FTA-450L OperATing MAnuAL
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advanCed operatIon
Weather alert reception
In the event of extreme weather disturbances, such as
storms and hurricanes, the NOAA (National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration) sends a weather alert
accompanied by a 1050 Hz tone and subsequent weather
report on one of the NOAA weather channels.
When the radio receives the weather alert on the oper-
ating frequency, it displays a warning as below on the
screen and continues to make alarm sounds until either
of the keys is pressed.
VOL
BUSY
WX03
Radio received
Weather Alert!
WARNING
Press any keys
162.475
You may enable or disable the alarm function when re-
ceiving the weather alert signal via the
COMM SETUP
menu. See page 52 for details.
Dual Watch Operation
The dual watch feature automatically checks for activity
on the P-ch (priority channel) set via the
COMM SETUP
menu while you are operating on another channel. Dur-
ing the dual watch operation, the current channel and the
P-ch will be polled alternately for a 200 ms interval.
Setting the P-ch
1.
Press the
[
MENU
]
key to display the
MENU
screen
.
2. Select
“
SETUP
” on the
screen by pressing the
[
◄
]
or
[
►
]
key, and
then press the
[
ENT
]
key.
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