HINTS FOR BEST RECEPTION:
- To insure maximum weather band reception, the Telescopic Antenna should be fully
extended and rotated to obtain the best possible station reception.
Note:
1.) The radio will continue to drain the battery if it's left in Weather Standby Mode,
so it is highly recommended that you use AC adaptor(included) to prevent the
battery from completely draining and turning the radio off while in use.
2.) NOAA Weather band is a service broadcast of the U.S. Government and
available in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
3.) The NOAA Weather Service broadcasts a test alert every Wednesday
between 11 am and Noon. To receive the broadcasts, the radio must be within
the range of the local broadcast site, 10 - 40 miles, depending on terrain and
obstructions.
To learn more:
Or find the weather band channel for your area, go to: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/
for NOAA (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration) and http://www.ec.gc.ca/
for Environment Canada.
USING NWR S.A.M.E. Function
The S.A.M.E (Specific Area Message Encoder) function allows you to receive alerts
for specific counties, or for certain types of watches, advisories or warnings, and
screen out alerts that are not specific to your area.
To use the S.A.M.E. function, you must program your county, parish, independent city or
marine area into the radio. Do NOT program your radio for a louder or clearer station not
designated as a S.A.M.E. channel. You will not receive alerts. Once programmed, your
NWR will then alert you
only
of weather and other emergencies for the county(s)/ area(s)
you chose. NWR receivers with SAME, alert for emergencies anywhere within the coverage
area of the NWR transmitter, typically several counties, even though the emergency could
be well away from the listener.
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When an NWS office broadcasts a warning, watch or non-weather emergency, it
also broadcasts a digital S.A.M.E. code that may be heard as a very brief static burst,
depending on the characteristics of the receiver. This SAME code contains the type
of message, county(s) affected, and message expiration time.
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A programmed NWR S.A.M.E. receiver will turn on for that message, with the
listener hearing the 1050 Hz warning alarm tone as an attention signal, followed by
the broadcast message.
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At the end of the broadcast message, listeners will hear a brief digital
end-of-message static burst followed by a resumption of the NWR broadcast cycle.
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S.A.M.E. is also used in the Emergency Alert System (EAS). Using S.A.M.E., broadcasters
may receive NWR warning messages for rebroadcast in accordance with EAS rules.
