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15
Operation
Understanding Digital
Weather Alert
Notes:
• The scanner does not display the
actual location referenced by
SAME messages. It uses only
the message portion of the
SAME signal.
• If severe weather threatens, do
not wait for an alert tone; turn on
the weather broadcast and moni-
tor the weather information.
• If a weather signal ends, the
walkie-talkie beeps three times if
the key tone is turned on and
only when the weather signal
ends the first time, then
WX
flashes to indicate no signal.
• To turn off the alert tone, press
ALERT OFF
.
The weather service precedes each
weather alert with a digitally-encoded
SAME signal, then a 1050 Hz tone.
When you select the CB band, the
digital weather alert function is auto-
matically turned on. When your local
weather station broadcasts a weather
alert signal, the walkie-talkie sounds
an alert tone and displays a code,
showing the level of alert being
broadcast.
During inclement weather conditions,
the weather service broadcasts event
codes (codes that end with
A
,
W
,
S
, or
E
), and
TOR
(tornado),
SVR
(severe
weather), and
RWT
(test).
If the walkie-talkie receives any code
ending in
A
(watch), it sounds a dis-
tinctive watch alert tone for about 10
seconds and
WCH
(watch) appears.
If the walkie-talkie receives any code
ending in
W
(warning) or
TOR
or
SVR
,
it sounds a distinctive warning alert
tone for about 10 seconds and
WRN
(warning) appears.
If the walkie-talkie receives any code
ending in
S
(statement) or
RWT
, it
sounds a distinctive statement alert
tone for about 10 seconds and
SMT
(statement) appears.
If the digital weather alert feature is
on,
WX
flashes or lights as described
below when you set the walkie-talkie
to CB mode.
• If the walkie-talkie detects a
weather signal and the WX scan
is on,
WX
repeatedly lights 2 sec-
onds then flashes twice.
• If the walkie-talkie detects no
weather signal and the WX scan
is on,
WX
flashes.
• If the walkie-talkie detects a
weather signal and the WX scan
is off,
WX
lights steadily.
• If the walkie-talkie detects no
weather signal and the WX scan
is off,
WX
flashes.
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