Cobra Electronics MRHH350FLT owner manual Weather WX Standby Mode, Noaa Emergency Weather Alert

Operating Your Radio

Transmit (Tx) Icon

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Receive (Rx) Icon

Standby/Receive

and Transmit

NOTE

If the Talk button is held down for five (5) minutes, the radio will automatically sound a series of beeps and cease transmitting to prevent unwanted signal generation and battery drain. As soon as the Talk button is released, it can be pressed again to resume transmission.

Operating Your Radio

WX/H-M-L Button

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Standby/Receive

and Transmit

Weather (WX) Standby Mode

To enter the WX Standby mode, press and hold the WX/H-M-Lbutton.

Receiving a Weather Alert

NOAA broadcasts weather information as described in the NOAA weather channels section on page 61 of this manual.

When NOAA broadcasts a weather alert signal and your radio is in WX Alert Standby mode, the following items will be

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NOAA Weather Channels and Alert

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Monitoring the weather will probably be a frequent use of your radio. NOAA provides continuous, around-the-clock broadcasts of the latest weather information. Taped weather messages run every four (4) to six (6) minutes and are revised every two (2) or three (3) hours, or as needed. The Coast Guard also announces weather and other safety warnings on Channel 16. Smart boaters keep an eye on safety and an ear to the radio — and never let the weather catch them unaware.

NOAA Emergency Weather Alert

In the event of a major storm or other weather condition requiring vessels at sea or on other bodies of water to be notified, NOAA broadcasts a 1050 Hz tone that receivers such as your CobraMarine VHF radio can detect and warn you of a weather alert condition. When the Weather Alert mode on your radio is On, this signal will produce a loud tone from the speaker in the radio and will automatically switch to the alerting weather channel so the alert broadcast can be heard.

NOAA Test Alert System

To test this system, NOAA broadcasts the 1050 Hz signal every Wednesday sometime between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. in each local time zone. Any receiver that can detect the weather alert tone may use this service to verify that this system is functioning properly.

Weather Alert Standby

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displayed on the LCD display:

■The WX icon (cloud/sun) icon will be displayed.

■The last used weather channel will be displayed.

■The bar graph will display received signal strength level.

■The WX Alert icon (safety triangle) will be displayed.

■The matrix will display WEATHER STANDBY.

NOTE

Only one (1) or two (2) of the weather channels will be operating in any given location [only in Receive (Rx) mode]. You will need to select the channel with the strongest signal in your location.

NOTE

When in the WX Alert mode, and NOAA sends the 1050 Hz alert tone, the radio will sound a series of loud beeps regardless of the volume control setting.

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