Standard Horizon HX370S owner manual USA, CANADIAN, and International Bands, Noaa Weather Channels

5.5 USA, CANADIAN, AND INTERNATIONAL BANDS

1.To change the operating band (channel set) of the transceiver, hold down the 16/9 key and press the WX key. The band will change from USA, to

International, and to Canadian with each press.

2. “USA” appears on the LCD for the USA band, “INTL” appears for the International band, and “CAN” ap- pears for the Canadian band.

5.6 NOAA WEATHER CHANNELS

1.To receive a NOAA weather channel, press the WX key. The transceiver changes to the weather channel mode. This mode consists of a special pre-set memory bank containing the standard NOAA weather channels.

2.The transceiver will be set to the last-used NOAA weather channel. Press the [￿] or [￿] key to change to other weather channels.

3. To exit from the weather channel mode, press the WX key. The transceiver will revert to the channel you were using prior to switching to the weather chan- nel mode.

5.6.1 NOAA WEATHER ALERT

In the event of extreme weather disturbances such as storms and hurri- canes, NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) sends a “weather alert” consisting of a 1050 Hz tone, followed by weather reports on the weather channels. The transceiver is capable of receiving this alert if the following is performed:

1.Program your area’s weather channels into the transceiver’s scan memory. Follow the same procedure as for regular channels under Sec- tion 5.7.

2.Press the SCAN key to start the scan.

3.The memorized weather channels are scanned along with the regular memorized channels. Scanning will not stop, however, on the (continu- ous) weather broadcast channels unless the weather alert tone is re- ceived.

4.When an alert is received on a weather channel, scanning stops and the transceiver emits a beeping tone that will stay on for 5 minutes or until the user presses the WX key to listen to the Weather Alert.

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