B&G - V50 & H50 Operation Instructions
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4-8 Weather alerts (WX ALERT)
US model only.
Use WX ALERT to set your preferences for weather alert information.
The NOAA provides several weather forecast channels on USA and Canadian channel banks.
If severe weather such as storms or hurricanes are forecast, the NOAA broadcasts a weather
alert on 1050 Hz.
The NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio Service (NWR) works in conjunction with the
Emergency Alert System (EAS) to issue weather alerts for specific geographic areas or specific
weather conditions. It uses a digital encoding system known as SAME (Specific Area Message
Encoding) to broadcast these alerts.
Each transmitter in the NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio Service (NWR) network is identified
with a unique 6-digit SAME code. Each transmitter operates on one of 7 frequencies.
Note:
To activate a SAME alert, a SAME CODE (county ID) must be selected and turned ON
(see section 4-8-2).
4-8-1 TONE ALERT
If TONE ALERT is ON and an alert tone of 1050 Hz is broadcast from the NOAA weather
station, the weather alert is picked up automatically and the alarm sounds. Press any key to
cancel the alarm and to hear the weather alert message.
RADIO SETUP
INT SPEAKE
▲
WATCH MODE
►
WX ALERT
COM PORT
▼
►
TONE ALERT
SAME ALERT
SAME CODE
TONE ALERT
►
ON
OFF
1.
Select RADIO SETUP then WX ALERT.
2.
Select TONE ALERT.
3.
Select ON to hear any weather alerts on 1050 Hz - the TONE ALERT symbol
will be
displayed on the LCD
or
, to ignore these weather alerts, select OFF.
4-8-2 SAME ALERT
Note:
SAME ALERT works only after you have entered and selected a SAME code for your
geographic area (see Section 4-8-5 and 4-8-6).
Note:
SCAN mode will operate up to 50% more slowly when SAME ALERT is ON to allow time
to decode the special warning code transmissions.
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