Emergency/Weather Alert
Emergency/Weather Alert allows your radio to function as a severe weather warning radio and will also alert you to any local or national emergencies. If the NOAA issues a warning while this feature is turned On, the radio sounds an alert tone. You will then hear the emergency/ weather broadcast.
1.To use Emergency/Weather Alert, select the emergency/weather channel in your area.
2. | Press and hold the WX/ALERT button |
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| for 2 seconds. A double confirmation |
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| tone sounds. | WX ALERT | |
3. | When the unit receives a WX Alert | ||
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| signal, it will sound a siren 3 times to |
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| let the user know of a serious impending WX condition. | ||
4. | If the radio detects a 1050 Hz tone, the |
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| radio’s WX channel will flash along |
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| with WX and ALERT. |
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5. | To turn off Emergency/Weather | WX ALERT | |
| Alert, press and hold WX/ALERT for 2 |
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seconds. A double confirmation tone sounds.
6.When Emergency/Weather Alert is activated, the highest priority is given to this function. If the unit is in Scan, Triple Watch, or any other mode or marine channels, it checks the weather alert signals every 7 seconds and switches to the warning receive mode automatically.
USA, International and Canadian Channels
When you first turn on your radio it sets to | US |
United States (US) marine channels. | |
| HIGH |