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HX100/HX150
6.7.1 NOAA WEATHER ALERT
To set the radio to decode a NOAA Weather Alert while on a channel:
1. Press and hold the
key to enter the weather mode, the press the
or
to choose the weather channel in your area.
2. Press the key.
The
HX100/HX150
can be set up to alert while in Scan or Priority scan
modes. To memorize the weather channel:
1. Press and hold the
key, then press the
or
key to select the weather channel in your area.
2. Turn the radio off by pressing and holding the
key.
3. Press and hold the
key, then press and hold the
key. The display will show “
SET
” in the top left cor-
ner of the display.
4. Confirm the WX channel selected in step one is shown
and press the
key to memorize the WX channel (“
M
”
is shown to the right of the channel number).
5. Refer to programming 6.9 Scanning to program additional channels and
selecting Memory Scan or Priority Scan.
6. When you have finished programming the WX channel into the scan
memory, turn the transceiver off and on by pressing and holding the
key.
When a “Weather Alert” is received on a weather channel,
the transceiver emits a beep tone and “
WX ALT
” icon is
shown on the display. Press the
key to stop the beep
tone and listen to the weather reports.
NOTE
Options for the Weather Alert feature are available, refer to Menu
Mode Item “
AL
(
WX ALERT
)” on page 32 for details.
6.7.2 NOAA WEATHER ALERT TESTING
In the event of a major storm or other appreciable weather condition requir-
ing vessels at sea (or other bodies of water) to be notified, the NOAA (Na-
tional Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration) broadcasts a 1050
Hz tone that some VHF radios, including your transceiver, can detect for
“
Weather Alert
” purposes (refer to section “
6.7.1 NOAA WEATHER ALERT
”
for a discussion of how to use this feature). The 1050 Hz tone, when detect-
ed, will produce a loud beep in the speaker of the transceiver, to signal that a
Weather Alert Broadcast is being received.
In order to test this system, NOAA broadcasts the 1050 Hz tone every
