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Using Weather Search and Weather Alert (SAME)

Your scanner allows you to either search for a local NOAA weather broadcast, or be set to alert when a SAME weather alert is broadcast on a NOAA channel.

Searching for a Weather Broadcast

To search for a weather broadcast in your area:

1:SERVICE OPTION → 1:WEATHER → 1:MONITOR

The scanner begins to search the frequencies used by the National Weather Service for these broadcasts. When it finds a broadcast, it stops on the channel until you select another option or reception of the signal stops.

Note: NOAA broadcasts are continuous broadcasts. You will only lose reception if you move out of a coverage area. If the signal is lost, the scanner resumes searching for a weather transmission.

Using Weather Alert (SAME)

Important: Your scanner has been primarily designed to be a radio scanner. While it incorporates weather alert as one feature, we strongly recommend that you not use the scanner as your sole means for receiving emergency alerts. Your local electronics retailer carries several weather radios specifically designed for this function.

SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding) was adopted late in the last century to replace the wide-area alerts previously used. Weather alerts today are preceded by a digital packet that identifies not only the type of alert, but also the geographic location for the alert. Thus, it is possible for a weather broadcast that can be received across many counties to be targeted to a single county.

To specify a county, SAME uses a standard established by the US Census bureau, called FIPS. The format of a FIPS code is:

DSSCCC

Where

D = area subdivision (0=entire area)

SS = State code (00=all states)

CCC = County code (000=all counties)

For example, the FIPS code for Tarrant County, Texas is:

048439 (48=Texas; 439=Tarrant County).

Some counties are further subdivided, in which cases, the first digit will be 0 for all subdivisions in the county and each subdivision will be labeled 1-9.

To program your scanner to alert you when the weather service issues an alert, you must set the scanner to the alert mode, and then leave the scanner monitoring the weather service. You cannot scan and monitor for weather alerts at the same time.

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Contents Page Page Contents Programming Trunked Systems General Use Location Cleaning Repairs Birdies Page FCC Wants You To Know Scanning Legally Introduction Page Using this Manual Simplex Operation Understanding ScanningConventional Scanning Repeater OperationTrunked Scanning Motorola TrunkingEdacs Trunking Understanding Banks and Channels LTR TrunkingGetting More Information Front and Rear View BC796DDisplay Icons Icon DescriptionIncluded With Your Scanner Mounting an Antenna Setting Up Your ScannerConnecting an Antenna Optional AntennaTypical Mounting Methods Mounting the Scanner in Your VehicleApplying Power for Vehicle Installation Connecting an External Speaker Desktop InstallationApplying Power Using Standard AC Power Connecting an EarphoneListening Safely Connecting the Clone CableConnecting the Tape Recorder RememberTurning On the Scanner Setting the SquelchBasic Operation Scanning Programmed Channels Using the MenuManually Selecting a Channel Locking/Unlocking BanksPriority Scanning Locking/Unlocking ChannelsRestoring All Locked Out Channels Priority Plus ScanningTurning the Key Beep On/Off Dimmer Light SettingControlling How Much Information Appears Locking the Enter keyMuting All Audio Setting Squelch ModeDisabling the APCO25 Card Trunk Scanning OptionsSelecting Talkgroup Lists to Scan Scanning Only Stored Talkgroups ID ScanMonitoring Talkgroup ID’s Holding on a Single TalkgroupEdacs Patch Tracking Edacs BlockoutUnlocking All Talkgroups Searching Setting Chain SearchSetting Data Skip Holding on an Active FrequencyStoring Found Frequencies Automatically Storing FrequenciesSearching for Subaudible Tones Setting Subaudible Tones for SearchingSetting Delay for All Search Ranges Attenuating All Search RangesSetting a Search Range Searching for Trunk SystemsPage Service Search Service Search SkipSearching for a Weather Broadcast Using Weather Search and Weather Alert SameUsing Weather Alert Same Testing the Weather Alert Assigning Bank Names Bank ConfigurationProgramming Bank Information Transferring Channel Information General ProgrammingDeleting Frequencies from Channels Entering Alpha InformationPage Enter the Frequency Programming Conventional ChannelsSelect a Channel to Program Assigning a Text TagSetting the Delay Setting the Subaudible Tone OptionChanging the Frequency Step Setting Beep AlertSetting the Attenuator Setting the Modulation Mode Setting Priority ChannelsProgramming Trunked Systems Turning I-Call On and Off for ID Search Setting Trunking DelayUsing I-Call Motorola and Edacs only Turning I-Call On for ID Scan Setting Priority Talkgroups Motorola and Edacs onlyMulti-Track Multi-Track Operational DetailsPage Programming Type 2/Digital 800 and 900 MHz Systems Using Control Channel ProgrammingProgramming Motorola Systems Programming Type2/Digital VHF and UHF Systems Programming Type I and IIi Hybrid Systems Toggling the Status Bit Toggling End Code DetectProgramming Edacs Channels Setting Edacs Emergency AlertProgramming Edacs Systems Setting Edacs Decimal Mode Setting Apco 25 Sound Quality Programming Apco 25 SystemsProgramming LTR Systems Storing Found Talkgroups Programming TalkgroupsStoring Known Talkgroups Seeing Talkgroup Activity Deleting Stored Talkgroup ID’sAdding a Text Tag to an ID List Cloning Scanner Settings Using the Remote InterfacePC Control Mode Clone Master Unit Slave Unit Care and Maintenance Troubleshooting Problem Suggestion Specifications Glossary of Terms Page Page Preset Fleet Maps AppendixPreset Map Block User Defined Fleet Maps Type I Programming InformationFleet Map Size Codes Size Code RestrictionsNWR-SAME Event Code SVS Severe WX Reverse List BC796D Flow Charts Scan Option Conventional System Option Dimmer One Year Limited Warranty Uniden America CorporationMemo Memo Memo