12
radio only checks channel 16.
Press and hold
16/9-tRI
(on
the radio or the microphone)
for two seconds to turn Triple/
Dual Watch on or off. (To
change between Triple or Dual
Watch, see page 16.)
Press and hold the
CLR-sCAn
key to turn off Scan mode and
set the radio to Triple/Dual
Watch mode.
Scan mode with both Weather Alert and Triple/Dual Watch
You can activate Weather Alert
Watch and Triple/Dual Watch
at the same time. The radio
performs both checks at their
scheduled time.
09 16
Every 2 seconds,
the radio checks
channels 9 & 16
then goes on to
the next channel.
with Triple Watch on
Every 7 seconds,
the radio checks
the last-used
weather channel,
then scans the
next channel.
wx
with WX Alert on
Memory Channel Scan
08
25
24
17
15
14
13
12
11
10
20
09 16
Every 2 seconds,
the radio checks
channels 9 & 16
then goes on to
the next channel.
with Triple Watch on
Memory Channel Scan
08
25
24
17
15
14
13
12
11
10
20
09
Hurricane Warning
Weather Band
Alert
Weather
mode is on
Current
channel
number
Type of alert (if the
text is too long, the
line scrolls)
Flashing: An alert
has been issued
Steady: Weather
Alert Watch is on
Using the radio in weather mode
• You cannot transmit while in weather mode.
• To enter weather mode, press
WX-MeM
.
• Weather mode can filter out alerts that do not affect your location if the location code (FIPS
code) of the alert is entered in your radio (see page 17). If you have no FIPS codes
programmed into your radio, the radio will notify you of all alerts in any area.
• To turn off the radio’s alert tone, press any button.
• To cancel weather mode and return to the previous marine channel, press the
WX-MeM
button again.
Weather mode
In cooperation with the FCC,
NOAA also uses the weather
channels to alert you of other hazards besides weather (child abduction alerts, nuclear, bio-
logical, etc.). In weather mode, the radio monitors one of the ten NOAA weather channels.
If any type of alert is received for your area, the radio sounds an alert tone and displays the
type of alert. In weather mode, the display shows the following:
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