programming weather channel in BF-F8HP

[tatmanblue]

First of all, I apologize if this a repeated msg from other users. I tried to find answers prior to writing this post.

I have a BF-F8HP. I found the NOAA weather channel on the NOAA site. It uses 162.550. I would like to program this into my channels to save me from having to remember it.

I'm in Frequency Mode, I enter 162.550. Now I select menu and press 27. I press menu and enter 01. It appears as 001 (not CH-001) which I understand to mean its clear to save in that channel. I press menu again.

I DO NOT hear "confirm". I hear a very high beep. When I go into channel mode, channel 01 is not show up when scrolling through the channels. So it looks like it has not saved the NOAA frequency.

I see some tutorials about having to set TRX mode. But I wont be transmitting anything, just listening. So I am little confused what I need to do.

Thnx
Matt

 

[DickH]

... I DO NOT hear "confirm". I hear a very high beep. When I go into channel mode, channel 01 is not show up when scrolling through the channels. So it looks like it has not saved the NOAA frequency. ...

You must use the top line in Freq. Mode. If you use the bottom line the freq. will not be saved.

 

[tatmanblue]

You must use the top line in Freq. Mode. If you use the bottom line the freq. will not be saved.

So I checked. I am on the top band when I attempt to save the frequency. For kicks and giggles, I pressed the A/B switch two times (first moved arrow to bottom frequency and second back to the first frequency.

 

[tatmanblue]

First of all, I apologize if this a repeated msg from other users. I tried to find answers prior to writing this post.

I have a BF-F8HP. I found the NOAA weather channel on the NOAA site. It uses 162.550. I would like to program this into my channels to save me from having to remember it.

I'm in Frequency Mode, I enter 162.550. Now I select menu and press 27. I press menu and enter 01. It appears as 001 (not CH-001) which I understand to mean its clear to save in that channel. I press menu again.

I DO NOT hear "confirm". I hear a very high beep. When I go into channel mode, channel 01 is not show up when scrolling through the channels. So it looks like it has not saved the NOAA frequency.

I see some tutorials about having to set TRX mode. But I wont be transmitting anything, just listening. So I am little confused what I need to do.

Thnx
Matt

Part 2:
For a test, I changed my top frequency to an empty frequency of 162.450. I was able to save this.

So I am really confused. Why can I save a empty frequency but I cannot save the NOAA frequency?

 

[DickH]

Part 2:
For a test, I changed my top frequency to an empty frequency of 162.450. I was able to save this.

So I am really confused. Why can I save a empty frequency but I cannot save the NOAA frequency?

It can't be saved to a channel that has a freq. already in it. You need to use Menu item 28 to clear a channel before putting in a new freq.

 

[tatmanblue]

It can't be saved to a channel that has a freq. already in it. You need to use Menu item 28 to clear a channel before putting in a new freq.

As I stated in the original post, the channel was deleted and clear when I tried to save the NOAA frequency.