Motorola RMU2080d, User Manual

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PROGRAMMING F
E
ATURES
Known as the “Voice of NOAA’s National
Weather Service”, NWR is provided as public
service by the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), part of
the Department of Commerce. NWR includes
1000 transmitters, covering all 50 states,
adjacent coastal waters, Puerto Rico, the U.S.
Virgin Islands and the U.S. Pacific Territories.
NWR requires a special radio receiver or
scanner capable of picking up the signal.
Broadcasts are found in the VHF public service
band at these seven frequencies. The channel position 8 on all RM Series radios
with channel selector knob is configured at the
factory as a NOAA Weather Radio.
The NOAA Weather Radio feature can be
disabled or configured to any of the other
available channel positions via the Customer
Programming Software (CPS) or in Advanced
Configuration Mode. When a channel that has
the NOAA Weather Radio is selected, the RM
radio generates an audible voice
announcement indicating the channel and
weather frequency number. (E.g.: “Channel 8:
Weather 1”). The weather frequency number
announced is one of the 7 NOAA national
frequencies that is currently tuned in the
weather radio. The weather frequency can be
changed while in the Weather Channel
Programming mode by pressing the SB2
button to enter Weather menu and then using
the SB1 button to toggle up or SB2 button to
toggle down. The PTT button acts as the menu
Public Service Band Frequencies (MHz)
162.400 162.425
162.450 162.475
162.500 162.525
162.550