Cobra Electronics Setting Up Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) for Weather Alerts

Models: Mrf 80b

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Introduction

SAME Alert

NOAA All Hazards/Weather Radio and Alert, w/SAME

NOTE

The symbol will appear on the top of the display when the weather alert is turned On.

 

Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME)

 

The SAME weather alert allows listeners and EAS

 

(Emergency Alert System) participants to filter the National

 

Weather Radio (NWR) broadcast of warnings and emergency

 

alerts to receive only messages and information for your

 

selected local geographic area.

 

The Weather Alert must be turned On for the SAME alert

 

code to be set. The SAME alert requires that a specific six (6)

 

digit code be programmed into this radio. To program this

 

SAME receiver with the proper county(s) and marine areas(s)

 

of choice, you need to know the 6 digit SAME code

 

number(s) for the county(s). This setting allows up to 10

 

available codes that may be set up in any order. Any of the

 

codes may be turned On or Off for specific weather area

 

information to be listed.

 

NOTE

 

You can obtain online information at

 

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/same.htm#program or

 

by telephone at 1-888-NWR-SAME (1-888-697-7263)

 

to program the SAME alert into this radio.

WX/SAME Menus

General SAME Information:

 

County codes:

 

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/index.htm

 

Marine coverage:

 

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/marsame.htm

 

To Set the SAME Weather Alert:

 

1. Enter the Setup menu and scroll to the WX/SAME

 

(weather alert) menu.

 

2. Press the Enter button and observe the current weather

 

alert setting – ON, OFF or EXIT.

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