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Beyond the Basics
3
. Enter the lower limit frequency, and then press
E/PGM
.
4
. Press or to change to the upper limit frequency.
5
. Enter the upper limit frequency, and then press
E/PGM
.
6
. When
you
fi
nish programming frequency ranges, press
SRCH
.
service bank search
You can search preprogrammed frequencies allocated to HAM,
marine, aircraft, or police (
fi
re/emergency) transmissions. To use
service bank search, complete the following steps:
1
. Press
SVC
. The most recently used service symbol appears
and the scanner starts searching.
2
. To select a different service bank, press
1/HAM
,
2/MRN
,
3/AIR
or
4/POL
. The selected service symbol appears.
3
. Press or to search up or down.
It can take several minutes to search all the service
frequencies.
weather search and alert
The National Oceanic and Aerospace Administration (NOAA)
broadcasts Speci
fi
c Area Message Encoding (SAME) alerts with
digitally-encoded data, including the alert severity. This scanner
detects SAME signals and displays the alert severity.
You cannot scan frequencies and monitor for weather alerts at the
same time. To start weather scan, complete the following steps:
1
. Press
WX
. WX appears in the display.
2
. Press or to change the search direction.
3
. To stop the search, press
HOLD/RESUME
. HOLD appears.
4
. To set the weather alert, press
6/ALERT
. ALERT appears. This
mutes the audio until the scanner receives a SAME alert.
NOTE
