10.7 NOAA WEATHER CHANNELS
1.To receive a NOAA weather channel, press the [WX] key from any chan- nel. The transceiver will go to the last selected weather channel.
2.Turn the CHANNEL selector knob on the radio or [UP(S)] / [DOWN(T)] keys on the microphone to select a different NOAA weather channel.
3.To exit from the NOAA weather channels, press the [WX] key. The trans- ceiver returns to the channel it was on prior to a weather channel.
10.7.1 NOAA Weather Alert
In the event of extreme weather disturbances, such as storms and hurricanes, the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) sends a weather alert accompanied by a 1050 Hz tone and subsequent weather report on one of the NOAA weather channels. When the Weather Alert feature is enabled (see section “12.10 WEATHER ALERT (ON/OFF)”), the transceiver is capable of receiving this alert if the following is performed:
1.Program NOAA weather channels into the transceiver’s memory for scan- ning. Follow the same procedure as for regular channels under section “10.13.2 Memory Scanning
2.Press the [SCAN] key once to start memory scanning.
3.The programmed NOAA weather channels will be scanned along with the
4.When an alert is received on a NOAA weather channel, scanning will stop and the transceiver will emit a loud beep to alert the user of a NOAA broad- cast.
5.Press the [WX] key to stop the alert tone and receive the weather report.
NOTE
If the [WX] key is not pressed the alert tone will be emitted for 5 minutes and then the weather report will be received.
NOTE
The Weather Alert feature is also engaged while the transceiver is receiving on one of the NOAA weather channels.
10.7.2 NOAA Weather Alert Testing
NOAA tests the alert system ever Wednesday between 11AM and 1PM. To test the GX5500S’s NOAA Weather feature, on Wednesday between 11AM and 1PM, setup as in section “10.7.1 NOAA Weather Alert” and confirm the alert is heard.
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