display automatically switches to display messages from the SAME decoder when they are received.
11.SET button – Press this button to switch from display to set mode in time, date or alarm time display modes. Characters will flash in set mode. Use the other three adjacent buttons to change settings. Press SET again to return to display mode.
12.MIN/ MONTH and HOUR/DATE buttons – Used mostly for time and date setting. Not active in normal display mode.
13.SNOOZE button – Used for advancing the alarm time by 9 minutes each time the clock alarm sounds.
14.Programming Keypad – used to enter “FIPS” codes into the memory of the radio, to set the radio to the National Weather Radio channel for your area and to change other programmable functions. See section on programming your radio for details.
NWR-SAME:
In 1994, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) began broadcasting coded emergency signals that identify the specific geographic area (such as a county) affected by an emergency. Until that time such specific emergency weather information was sent in other ways to broadcast stations and others then relayed to the public.
NOAA transmits the coded weather emergency signals using a
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