the dual watch is a great feature that monitors 2 bands / channels jumping from one to the other while having 2 receivers is a whole other world, the convenience of a full duplex cross band or satellite traffic with uplink and downlink in the same radio ... I argued with many friends because they said they had "dual band" radios when they were "duo band" and then when we did the tests they understood the real difference and additional convenience ... my old and trusty tmd700 one side is active in aprs and the other in 70cm for local traffic ... in the car the same, an old but excellent thd7 as aprs tracker and the other band for chatter on repeaters!!! 73 by iz3qvb
The FTM-100 is a great radio!! I’m trying to figure out how to set my home frequency as my local repeater. When u have the Dual Watch on, it goes to the home frequency and it come up as 144.000
Yah, not obvious right? To set your home channel, configure a repeater, then hold down "M/W" (memory write) button, then scroll to memory "zero" aka, "home", then long-press display (enter), select OK to Overwrite.
Props for the Metal Gear sound effect
the dual watch is a great feature that monitors 2 bands / channels jumping from one to the other while having 2 receivers is a whole other world, the convenience of a full duplex cross band or satellite traffic with uplink and downlink in the same radio ... I argued with many friends because they said they had "dual band" radios when they were "duo band" and then when we did the tests they understood the real difference and additional convenience ... my old and trusty tmd700 one side is active in aprs and the other in 70cm for local traffic ... in the car the same, an old but excellent thd7 as aprs tracker and the other band for chatter on repeaters!!! 73 by iz3qvb
Oh, right "dual band" is a third thing to confuse with dual watch vs dual receive - great point!
The FTM-100 is a great radio!! I’m trying to figure out how to set my home frequency as my local repeater. When u have the Dual Watch on, it goes to the home frequency and it come up as 144.000
Yah, not obvious right? To set your home channel, configure a repeater, then hold down "M/W" (memory write) button, then scroll to memory "zero" aka, "home", then long-press display (enter), select OK to Overwrite.