Chapter 2: Operation
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Scan
US channels: Watch alarms for NOAA Weather alerts
You can turn on or off an independent watch alarm for a specific weather
channel.
To turn on or off an independent NOAA weather alarm do as follows:
1. In the
SCAN
menu, turn the selector wheel knob to
select a specific weather channel.
2. Press the soft key
WX
to tag this weather channel
for NOAA weather alert.
3. On the display you can see that the selected
weather channel alert watch is enabled. In this example it is [W2].
The weather channel set-up for the alarm is scanned frequently during
scanning, watch or when the radio is not operated or receiving on a
working channel.
4. If a NOAA weather alert is detected on a weather
channel, beep tones are presented and a pop-up
window is displayed. Press
YES
to switch to the
weather channel.
Note
NOAA weather channels are available in the waters of USA and
Canada only.
