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Advanced Operation
FTM-3100R/E Operating Manual
Weather Broadcast Reception
The FTM-3100R/E includes a unique feature which allows reception of weather broad-
casts in the 160 MHz frequency range. Ten standard Weather Broadcast channels are
preloaded into a special memory bank.
To listen to a Weather Broadcast Channel (Example: When “WX” is assigned to [
P4
]):
1. Press the Microphone [
P4
] button to recall
the Weather Broadcast channels.
Note:
In the USA model, the [
P4
] key one of
the programmable keys, is assigned
(default setting) as the “WX Broad-
cast” one-touch access key. Please
note that if you change/assign anoth-
er function to the [P4] key, one-touch
access to the WX channel will be un-
available.
2. Turn the
DIAL
knob to select the desired
Weather Broadcast channel.
3. To scan the other channels for activity,
press the Microphone
PTT
switch.
4. To exit to normal operation, press the [
P4
]
button again. Operation will return to the
VFO or Memory channel in operation before
you began Weather Broadcast operation.
LOCK
P3
P2
P1
7
1
4
8
2
0
5
9
B
A
C
D
3
6
P4
LAMP
DTMF MICROPHONE
MH-48
ABC
JKL
TUV
GHI
PQRS
DEF
MNO
WXYZ
MIC
P4 key
PTT
CH
Frequency
CH
Frequency
1
162.550 MHz
6
162.500 MHz
2
162.400 MHz
7
162.525 MHz
3
162.475 MHz
8
161.650 MHz
4
162.425 MHz
9
161.775 MHz
5
162.450 MHz 10 163.275 MHz
Severe Weather Alert Feature
In the event of extreme weather disturbances, such as storms and hurricanes, NOAA (the
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 chan-
nels. You may enable this feature via Setup Menu Item “
42 WX ALERT
” see page 31
for details.
