User's Manual
200018 User’s Guide Draft
The
PRO-18’s Weather Monitor mode provides instant access to NOAA weather broadcasts in your
area. To activate Weather Monitor mode, press WX key. Use and 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 PRO-18 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 MENU Scroll to Priority, and use and to select the same NOAA
weather radio channel number that you previously identified as having the best signal for your area.
Press MENU to exit, following the on-screen instructions to save your changes.
When monitoring objects, the PRO-18 will check the specified weather frequency periodically for the
1050 Hz Warning Alert Tone (WAT). If WAT is found, the PRO-18 will sound an alarm and monitor the
weather alert audio.
To disable Weather Priority mode, follow the steps to activate Weather Priority mode above, and select
“OFF” as the Priority channel. Press MENU to exit, following the on-screen instructions to save your
changes.
Note: Weather Priority does not work in all scanning modes. See the following table for Weather
Priority operation.
Normal Priority Normal Priority Normal Priority
is ON and WX is ON and WX is OFF and WX
Priority is ON Priority is Off. Priority is ON.
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Scan (Play) Checks both Check only Checks only WX
Mode Normal Priority Normal Priority Priority channel
channel and WX channel
Priority channel
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Alert displays No Alert Alert displays
when 1050Hz when 1050Hz
tone is detected tone is detected
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Signal Stalker No Priority No Priority No Priority
II Mode Operation Operation Operation
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Search Mode No Priority No Priority No Priority
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