To modify the Priority channel:
1.Press PROG.
2.Press PRI.
3.Use the number keys to enter the frequency.
4.Press ENT.
If the frequency is incorrect, “Invalid Freq” appears briefly.
Weather Alerts
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has allocated channels for use by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA broadcasts Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) alerts that include digitally encoded data about the severity of the alert.
Regulatory agencies in other countries have also allocated channels for use by their weather reporting authorities.
If you program a weather channel as the Priority channel, your scanner can detect the 1050 Hz weather alert tone. All alerts are received (FIPS settings are ignored), and the scanner stays on the Priority channel only if the scanner detects a weather alert.
To perform a weather scan:
Press WX. Your scanner scans through the weather bands then stops on the next available weather broadcast.
To program a weather channel into priority channel:
1. Press WX.
2.Select the weather channel.
3.Press FUNC and then PRI.
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