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Weather Features
The NOAA and your local weather reporting agency
broadcast local forecast and regional weather
information on one or more channels allocated for use by
weather reporting agencies.
Your scanner is an extremely sensitive high-quality
receiver on the weather frequencies. However, the
included antenna is optimized for general purpose
scanning. To receive weather alerts, please make sure
you are receiving a clear signal or switch to an external
antenna.
Press
to hear your local forecast and regional weather
information.
WEAthEr
appears for about two seconds, then
the scanner starts searching the weather bank.
Press
PSE
to stop searching the channels.
SRCH
disappears and
MAN
appears. To change the channel
manually, press
or
.
Receiving All Weather Alerts
To program the scanner to search for weather alerts every
two seconds, set a weather channel as the priority channel.
See
“Using the Priority Channel“
on page 17.
If the scanner detects a 1050 Hz weather alert tone on the
programmed channel, the scanner sounds the alert tone
and
ALErt
flashes. Press any key to turn off the alarm.
Receiving Alerts for Specific Areas
The National Weather Service precedes each weather
alert with a digitally encoded SAME (Specific Area
Message Encoding) signal, then a 1050 Hz tone. The
SAME signal includes a FIPS (Federal Information
Processing Standard) code and an event code.
A current list of FIPS codes is located at www.NWS.
NOAA.gov/NWR
.
SAME Standby Mode
In SAME Standby mode, your scanner monitors weather
channels for SAME alerts for up to seven areas you
specify by entering the FIPS codes.
To program your scanner for SAME Standby mode:
1.
Press
.
2.
Press
PGM
to access the FIPS code entry mode.
3.
Use
or
to select the desired FIPS code storage
location.
4.
Use the number keys to enter the FIPS code, then
press
ENT
to store the code.
5.
Repeat steps 3-4 for all the FIPS codes that you wish
to store.
6.
Press
to exit FIPS code entry mode. The scanner
displays
F
showing that FIPS codes are enabled.
7.
Press
PRI/ALERT
to initiate SAME Standby mode.
The scanner displays
F [1-7]
CH
StAndby.
The scanner will monitor weather channels for alerts with
matching FIPS codes. To exit SAME Standby mode, press
PRI/ALERT
again.
• Press
L/O
during step 4 to lock-out FIPS entries;
L/0
appears in the display. Press
L/O
again to enable FIPS
entries;
L/0
disappears.
• If you do not enter any FIPS codes, or if your FIPS codes
are locked out, when you enter SAME Standby mode
the scanner receives alerts and warning messages for
all receivable areas.
• The scanner sounds an alert when it receives the SAME
code. To stop the alert and ready the scanner to receive
a new alert signal, press any key.
• If you do not stop the alert within five minutes, the alert
stops and the scanner beeps every ten seconds. If the
scanner receives a new weather alert after five minutes,
it sounds the new alert.
Testing the Weather Alert and Beep Tone
1.
To test the weather alert, press and hold
ENT
for more than 2 seconds while
F [1-7]
CH
StAndby
appears on the display.
The display indicates the type of message, and the
scanner sounds an alert or series of beeps. The
beeps automatically change every 3 seconds.
2.
Press any key to stop testing.
