Tom,

Believe it or not, that's already set up.  If you haven't changed it, one of 
the PF keys on the front of the radio accesses the weather frequencies, and 
once you have them activated, you just press and hold the tuning knob to 
start scanning them.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 10:45
Subject: Re: setting up scan limits for the TMV71A


>    Hi, all.
>
> Well, for now, I used Mark's suggestion by getting into menu 100 to set 
> the
> scan limits for VFO A.
>
> I will probably ultimately try Steve's strategy of working directly with 
> the
> memories, though, if I want more than one set of "scan limits" for each 
> VFO.
>
> Which brings up a question:
>
> Can you set up one of the VFO's to scan the WX weather channels while
> traveling?
>
> I would assume so, but haven't tried that yet.
>
> Thanks to you guys for your great help as usual.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Senk, Mark J. (CDC/NIOSH/NPPTL)" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 7:21 AM
> Subject: Re: setting up scan limits for the TMV71A
>
>
>> You can restrict the range of the receiver. Here's an excerpt from the
>> manual.
>>
>>
>> Programable VFO=20
>> If you always check frequencies within a certain range,=20
>> you can set upper and lower limits for frequencies that are=20
>> selectable. For example, if you select 144 MHz for the=20
>> lower limit and 145 MHz for the upper limit, the tunable=20
>> range will be from 144.000 MHz to 145.995 MHz.=20
>>
>> 1 Select your desired VFO frequency.=20
>> 2 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 100.=20
>> (Example: E type)=20
>> 3 Press the Tuning control.=20
>> * The lower frequency limit blinks.=20
>> 4 Rotate the Tuning control to select your desired lower=20
>> frequency limit, then press the Tuning control to set=20
>> the selected value.=20
>> * The upper frequency limit blinks.=20
>> 5 Rotate the Tuning control to select your desired upper=20
>> frequency limit, then press the Tuning control to set=20
>> the selected value.=20
>> 6 Press [ESC] to exit Menu mode.=20
>> Note: You cannot program the 100 kHz and subsequent digits. The=20
>> exact 100 kHz and subsequent digits of the upper limit depend on the=20
>> frequency step size you are using.
>> =0C=20
>>
>
>
>