"However my alert went off when it was NOT for my specific area. I think it was reading the ALL FIPS instead of the specific counties I entered prior. "It can't display ALL FIPS if you have county codes entered. Possibly your code is wrong or the NWS mis-coded it.
"Then I think that the manual states that if F1 or F15 are showing then they are ALL FIPS if F2 through F14 are entered then ONLY those frequencies will set off the radio. "
Not at all... Read page 35. "Press (down) when F1 is displayed or (up) when F15 is displayed." That cycles to "ALL FIPS". If you hit "E" then "ALL FIPS" is selected.
"You can't remove the ALL FIPS from the menu on the Bearcat 780xlt. "
Sure can -- as soon as you enter a full FIPS into one of the F* slots the "ALL FIPS" is gone.
"to blank a removed frequency I tried to do just the "decimal" like the manual states and it is still registering"
I can't find that in my manual -- what page? The only thing I see about clearing freq's is page 22, "Press 0 then press E"
Rob