SEA 235 - Finding a bin with the Alpha Menu

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FINDING A BIN WITH THE ALPHA MENU

In many cases it is difficult to remember where a frequency is stored by its bin

number. The ALPHA menu along with Memory Browse, is a useful method for

locating a particular bin by name. Locating the 8 MHz weather fax frequency

for NAM in Norfolk, VA will be used as an example.

Repeatedly press until “ALPHA” is

displayed.

Pressing with “ALPHA” displayed

will select the Alpha menu. The display will

prompt the operator to “PRESS+-” to cycle

through the scan cells.

The scan cell names that appear with each

press of the or key may appear

cryptic, but should give an indication for each

scan cell’s purpose. The weather fax groups

programmed by SEA have “WFX” as the last

part of their name. The first part may be “CG”

for Coast Guard or “HI” for Hawaii. NAM is

located in Virginia (“VA”) so “VAWFX”

would be the most likely scan cell.

Press at the “VAWFX” display to

select the “VAWFX” scan cell.

Press or to view the different bins

within the “VAWFX” scan cell. Press

to select the displayed bin. Press to

view the frequency. If the bin does not contain

the desired frequency, turn on Memory Browse

by pressing . When browsing

the “VAWFX” channels with or ,

use the key to verify the frequency.

Push to retrieve the selected bin.

Momentarily press the microphone PTT button

to exit the Memory Browse.

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