PROGRAMMING “SAME” COUNTY CODES
SAME county codes are required to selectively receive weather and environmental alerts for a specific county,
and need to be entered into the WR102. Up to six specific SAME codes can be entered.
The first step of programming SAME codes requires the user to select the option of receiving
[ALL]
warnings
or selected warnings. Selecting
[ALL]
will result in the WR102 broadcasting all alerts and warnings issued on
a particular radio channel which can encompass a large geographical area of many counties. (See “About Radio
Channels” Section.) To receive warnings for a specific county, that county code must be programmed into the
WR102.
Note:
It is recommended that the user program the WR102 with specific county codes of interest or
need in order to receive alerts and warnings pertinent to only those counties. Selecting
[ALL]
of
the county codes will result in the WR102 receiving all of the messages for an entire transmission
region. These regions are quite large and encompass about 5,000 square miles. Selecting
[ALL]
will result in the WR102 broadcasting warnings that may not be pertinent to the user.
Six display fields permit up to six county codes to be entered. The user can select less than six codes by leaving
unused display fields empty.
See the section “Finding local NWR Channels and County Codes,” for a toll-free phone number or the Internet
Web-site address to secure county code information.
DESCRIPTION OF SPECIFIC AREA MESSAGE ENCODING CODES
A SAME code is broken into 6 fields of numbers:
State-county coding:
The 3 digits on the far right refer to state-county coding. Each county within a state will have an
independent three-digit code.
Note:
To receive all of the alerts for a given state, insert 000 into the
county section.
State codes:
Moving towards the left, the next two digits are for state coding. Each of the 50 US states has its
own two-digit code.
County sub-section code:
The last digit on the extreme left is the county sub-section. A county may be subdivided into nine
sub-sections; each number between one to nine represents a specific county sub-section.
Note:
If
the county sub-section code is stated as 0, then that county is not subdivided and all alerts for that
county will be received. Or to receive all of the alerts for a given county, insert 0 into the county
sub-section.
