3-6 Weather Alert (Wx ALERT)
VHF 7100US only.
The NOAA provides several weather forecast channels on USA and Canadian channel banks. If severe weather such as storms or hurricanes are forecast, the NOAA broadcasts a weather alert on 1050 Hz. You can set up the radio to pick up weather alerts, as follows:
RADIO SETUP INT SPEAKER WATCH MODE
>WX ALERT
WX ALERT ON
>OFF
1.Select RADIO SETUP, then WX ALERT.
2.Select ON (on) or OFF (off) then press ENT to enable the setting and return to the menu.
When a weather alert is broadcast, the alarm will sound. Press any key to hear the weather alert voice message.
3-7 NMEA protocol (COM PORT)
The radio can be added to a group of instruments using NMEA protocol.
RADIO SETUP |
| NMEA |
WATCH MODE |
| CHECKSUM |
WX ALERT |
| >ON |
>COM PORT |
| OFF |
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CHECKSUM ON is the usual setting.
1.Select RADIO SETUP, then COM PORT.
2.Select CHECKSUM ON (on) or OFF (off) then press ENT to enable the setting and return to the menu.
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