230
includes a ten-channel auto-search feature, which
simplies access to Weather Channels when you are in
an unfamiliar location.

To r ec ei ve Weathe r
Channels, pr ess the
[
ENT
( )]
key (re-
peatedly, if necessary)
to select the Weather
C h a n n e l m o d e . I n
the Weather Channel
mode, “
-
WX
-
” will ap-
pear on the display.

The
FTA-230
will now
scan quickly through the
ten standard Weather Channels, and will stop on the
rst active station found.

If there are two or more weather channels audible in
your area, you may select the alternate channel(s) by
pressing the
PTT
switch. Pressing the
PTT
switch
re-initiates the scanning process.
advanced operatIon

If there are no Weather Channels in your area, the
scanner will not stop. Press the
[
MONITOR
]
button
to stop the scanner.

You can also select Weather Channels manually by
rotating the
DIAL
selector knob

.

To conrm the current Weather Channel frequency,
press the
[
(
SET
)]
key
momentarily. The display
ch anges t o frequ en cy
indication. Press the
[
(
SET
)]
key again to return to normal display.

To exit the Weather Channel mode, press the
[
ENT
( )]
key momentarily to return to the VFO
mode.

: If you change the function of
DIAL
and
[

]
/
[

]
key by pressing the
[
F
]
key followed by the
[
5
(
DIAL/

)]
key, you may select Weather Chan-
nels by pressing the
[

]
/
[

]
key.
Note 1: In the event of extreme weather disturbances,
such as storms and hurricanes, the NOAA (Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion) sends a weather alert accompanied by a
1050 Hz tone and subsequent weather report
on one of the NOAA weather channels. You
may setup the Alert function when receiving the

Yaesu FTA-230 Specifications

General

Brand	Yaesu
Model	FTA-230
Category	Transceiver
Language	English