Section 3
Programming
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3.8
Readout and Field Program the NOAA Weather Frequency
The Loudmouth
®
can be programmed to play severe weather warnings originating from the National Weather service that are
broadcast on one of seven NOAA weather frequencies. The Loudmouth
®
is shipped from the factory without a NOAA weather
frequency selected. Before the Weather Alert feature can be used you must first select the local NOAA frequency. In this example
the local NOAA weather frequency is 162.550 MHz.
To enter the NOAA Weather Frequency:
1.
Place the radio into Program / Readout Mode
by pressing and holding the
PROGRAM
button. A “P” will
appear on the LED display. Release the
PROGRAM
button when a hyphen appears and the radio is ready
to accept the first digit of your program entry.
2.
Scroll to the character “d” by clicking the
PROGRAM
button until the program display shows the correct
character. Pause
—the radio will show a hyphen across the center of the display to indicate that it is ready to
program the NOAA Weather Frequency code.
3. Press and release the
ENTER
button to begin searching for the local NOAA weather frequency. If the radio
has not been programmed for a NOAA weather frequency a “1” will appear on the display indicating that the
Loudmouth
®
is receiving on NOAA frequency 1 per Table d below.
4. Press and release the
PROGRAM
button to step through the 7 NOAA weather frequencies. Pause on each
frequency to listen for the NOAA weather broadcast on the Loudmouth
®
speaker.
5. When you hear the NOAA weather broadcast, press and release the
ENTER
button to save your
programming. A hyphen will flash 3 times on the program display to indicate that programming was
successful. The radio is now ready for another program entry.
6.
Press the
PROGRAM
button to continue programming, or press the
ENTER
button to exit program mode.
To readout and verify NOAA Weather Frequency programming:
1. With the radio in program mode, click the
PROGRAM
button until the program display shows the Program
Code “d”. Pause—the radio will show a hyphen across the center of the display to indicate that it is ready to
readout the NOAA Weather frequency programming.
2. Press and release the
ENTER
button. The display will show the single digit NOAA Weather Frequency code
from Table d and the NOAA weather broadcast will be heard on the speaker.
3. Press the
ENTER
button to return to program mode, press the
ENTER
button a second time to exit program
mode.
Table d
– NOAA Weather Frequency Codes
Code
Frequency
NOTE
1
162.400 MHz
A complete list of NOAA weather frequencies available in your area can be found at:
2
162.425 MHz
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/coverage/station_listing.html
3
162.450 MHz
4
162.475 MHz
5
162.500 MHz
6
162.525 MHz
7
162.550 MHz
