Standard Horizon HX460S owner manual Noaa Weather Alert, Emergency Channel

4.9 NOAA WEATHER ALERT

In the event of extreme weather disturbances such as storms and hurri- canes, NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) sends a “weather alert” consisting of a 1050 Hz tone, followed by weather reports on the weather channels. The transceiver is capable of receiving this alert if the following is performed:

1.Program your area’s weather channels into the transceiver’s scan memory. Follow the same procedure as for regular channels under Sec- tion 4.7.

2.Press the SCAN key to start the scan.

3.The memorized weather channels are scanned along with the regular memorized channels. Scanning will not stop, however, on the (continu- ous) weather broadcast channels unless the weather alert tone is re- ceived.

4.When an alert is received on a weather channel, scanning stops and the transceiver emits a beeping tone that will stay on for 5 minutes or until the user presses the WX key to listen to the Weather Alert.

4.10 EMERGENCY CHANNEL 16

1.To select the emergency channel, press the 16/9 key from any channel.

2.If you cannot contact anyone on channel 16, switch to another channel.

3.See the OWNER’S MANUAL SUPPLEMENT for additional emergency operating practices.

4.To recall the previously-used channel when you are finished on channel 16, press the 16/9 key again.

4.11 CHANNEL 9

Channel 9 is used as a hailing channel for initial, non-emergency contacts with other vessels. Hold down the 16/9 key for 1 second to select channel 9. You should shift to a different channel, by mutual agreement with the other vessel’s operator, after contact is established (so as to keep the hailing chan- nel clear for other users).

Page 14 HX460S