LISTENING TO THE WEATHER BAND
The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) has allocated 11 chan- nels for use by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Your scanner is preprogrammed with the following frequencies available to NOAA.
162.400 MHz | 162.500 MHz |
162.425 MHz | 162.525 MHz |
162.450 MHz | 162.550 MHz |
162.475 MHz |
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To hear your local forecast and re- gional weather information, simply press WX. WX appears on the dis- play.
Your scanner searches through the weather band and stops on an active broadcast. If a broadcast is weak, press WX again to continue to search through the weather band.
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