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To turn on the data skip feature;
1. Turn off the priority feature if it is on
(see “priority”).
2. Press
MENU
.
3. Repeatedly press
S
or
T
to display
dAtA-S
, then press
E/PGM
.
4. Repeatedly press
S
or
T
to select
OFF
or
ON
, then press
E/PGM
.
5. Press
MENU
to exit the menu mode.
Note: This feature does not apply
to the air band and weather search
mode as data signals are not
generally found in these services.
receiving nwr-same and
weather alert signals
In 1994, the National Oceanic and
Aerospace Administration (NOAA) began
broadcasting alerts that include digitally
encoded data. Speci
fi
c Area Message
Encoding (SAME) includes information
which identi
fi
es the severity of the alert.
While this scanner does not encode
speci
fi
c geographical data, it does detect
SAME signals and decode the alert level.
The scanner displays this data as codes
corresponding to the levels of severity (L1,
L2, and L3).
Notes
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