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English
Weather mode
In cooperation with the FCC, NOAA also uses the weather channels to alert you of other
hazards besides weather (child abduction alerts, nuclear, biological, etc.). In weather mode,
the radio monitors one of the ten NOAA weather channels. If any type of alert is received for
your area, the radio sounds an alert tone and displays the type of alert. In weather mode, the
display shows the following:
Using the radio in weather mode
You cannot transmit while in weather mode.
To enter weather mode, press
WX-MEM
.
Weather mode can filter out alerts that do not affect your location if the location code
(FIPS code) of the alert is entered in your radio (see page 19). If you have no FIPS codes
programmed into your radio, the radio will notify you of all alerts in any area.
To turn off the radio’s alert tone, press any button.
To cancel weather mode and return to the previous marine channel, press the WX-MEM
button again.
Weather mode with Weather Alert Watch
Because weather mode already monitors the weather channels, you don’t need Weather
Alert Watch to check the weather channel every seven seconds. If you activate Weather Alert
Watch while operating in weather mode, it operates as a type of “sleep mode”: the radio stays
on the weather channel and mutes the speaker. If an alert is detected for your area, the radio
sounds an alert tone and turns the speaker back on. This mode is very useful when you are
anchoring for the night but want to stay informed of any hazards in your area.
To turn Weather Alert Watch on or off, press and hold
CALL-MENU
while the radio is idle.
Select
Setup
and then
WX Alert Mode
. Use
CHANNEL UP
and
CHANNEL DOWN
to choose
WX Alert
Mode
setting
ON
or
Off
.
Weather mode with Triple and Dual Watch
If you activate Triple Watch while operating
in weather mode, the radio checks channels 16
and 9 every two seconds; with Dual Watch
turned on, the radio only checks channel 16.
Press and hold
16/9-TRI
(on the radio or the
microphone) for two seconds to turn Triple/
Dual Watch on or off. (To change between
Triple or Dual Watch, see page 18.)
09
Hurricane Warning
Weather Band
Alert
Weather
mode is on
Current
channel
number
Type of alert
(If the text is too
long, it scrolls.)
Flashing: An alert
has been issued
Steady: Weather
Alert Watch is on
09
Hurricane Warning
Weather Band
Alert
Weather
mode is on
Current
channel
number
Type of alert
(If the text is too
long, it scrolls.)
Flashing: An alert
has been issued
Steady: Weather
Alert Watch is on
09 16
09 16
09 16
Triple Watch:
Every 2 seconds, the
radio checks channel 9, then channel 16.
Monitoring Weather Channel WX08
09 16
09 16
09 16
Triple Watch:
Every 2 seconds, the
radio checks channel 9, then channel 16.
Monitoring Weather Channel WX08
