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35
Beyond the Basics
If the scanner detects the weather alert, it sounds
the alert for fi ve minutes when it receives the
weather alert signal. After fi ve minutes the alert
stops and the scanner beeps every ten seconds.
Press any key except
DIM
to turn off the alarm. To
cancel the weather alert operation, press
FUNC
then
press
WX
again. ALErt disappears.
WX alert is only for receiving a weather alert.
When the scanner detects a 1050 Hz alert tone,
WX alert activates and you hear a weather
alert.
If you press and hold
WX
about 1 second, the
scanner cancels the weather alert operation
and moves to the Skywarn operation.
skywarn
Many areas of the country have amateur radio
repeaters that have been designated as “Skywarn”
repeaters. During times of severe weather, these
repeaters are used to relay reports of severe
weather directly to meteorologists at a local
National Weather Service (NWS) forecast offi ce.
Using the Skywarn feature in your scanner, you
can easily jump to Skywarn repeater frequencies
and monitor these reports, in many cases hearing
about severe weather in your area instantly as it
occurs.
This function lets you quickly move to the
skywarn channel (channel 300) from any mode
by pressing and holding
WX
about 1 second. The
scanner displays SKY .
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