User's Manual

Weather Modes

The EZ Scan-SD is also a sophisticated and powerful NOAA

weather radio receiver. You can monitor 24 hour NOAA weather

radio broadcasts anytime, and, you can use the EZ Scan-SD as

a weather priority receiver while scanning to alert you to severe

weather broadcasts as they occur, or you can activate Dedicated

SAME Weather Alert Receiver mode, where your EZ Scan-SD

remains quiet until a warning for the speciﬁc geographic area(s)

you deﬁne is received.

NOTE: ! Your scanner incorporates weather alert as one of its features and is

! an extremely sensitive high quality receiver on the weather

! frequencies. However, the included ﬂex antenna is optimized for

! general purpose scanning.# If you use this scanner as your only

! means for receiving weather alerts, please check to be sure you are

! receiving a clear signal on the ﬂex antenna or switch to an external

! antenna that gives you clear reception of a local NOAA weather

! broadcast.

Weather Monitor

The EZ Scan-SDʼs Weather Monitor mode provides instant

access to NOAA weather broadcasts in your area. To activate

Weather Monitor mode, press the key. Use the  and 

keys to select the strongest NOAA transmitter for your area.

Weather Priority

Weather Priority mode samples the speciﬁed weather frequency

periodically while scanning to see if the All Hazards 1050 Hz

Warning Alert Tone (WAT) is present. If the WAT is present, the

scanner will sound an alarm and tune to the speciﬁed weather

frequency to monitor the nature of the alert.

To activate Weather Priority mode, follow the steps above listed

above in Weather Monitor mode, and ﬁnd the strongest weather

radio transmitter for your area. Once the EZ Scan-SD is tuned to

the strongest weather radio transmitter for your location, note the

weather channel number in the display (e.g., “WX7” is Channel

7). Press the MENU key. Scroll to Priority, and use the  and 

keys to select the same NOAA weather radio channel number

that you previously identiﬁed as having the best signal for your

area. Press the MENU key to exit, following the on-screen

instructions to save your changes.

When monitoring objects, the EZ Scan-SD will check the

speciﬁed weather frequency periodically for the 1050 Hz Warning

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