Yaesu FT-1900E Operating Manual

17FT-1900E OPERATING MANUALWEATHER B ROADCAST R ECEPTION (USA V ERSION)The FT-1900E includes a unique feature which allows reception of weather broadcasts inthe 160-MHz frequency range. Ten standard Weather Broadcast channels are pre-loadedinto a special memory bank.To listen to a Weather Broadcast Channel:1. Press the Microphone’s [P4] button to recall the WeatherBroadcast channels.2. Turn the DIAL knob to select the desired Weather Broadcast channel.3. If you wish to check the other channels for activityby scanning, just press the Microphone’s PTTswitch.4. To exit to normal operation, press the [P4] buttonagain. Operation will return to the VFO or Memorychannel you were operating on before you began Weather Broadcast operation.The [P4] key, one of the programmable keys, is assigned (default setting) as the“WX Broadcast” one-touch access key. Please note that if you change/assignanother function to the [P4] key, one-touch access to the WX channel will be unavail-able.Severe Weather Alert FeatureIn the event of extreme weather disturbances, such as storms and hurricanes, NOAA (theNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) sends a weather alert accompanied bya 1050 Hz tone and subsequent weather report on one of the NOAA weather channels. Youmay enable this feature via Menu Item “57 WX ALT,” if desired. See page 49 for details.When scanning the band or the “regular” memories, with the Severe Weather Alert featureengaged, you will notice that the FT-1900E will break over to the Weather Channel bankevery five seconds, performing a quick scan of those channels in search for the 1050 Hzalert tone. If the alert tone is received, operation will lock on the weather broadcast stationissuing the alert; otherwise, the radio will revert to the VFO or memory scan session inprogress without interruption.When the alert tone is received, press the PTT button momentarily to disable the alarm, andthe Severe Weather message will now be audible from the speaker.ADVANCED O PERATIONCH0102030405CH0607080910FREQUENCY162.550 MHz162.400 MHz162.475 MHz162.425 MHz162.450 MHzFREQUENCY162.500 MHz162.525 MHz161.650 MHz161.775 MHz163.275 MHz