UHF Radio + weather radio

I have a Kenwood Tk-370 and after some of the latest big storms, my fiance asked me if I could tune into enviroment canadas weather radio alerts.
http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/msb/weat...ct_sheet_e.cfm

now the site says I need to tune into freq 162.550 MHz.

Pressing (TA) will allow you to program Frequencies

Use selector to choose channel
Press PTT

Enter Rx frequency using:
- the Selector Knob to change kHz;
- the Selector Knob + (light) to change MHz.

If no channel is Shown press the (LO) button.
Press PTT

Enter Rx CTCSS code
Press PTT

Enter Tx Frequency as above
Press PTT

Enter Tx CTCSS code
Press PTT

1. Option Signal
Off
1 = DTMF
2 = 2-Tone

2. PTT ID
On
Off

3. Add/ Del

4. Busy Tx

5. Clock frequency shift

6. Power
Hi
Low

now, I havent done this before

Pressing (TA) will allow you to program Frequencies

Use selector to choose channel
Press PTT

Enter Rx frequency using:
- the Selector Knob to change kHz;
- the Selector Knob + (light) to change MHz.

If no channel is Shown press the (LO) button.
I enter 162.550 MHz
Press PTT

Enter Rx CTCSS code
Any idea what i put here?
Press PTT

Enter Tx Frequency as above
I keep it at 162.550 MHz
Press PTT

Enter Tx CTCSS code
Any idea what i put here?
Press PTT

1. Option Signal
Off
1 = DTMF
2 = 2-Tone
Any idea what i put here?

2. PTT ID
On
Off
Any idea what i put here?

3. Add/ Del
Any idea what i put here?
4. Busy Tx
Any idea what i put here?

5. Clock frequency shift
Any idea what i put here?
6. Power
Hi
Low


any help would be nice. Im not 100% sure what all these things mean, and finding a lamens-term guide is harder then I though for this.

Leave CTCSS off. It only matters if the transmitting station is using it, which EC is not.

Just punch in the freq and away you go.

ok. I did that and I get a beep beep beep beep....and so on.

and I leave the
1. Option Signal
Off
1 = DTMF
2 = 2-Tone
Any idea what i put here?

2. PTT ID
On
Off
Any idea what i put here?

3. Add/ Del
Any idea what i put here?
4. Busy Tx
Any idea what i put here?

5. Clock frequency shift
Any idea what i put here?

all as they are.

DTMF is used for telephone signalling. Not applicable here.

PTT ID is used to transmit a code to authenticate your station. Also not applicable, since the EV weather channel is public.

The rest of those settings, I can't explain. They're radio specific I think.

Are you sure this channel is actually broadcasting anything other than the beep? Have you tried other weather channels? Literally, for my TH-G71a, I just punch in the frequency and it's done. You only have to program it if you need to recall it, but if you remember the frequency, just punch it in any time you're ready.

Did you try punching in the frequency outside of the program mode?

Originally Posted by MadMorbius

DTMF is used for telephone signalling. Not applicable here.

PTT ID is used to transmit a code to authenticate your station. Also not applicable, since the EV weather channel is public.

The rest of those settings, I can't explain. They're radio specific I think.

Are you sure this channel is actually broadcasting anything other than the beep? Have you tried other weather channels? Literally, for my TH-G71a, I just punch in the frequency and it's done. You only have to program it if you need to recall it, but if you remember the frequency, just punch it in any time you're ready.

Did you try punching in the frequency outside of the program mode?

no, i havent quite figured out how.
none of the keys do anything unless in programing mode.
Ill find someone that knows the specific radio

thanks

You may have to punch "VFO" or something similar.

[Porkchop]

Sorry to tell you but the Kenwood 370 is a UHF only transceiver.
Droc, you are getting the beep as an error message because you are trying to set the radio outside of its frequency range.
MM is able to get the weather because his is a dual-band rig. His oscillators are set up for both VHF and UHF.