Uniden UM380BK Choosing Triple Watch or Dual Watch, Using Fips codes for weather alerts

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##NOTE: By default, when you change to channel 16, the radio automatically boosts the power to 25 Watts. Be sure to change the power back to 1 Watt if you are not making an emergency transmission.

Some channels (for example, channels 13 and 67) limit the power of transmission to 1 Watt so that there is less interference between boaters attempting to use the channel at the same time. If you switch to one of these channels, the radio changes back to 1 Watt automatically. See the channel lists beginning on page 41 for a list of power-restricted channels.

Choosing Triple Watch or Dual Watch

In Triple Watch mode, the radio briefly checks channels 16 and 9 every two seconds. In Dual Watch mode, the radio checks channel 16 only. Generally, Triple Watch is used in areas where channel 9 is used as a hailing frequency while Dual Watch is used in areas where channel 16 is used for distress and hailing. Your radio comes set to use Triple Watch; if you want to use Dual Watch instead, you will have to select it in the setup:

Press and hold -

Setup

Dual/TriWatch

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dual/TriWatch

88A

 

 

Dual Watch

 

 

Triple Watch

 

 

 

[Exit]

 

 

 

 

 

Back[CLR]

Select[ENT]

1.Press and hold CALL MENU to display the normal menu.

2.Select Setup and then Dual/Tri Watch.

3.Choose Dual Watch and press ENT-1W/25W. The radio activates the new setting and returns to the Setup menu.

4.To reactive Triple Watch, repeat the procedure described above, but choose Triple Watch in step 3.

Using FIPS codes for weather alerts

The US National Weather Service established 6-digit Federal Information Processing System (FIPS) codes to issue weather alerts in specific areas. You can choose which areas you want to hear alerts for by entering these FIPS codes in your radio. This can prevent you from being bothered by events that are far from where you are boating. The radio only sounds the alert tone if an incoming FIPS code matches one of the areas you selected.

xx For more information about how the NWS uses FIPS codes, see the NWS website: www. nws.noaa.gov/nwr/nwsfipschg.htm.

xx To see an index of FIPS codes by state, see the website of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): www.itl.nist. gov/fipspubs/co-codes/states.htm.

xx For information on the Canadian implementation of FIPS codes, called Canadian Location Codes, see the website of the Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC): http://www.msc. ec.gc.ca/msb/weatheradio/transmitter/index_e.cfm

##NOTE: If you travel outside the areas you have entered into your radio, you may not hear alerts that affect your new location. Be sure to enter the FIPS codes of all the areas you plan to travel to during this trip.

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