LISTENING TO THE WEATHER BAND
The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) has allocated 11 channels for use by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- tion (NOAA). We have preprogrammed your scanner with the seven fre- quencies most commonly used by NOAA (see “National Weather Frequencies” on Page 29).
To hear your local forecast and regional weather information, simply press WX/E. Your scanner begins scanning through the weather band, and WX appears on the display.
Your scanner should stop within a few seconds, then you hear the local weather broadcast. If the broadcast is weak, you can press WX/E again to scan through the rest of the weather band.
USING THE KEYLOCK
Once you program your scanner, you can protect it from accidental pro- gram changes by turning on the keylock feature. When locked, the only controls that operate are SCAN, MANUAL, KEYLOCK, VOLUME/OFF, and
SQUELCH.
Note: The keylock does not prevent the scanner from scanning chan- nels.
To turn on the keylock, press and hold KEYLOCK until K flashes on the display. To turn it off, press and hold KEYLOCK until K disappears from the display.
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