30
Scanning
31
Scanning
3.
Press
MAN.
4.
Press
FUNC,
then hold
PRI
until the display blinks.
To modify the Priority channel:
1.
Press
PROG.
2.
Press
PRI.
3.
Use the number keys to enter the frequency.
4.
Press
ENT.
Note:
If the frequency is incorrect,
“Invalid Freq”
appears
briefly.
Weather Alerts
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has allocated
channels for use by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA). NOAA broadcasts Specific Area Message
Encoding (SAME) alerts that include digitally encoded data about
the severity of the alert.
Note:
Regulatory agencies in other countries have also
allocated channels for use by their weather reporting
authorities.
If you program a weather channel as the Priority channel, your
scanner can detect the 1050 Hz weather alert tone. All alerts are
received (FIPS settings are ignored), and the scanner stays on the
Priority channel only if the scanner detects a weather alert.
To perform a weather scan:
Press
WX.
Your scanner scans through the weather bands then
stops on the next available weather broadcast.
To program a weather channel into priority channel:
1.
Press
WX.
2.
Select the weather channel.
3.
Press
FUNC
and then
PRI.
SAME Standby Mode
SAME alerts include FIPS codes to identify areas, established by the
US Census bureau. You can set your scanner to alert for all areas or
limit weather alerts to up to 10 specific areas by FIPS code.
Note:
The National Weather Service maintains a current list
of FIPS codes at www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/.
To program a FIPS code:
1.
Press
WX
and listen to identify the weather station with the
strongest signal.
2.
Press
FUNC,
and then
PROG
to access the FIPS code entry
table.
3.
Use
S
or
T
to select the desired FIPS code storage location.
4.
Use the number keys to enter the FIPS code. The format of a
FIPS code is:
Subdivisions
State Code
County Code
0-9
(0=entire area)
01-50
(00=all states)
XXX
(000=all counties)
Example: 048439
(0=All; 48=Texas; 439=Tarrant County)
5.
(Optional) To label the code, press
TEXT
and use the letter
buttons to enter text.
