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SAME Standby Mode

Dedicated SAME standby mode monitors the specified weather frequency silently, waiting to receive a

Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) alert that corresponds with a SAME location code (also

known as a FIPS code) that you have entered. If there is a match between a transmitted SAME

location code and one that you have previously stored, the PRO-18 will sound an alarm, display the

alert type, and monitor the alert. Up to 10 SAME FIPS location codes can be stored in the PRO-18.

To use SAME standby mode, first you should program at least one SAME location code for your city,

county or state. With the default factory setup, SAME mode will alert on any SAME message received

if no SAME location codes are entered. A list of SAME location codes can be found online at this web

site:

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/indexnw.htm

Entering SAME Location and Event Codes

The following steps are used to create a SAME entry that provides all weather alerts for a given

location.

Press POWER to activate Weather Monitor mode, then press MENU. Use  and  to scroll to the

SAME 1 Tag parameter. Press ▶/II/SEL to enter a name for the SAME 1 location. Follow the on screen

instructions to create and save the name and return to the Weather menu. For this example we will use

DALLAS COUNTY.

Scroll down to the SAME 1 FIPS parameter and press ▶/II/SEL to enter a FIPS code for SAME 1. The

FIPS code for Dallas County is 048113, which is broken down as follows:

The first digit, 0, indicates that the geographical area consists of the entire county. The SAME

specification can use the first digit to define a sub-area within a county, but this is generally not used.

The second two digits, 48, indicate the state is Texas.

The last three digits, 113, indicate that the County is Dallas.

The PRO-18 allows you to enter all or part of the FIPS code, and supports the use of the 0 (zero)

character as a wildcard. For example, if you wanted to receive alerts for any location in Texas

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