4.8 WEATHER ALERT
In the event of extreme weather disturbances such as storms and hurricanes, NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) sends a weather alert accompanied by a 1050 Hz tone and subsequent weather report on one of the weather channels. The transceiver is capable of receiving this alert if the following is performed:
1.Program NOAA weather channels into the transceiver’s memory for scanning. Follow the same procedure as for regular channels under Section 4.9.
2.Press the SCAN key once to start memory scanning.
3.The programmed NOAA weather channels will be scanned along with the
4.When the weather alert is received on a weather channel, scanning will stop and the transceiver will emit a loud intermittent beep to alert user of a NOAA broadcast.
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.
4.9 MEMORY SCANNING
1.Adjust a squelch level until background noise disappears. Select a desired channel to be scanned using the 
(Up) or 
(Down) key.
2.Press and hold down the SCAN key, “MEM” will appear in the LCD indicating that the channel has been added to the transceiver’s memory.
3.Repeat step 2 for all the desired channels to be scanned.
4.To DELETE a channel from the transceiver’s memory. Press and hold down the SCAN key, “MEM” will disappear from the LCD, indicating the channel has been deleted from scan memory.
5.To start scanning, press the SCAN key. Scanning will proceed from the lowest to the highest programmed channel number and will stop on a channel when a transmission is received.
6.To stop scanning, press the SCAN, 16/9, WX , or PTT switch .
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