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GX2200
When an alert is received on a NOAA weather chan-
nel, scanning will stop and the transceiver will emit a
loud beep to alert the user of a NOAA broadcast.
Press any key to stop the alert and receive the weath-
er report. Press the
soft key to return to the
last selected channel.
WEATHER
ALERT
WX
N
W
33 37.120
118 09.580
QUIT
To disable the weather alert function, refer to section “
11.6 WEATHER
ALERT
”.
NOTE
If the
CLR
WX
key is not pressed the alert will sound for 5 minutes and
then the weather report will be received.
8.7.2 NOAA Weather Alert Testing
NOAA tests the alert system ever Wednesday between 11AM and 1PM.
To test the
GX2200
’s NOAA weather feature, on Wednesday between 11AM
and 1PM, setup as in section “
8.7.1 NOAA Weather Alert
” and confirm the
alert is heard.
8.8 DUAL WATCH (TO CHANNEL 16)
Dual watch is used to scan two channels for communications. One channel
is a normal VHF channel and the other is the priority, Channel 16. When a
signal is received on the normal channel the radio briefly switches between
the normal channel and Channel 16 to look for a transmission. If the radio
receives communications on Channel 16 the radio stops and listens to Chan-
nel 16 until communication ends and then starts dual watch scan again.
1. Adjust the
SQL
knob until the background noise disappears.
2. Rotate the
CH
knob to select a channel you wish to watch.
3. Press one of the soft keys, then press the
soft key.
The radio will monitor CH16 and the channel that
was selected in step 2.
If a transmission is received on the channel
selected in step 2, the
GX2200
will dual watch to
CH16.
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4. To stop dual watch, press one of the soft keys, then press the
soft key again.