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To activate Triple/Dual Watch with scan mode:
1.
Turn off scanning mode.
2.
Press and hold
16/9-TRI
(on the radio or the microphone) for 2 seconds. (To change between Triple or Dual Watch, see
page 11.)
3.
Activate scan mode (press and hold
STEP/SCAn
).
Scan mode with both Weather Alert and
Triple/Dual Watch
You can activate Weather
Alert Watch and Triple/Dual Watch at the same time. The
radio performs both checks at their scheduled time.
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. 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
.
•
To cancel weather mode and return to the previous marine channel, press
WX-MEM
.
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 7 seconds. If you activate Weather Alert Watch while operating in weather mode, it operates as a type of
“sleep mode”. This mode is very useful when you are anchoring for the night but want to stay informed of any hazards in your
area:
•
The radio stays on the weather channel and mutes the speaker. If it detects an alert for your area, the radio sounds an
alert tone and turns the speaker back on.
•
In order to filter out alerts that do not affect your area, you must have at least one location code (FIPS code)
programmed into your radio (see page 11). If the FIPS code of the alert matches a FIPS code entered in your radio, the
radio will sound the alert.
•
To turn off the radio’s alert tone, press any button.
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
. Turn the
PUSH/EnTER
knob to choose
On
or
Off
, and press
PUSH/EnTER
to select.
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 2 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 2 seconds to turn Triple/Dual Watch on or off. (To change
between Triple or Dual Watch, see page 7.)
09 16
Triple
Watch
Every 2
seconds, the
radio checks
channels 9 & 16 then goes
on to the next channel.
WX Alert
Watch
wx
Every 7
seconds, the
radio checks the last-used
weather channel, then
scans the next channel.
Memory Channel Scan
08
25
24
17
15
14
13
12
11
10
20
10
Hurricane Warning
Weather Band
ALT
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
