VXA-150 P
RO
V O
PERATING
M
ANUAL
22
M
EMORY
O
PERATION
The
VXA-150
provides 50 user-programmable
“Main” memories, labeled “
CH - 001
” through “
CH -
050
,” and up to 100 pre-programmed memories, des-
ignated “Book” Memories. The “
” icon appears
when “Book” Memory Mode is activated.
The Main memories and “Book” Memories can be
assigned alpha-numeric names of up to eight charac-
ters.
Memory System Operation
The
VXA-150
’s Main Memory system allows the
user to store, label, and recall channel frequencies
which you may want to use frequently. You may store
VFO frequencies, Book Memory frequencies, and/
or Weather Channel frequencies (USA version only)
into the Main Memory system.
Memory Storage
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Select the desired frequency in the VFO mode,
or recall the Book Memory channel or Weather
channel to be stored in the Main Memory.
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Press and hold the [
MW
(
SPL.W
)] key for 2
seconds. The display will indicate “
CH -
” and a
channel number will blink on the LCD.
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Within five seconds of pressing the [
MW
(
SPL.W
)] key, rotate the
CHANNEL
selector
knob to select the desired memory channel num-
ber for storage.
In order to prevent writing over memory chan-
nels, a bar will appear under the hyphen (located
between “
CH
” and the channel number) to indi-
cate a vacant memory channel.
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Now press and hold in the [
MW
(
SPL.W
)] key
for 2 seconds; you will now see “
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
” on the
LCD. To attach an alpha/numeric name (label)
to the memory, proceed to the next step; other-
wise press and hold [
MW
(
SPL.W
)] for 2 sec-
onds to save the entry and exit.
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To label a memory with an alpha/numeric name,
the next step is to use the
CHANNEL
selector
knob to select any of the 48 available characters
(including letters, numbers, and special symbols).