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Weather Mode

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xx To end the scan, press the microphone's PUSH TO TALK, CALL-MEM, or WX-MEM buttons. The radio remains on the last scanned channel. Scan mode with Weather Alert Watch If you activate Weather Alert Watch while operating in scan mode, the radio checks the most recently-used weather channel every seven seconds, then continues scanning the next channel in memory. To turn Weather Alert Watch on or off, press and hold CALL-MENU while the radio is idle. Select Setup and then WX-Alert Mode. Use CHANNEL UP and CHANNEL DOWN to choose WX Alert Mode setting On or Off. Scan mode with Triple and Dual Watch If you activate Triple Watch while operating in scan mode, the radio checks channels 16 and 9 every two seconds, then goes on to scan the next channel; with Dual Watch turned on, the radio only checks channel 16. Press and hold 16/9-TRI (on the radio or the microphone) for two seconds to turn Triple/ Dual Watch on or off. (To change between Triple or Dual Watch, see page 17.) Press and hold the CLR-SCAN key to turn off Scan mode and set the radio to Triple/Dual Watch mode. Memory Channel Scan 08 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 20 24 25 09 16 Triple Watch : Every 2 seconds, the radio checks channels 9 & 16 then goes on to the next channel. Scan mode with both Weather Alert and Triple/Dual Watch You can activate Weather Alert Watch and Triple/Dual Watch at the same time. The radio performs both checks at their scheduled time. Memory Channel Scan 08 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 20 24 25 Triple Watch: WX Alert : Every 7 Every 2 seconds, seconds, the radio the radio checks channels 9 & 16 checks the last-used weather channel, wx then goes on to 09 16 then scans the next the next channel. channel. Weather Mode In cooperation with the FCC, NOAA also uses the weather channels to alert you of other hazards besides weather (child abduction alerts, nuclear, biological, etc.). In weather mode, the radio monitors one of the ten NOAA weather channels. If any type of alert is received for your area, the radio sounds an alert tone and displays the type of alert. In weather mode, the display shows the following: 8

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x
To end the scan, press the microphone’s
PUSH TO TALK
,
CALL-MEM
, or
WX-MEM
buttons. The radio remains on the last scanned channel.
Scan mode with Weather Alert Watch
If you activate Weather Alert Watch while operating in scan mode, the radio checks the
most recently-used weather channel every seven seconds, then continues scanning the
next channel in memory.
To turn Weather Alert Watch on or off, press and hold
CALL-MENU
while the radio is idle.
Select Setup and then WX-Alert Mode. Use
CHANNEL UP
and
CHANNEL DOWN
to choose WX
Alert Mode setting On or Off.
Scan mode with Triple and Dual Watch
If you activate Triple Watch while operating in scan mode, the radio checks channels 16
and 9 every two seconds, then goes on to scan the next channel; with Dual Watch turned
on, the radio only checks channel 16.
Press and hold
16/9-TRI
(on the radio or the microphone) For two seconds to turn Triple/
Dual Watch on or off. (To change between Triple or Dual Watch, see page 17.)
Press and hold the
CLR-SCAN
key to turn oFF Scan mode and set the radio to Triple/Dual
Watch mode.
09
16
Triple Watch :
Every 2
seconds, the radio checks
channels 9 & 16 then goes on
to the next channel.
Memory Channel Scan
08
25
24
17
15
14
13
12
11
10
20
Scan mode with both Weather Alert and Triple/Dual Watch
You can activate Weather Alert Watch and Triple/Dual Watch at the same time. The radio
performs both checks at their scheduled time.
09
16
Triple Watch:
Every 2 seconds,
the radio checks
channels 9 & 16
then goes on to
the next channel.
WX Alert :
Every 7
seconds, the radio
checks the last-used
weather channel,
then scans the
next
channel.
wx
Memory Channel Scan
08
25
24
17
15
14
13
12
11
10
20
Weather Mode
In cooperation with the FCC, NOAA also uses the weather channels to alert you of other
hazards besides weather (child abduction alerts, nuclear, biological, etc.). In weather mode,
the radio monitors one of the ten NOAA weather channels. If any type of alert is received
for your area, the radio sounds an alert tone and displays the type of alert. In weather
mode, the display shows the following:
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