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Weather Monitoring
To monitor NOAA weather broadcasts in your area, press
. iSCAN
immediately scans NOAA channel for your area. Press
or
to continue
the scan.
To receive severe weather broadcasts while scanning other channels, set
your local NOAA channel as the Weather Priority channel. For information
about setting the Weather Priority, see “Weather Priority Mode (PC)” on
page 36.
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Note:
Weather Priority is not available while you search for frequencies.
SAME Standby Mode
A weather alert tone includes a digitally-encoded
SAME
(Specific Area
Message Encoding) signal, which includes a
FIPS
(Federal Information
Processing Standard) code and an event code.
Before you can use SAME Standby Mode, you must program at least one
FIPS code (located at: www.NWS.NOAA.gov/NWR/indexnw.htm).
To activate SAME Standby Mode:
1.
Press
, and then press
or
to select a NOAA channel.
2.
Press
SKIP
to enter Standby Mode. The speaker silences and
SKIP
=
Normal
appears at the bottom of the screen.
3.
To return to Normal Weather Mode, press
SKIP
again.
Skywarn
Amateur radio repeaters (“Skywarn” repeaters) relay severe weather reports
directly to local National Weather Service offices. You can monitor Skywarn
repeaters for developing severe weather. For information about importing
Skywarn repeater frequencies, see “Importing Skywarn Frequencies (PC)” on
page 37.
To activate Skywarn, press
again while iSCAN is in Normal Weather
Mode.
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Note
: Skywarn temporarily disables all other playlists.
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