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If a key is not pressed the alert will sound for 5 minutes and then
the weather report will be received.
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While listening to a weather channel, the radio can decode a
weather alert and sound an alarm.
8.8.2 NOAA Weather Alert Testing
NOAA tests the alert system ever Wednesday between 11AM and 1PM. To
test the NOAA weather feature of the
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, on Wednesday between
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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
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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
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knob until the background noise disappears.
2. Select the channel you wish to dual watch to the priority Channel 16.
3. Press the
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key, then press the
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key.
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CH16 and the channel that was selected in step 2.
If a transmission is received on the channel
selected in step 2, the
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to CH16.
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4. To stop dual watch, press the
F
key, then press the
4
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DW
key again.
NOTE
The priority channel may be changed from CH16 to another channel.
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