Weather Broadcast Reception; Severe Weather Alert Feature; Operation - Yaesu FTM-3200DR Operating Manual

Advanced Operation

Weather Broadcast Reception

The FTM-3200R includes a unique feature which allows reception of weather broadcasts
in the 160 MHz frequency range.
preloaded into a special memory bank.
To listen to a Weather Broadcast Channel:
1. Press the Microphone's [ P4 ] button to recall
the Weather Broadcast channels.
Note: The [ P4 ] key, one of the programma-
ble keys, is assigned (default setting)
as the "WX Broadcast" one-touch
access key. Please note that if you
change/assign another function to the
[P4] key, one-touch access to the WX
channel will be unavailable.
2. Turn the DIAL knob to select the desired
Weather Broadcast channel.
3. If you wish to check the other channels for
activity by scanning, just press the Micro-
phone's PTT switch.
4. To exit to normal operation, press the [ P4 ]
button again. Operation will return to the
VFO or Memory channel you were operating
on before you began Weather Broadcast op-
eration.

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 channels.
You may enable this feature via Setup Menu Item "WX ALERT 50" see page xx for details.
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FCC ID: K6620523X50 / IC: 511B-20523X50
Ten standard Weather Broadcast channels are
PTT
CH Frequency
1 162.550 MHz
2 162.400 MHz
3 162.475 MHz
4 162.425 MHz
5 162.450 MHz
FTM-3200DR Operating Manual
Application for FCC / IC
MIC
ABC DEF
1 2 3 A
GHI JKL MNO
4 5 6 B
PQRS TUV WXYZ
7 8 9 C
0 D
P4 key
DTMF MICROPHONE
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CH Frequency
6 162.500 MHz
7 162.525 MHz
8 161.650 MHz
9 161.775 MHz
10 163.275 MHz