Well, Steve, that's certainly easy enough!
I tell you: This TMV71A gets to be more and more of an amazing radio, the
more I learn about it!
73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 11:24 AM
Subject: Re: setting up scan limits for the TMV71A
> 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
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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