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NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA)
RECEIVER MODE
NOAA provides transmitters which are located throughout the United States; these
transmitters broadcast National Weather Service warnings, watches forecasts and
hazard information 24 hours a day.
The NOAA receiver on the FR-1538 provides you with weather information for all
types of hazards. This function allows you to listen to one of 10 weather channels,
and to configure your radio in the NOAA alert mode to inform you of emergency
weather broadcasts in your listening area. To access the NOAA functions, proceed
as follows:
NOAA CHANNEL MENU
To access the NOAA channel menu:
1.
Press the Function (F) button until the NOA indication appears on the display
with a flashing OFF indication.
2.
Press the Up or Down button to select either On or ALt to enable the weather
alert.
3.
Press the Enter (
) Button (9) button to listen to broadcast weather
channels; the current channel number will appear flashing.
4.
Press the Up Button (8) or the Down Button (12) to select the strongest of the
10 channels.
5.
To exit the NOAA function, press the Function button and select the OFF
mode.
NOAA ALERT MODE
Whenever you are listening to the weather channel broadcast, the 2-way radio
function of the FR-1538 is disabled; however, when the NOAA alert function is
active, the FR-1538 operates in the normal radio modes. After setting the NOAA
alert option in the NOAA mode, when the radio receives the NOAA alert signal, it
switches to the selected weather channel and normal radio operation is inhibited.
Set the NOAA alert mode as follows:
