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MENU MODE
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Weather alert (Default: OFF)
(Appears only for the USA version transceivers.)
Turn the Weather Alert function ON or OFF.
A NOAA (National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Admin-
istration) broadcast station transmits a weather alert tone be-
fore any important weather information.
This function detects the weather alert tone on weather chan-
nels.
•OFF:ThefunctionisOFF.
•ON: Monitors theselectedweatherchannelevery5 sec-
onds.
Operating mode
(Default: FM)
The transceiver has a total of four operating modes, FM, FM-
N, AM and AM-N.
Operating modes are determined by the modulation of the
radio signals.
•Inthe144and430MHzbands,selectFMorFM-N.
•IntheAIRband(118.000MHzto136.99166MHz),select
AM or AM-N.
•IntheAIRband,thedefaultmodeisAM.
•WhileintheFM-Nmode,theTXmodulationisautomati-
cally set to narrow (approximately 2.5 kHz)
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Pause Timer (Default: 10SEC)
Select the Scan Pause time.
•2SEC to 20SEC: When a signal is received, the scan paus-
es for 2 to 20 seconds (set in 2 second
steps).
•HOLD: The scan pauses on a received signal until
the signal disappears.
Resume Timer
(Default: 2SEC)
Select the Scan Resume time.
When a received signal disappears, the scan resumes ac-
cording to this setting.
•0SEC: The scan resumes immediately after the
signal disappears.
•1SECto5SEC: Thescanresumes1to5secondsafterthe
signal disappears.
•HOLD: The scan remains paused for the “Pause
Timer” setting, even if the signal disap-
pears.
• Rotate [DIAL] S to resume the scan.
• The Resume Timer must be set shorter
than the Pause Timer, otherwise this timer
does not work properly.