Operation Manual

49FT-1802M OPERATING MANUAL
WEATHER ALERT SCAN
This feature allows you to check the Weather Broadcast Memory Channels for the presence
of the NOAA Alert Tone while operating using VFO scan or Memory channel scan.
When the Weather Alert Scan feature is engaged, the FT-1802M will check the Weather
Broadcast Memory Channels for activity every five seconds while scanning. If you watch
the display carefully, you’ll observe the scanner periodically shifting to the Weather Broad-
cast bank, scanning the Weather channels quickly in search of the Alert Tone, after which
regular scanning will resume for another five seconds.
To enable the Weather Alert Scan feature:
1. Press and hold in the
[
MHz
(
SET
)]
key for one second, then
rotate the DIAL knob to select “57 WX ALT.”
2. Press the
[
MHz
(
SET
)]
key, then rotate the DIAL knob to
set this Menu item to “ON.”
3. Press and hold in the
[
MHz
(
SET
)]
key for one second to save the new setting and exit to
normal operation.
4. To disable the Weather Alert Scan feature, select “OFF” in step 2 above.
You can change the Weather Alert Tone volume level to maximum regardless the VOL knob
setting, using Menu item “58 WX VOL.” See page 80 for details.
1) When the Weather Alert Scan feature is engaged, the Scan-Resume mode will
be fixed on “HOLD.”
2) If you are just scanning the Weather Broadcast Channels, the FT-1802M’s receiver
will remain muted indefinitely unless the Alert Tone is received. This yields a long period
of monitoring time, as no power will be consumed via audio output while scanning (for
the Alert Tone) is in progress.
BAND EDGE BEEPER
The FT-1802M will automatically “beep” when the receiver’s band edge is encountered
during scanning (either in standard VFO scanning or during PMS operation). You may ad-
ditionally enable this feature (band edge beeper) when the frequency reaches the band edge
while selecting the VFO frequency manually, using the DIAL knob.
The procedure for enabling the Band-Edge Beeper (during manual tuning) is:
1. Press and hold in the
[
MHz
(
SET
)]
key for one second, then
rotate the DIAL knob to select “21 EDG.BEP.”
2. Press the
[
MHz
(
SET
)]
key, then rotate the DIAL knob to
set this Menu item to “ON.”
3. Press and hold in the
[
MHz
(
SET
)]
key for one second to save the new setting and exit to
normal operation.
SCANNING