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10.6 NOAA WEATHER CHANNELS
NOTE
NOAA Weather channels are available in the waters of USA and Canada
only.
1. To receive a NOAA weather channel, press the [
WX
] key from any chan-
nel. The transceiver will go to the last selected weather
channel.
2. Press the [
S
]/[
T
] keys to select a different NOAA weather
channel.
3. To exit from the NOAA weather channels, press the [
WX
] key. The trans-
ceiver returns to the channel it was on prior to a weather channel.
10.6.1 NOAA Weather Alert
In the event of extreme weather disturbances, such as storms and hurricanes,
the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) sends a weather
alert accompanied by a 1050 Hz tone and subsequent weather report on one
of the NOAA weather channels. When the Weather Alert feature is enabled
(see section “
12.8 WX ALERT
”), the transceiver is capable of receiving this
alert if the following is performed:
1. Program NOAA weather channels into the transceiver’s memory for scan-
ning. Follow the same procedure as for regular channels under section “
10.11
SCANNING
.”
2. Press the [
SCAN
(
MEM
)] key once to start memory scanning or priority
scanning (determined from the “
RADIO SETUP
RADIO SETUP
RADIO SETUP
RADIO SETUP
RADIO SETUP
” selection, see page 42 for
details).
3. The programmed NOAA weather channels will be scanned along with the
regular-programmed channels. However, scanning will not stop on a nor-
mal weather broadcast unless a NOAA alert is received.
4. When an alert is received on a NOAA weather channel, scanning will stop
and the transceiver will emit a loud beep to alert the user of a NOAA broad-
cast.
5. Press the [
WX
] key to stop the alert tone and receive the weather report.
NOTE
If the [
WX
] key is not pressed the alert tone will be emitted for 5 minutes
and then the weather report will be received.
NOTE
The Weather Alert feature is also engaged while the transceiver is re-
ceiving on one of the NOAA weather channels.