Selecting and Using the
Weather Channel and Weather Alert (WX/
ALERT)
The radio receives ten National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather channels. Although the radio receives all ten, one channel will be received best due to your geographic location.
1.Briefly press WX/ALERT to activate the weather band. The screen displays Weather Band at the upper left and the channel number. The frequency of that channel number appears at the bottom of the screen. You can find a complete listing of the weather channels in the Reference pages.
.Use ▲ or ▼ to change between WX/ALERT channels. Select the channel with the best reception.
Note: the radio’s memory retains the channel that appears when you switch to WX/ALERT mode in memory when you turn off the radio.
3.To switch to the Alert mode, press and hold down WX/ALERT for about 2 seconds. WEATHER ALERT MODE ENABLED scrolls along the bottom of the display.
If the radio receives a weather alert by means of either a S.A.M.E by decoding the entered FIPS code or if the radio is in the marine channel mode, detecting the 1050Hz tone, the radio sounds an alarm and displays an alert message at the bottom of the screen, such as HURRICANE WARNING.
Note: if the event code is longer than 16 characters, the display label scrolls across the display bottom then changes to the abbreviated format. Thus, HURRICANE WARNING
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