West Marine VHF580 manual Weather mode, Using the radio in weather mode

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To cancel weather mode and return to the previous marine channel, press the WX-MEM button again.
Weather mode can filter out alerts that do not affect your location if the location code (FIPS code) of the alert is entered in your radio (see page 19). If you have no FIPS codes programmed into your radio, the radio will notify you of all alerts in any area.

Weather mode

In cooperation with the FCC, NOAA also uses the weather channels to alert you of other hazards besides weather (child abduction alerts, nuclear, biological, etc.). In weather mode, the radio monitors one of the ten NOAA weather channels. If any type of alert is received for your area, the radio sounds an alert tone and displays the type of alert. In weather mode, the display shows the following:

Weather mode is on

Flashing: An alert has been issued Steady: Weather Alert Watch is on

Weather Band 09

Alert

Hurricane Warning

Current channel number

Type of alert

(If the text is too long, it scrolls.)

Using the radio in weather mode

xx You cannot transmit while in weather mode.

xx To enter weather mode, press WX-MEM. xx

xx To turn off the radio’s alert tone, press any button. xx

Weather mode with Weather Alert Watch

Because weather mode already monitors the weather channels, you don’t need Weather Alert Watch to check the weather channel every seven seconds. If you activate Weather Alert Watch while operating in weather mode, it operates as a type of “sleep mode”: the radio stays on the weather channel and mutes the speaker. If an alert is detected for your area, the radio sounds an alert tone and turns the speaker back on. This mode is very useful when you are anchoring for the night but want to stay informed of any hazards in your area.

To turn Weather Alert Watch on or off, press and hold Select Setup and then WX-Alert Mode. Use

Mode setting ON or Off.

CALL-MENU while the radio is idle. and CHANNEL DOWN to choose WX Alert

Weather mode with Triple and Dual Watch If you activate Triple Watch while operating in weather mode, the radio checks channels 16 and 9 every two seconds; with Dual Watch turned on, the radio only checks channel 16. Press and hold 16/9-TRI(on the radio or the microphone) for two seconds to turn Triple/ Dual Watch on or off. (To change between Triple or Dual Watch, see page 18.)

Monitoring Weather Channel WX08

09 16 0916 0916

Triple Watch: Every 2 seconds, the radio checks channel 9, then channel 16.

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