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Beyond the Basics
and warnings, watch box notices, and weather forecasts.
Listen to Skywarn to hear trained observers in your vicinity
call in offi cial reports to a “net control” station which relays
those reports to NOAA and other emergency agencies.
Most importantly, you get Skywarn reports directly from
trained observers - that means you get them several minutes
before they can be relayed for broadcast by NOAA and as
much as 5 or 10 minutes sooner than you will hear them on
local TV or radio! Those few minutes can be worth a lot when
it comes to deciding if your family needs to take cover.
If you tune to a Skywarn frequency when the Skywarn
net is not active, you may hear nothing, or you may
hear amateur radio operators talking on a local repeater
system.
NWR SAME
During weather mode, press FUNC +WX ALT to enable NWR
SAME alert. When WX alert is on, ALERT lights and the audio
mute is set on.
Press FUNC + WX ALT to turn off the NWR SAME alert.
If the scanner receives a SAME event code from the
local weather service, it sounds an alert and displays the
description for any alert received. Then, audio mute turns off
and ALERT blinks.
The scanner displays the following messages:
Warning
:
L1
Watch
:
L2
Advisory
:
L3
WX alert (1050 Hz): WXA
During an alert, press any key to stop the alert. If you do
not press any key, the scanner continues sounding the alert
beep.
Note
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