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34
Beyond the Basics
listening to the weather band
The FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
has allocated channels for use by the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Regulatory agencies in other countries have
also allocated channels for use by their weather
reporting authorities.
NOAA and your local weather reporting authority
broadcast your local forecast and regional
weather information on one or more of these
channels.
listening to a weather channel
To listen to the weather bank, press
WX
. WEAthEr
appears for about 2 seconds, then the scanner
starts searching the weather bank.
To stop searching the channels, press
PAUSE
. SRCH
disappears and MAN appears.
To change the channel manually, press

or

.
To search through the weather bank again, press
PAUSE
. MAN disappears and SRCH appears. To
change the searching direction, press

or

.
weather alert
Your scanner’s WX alert warns you of serious
weather conditions by sounding an alarm if a
National Weather Service broadcaster in your area
broadcasts a weather alert tone.
To set the scanner so it sounds an alarm when
a weather alert tone is broadcast, press
FUNC
then press
WX
while you are listening to the WX
channel. ALErt appears.