User's Manual

200018 User’s Guide Draft
(prov
ided that they are transmitted by the local NOAA transmitter), you can enter 048000 in the FIPS
field. For now, just follow the on-screen instructions to enter the entire FIPS code for Dallas County
(048113) and return to the Weather menu.
Scroll down to the SAME 1 Enable parameter. Use ▶/II/SEL to toggle the Enabled status for the SAME
1 location.
Repeat the above process to enter additional SAME information for other areas if desired. When
finished, press MENU and follow the on-screen instructions to save changes and exit.
Activating SAME Standby Mode
After you have entered information for one or more SAME locations, press POWER to activate
Weather Monitor mode and select the strongest weather transmitter for your area. Press SKIP to
toggle between SAME Standby and Normal Weather Monitor mode. When Standby mode is selected,
the PRO-18 will monitor the selected weather channel for SAME alerts that match the locations you
have programmed. If a matching alert is detected, the PRO-18 will sound an alarm, display the type of
alert on its LCD screen and monitor the alert message.
Skywarn
The PRO-18’s Skywarn Playlist is useful for storing objects that may be useful to monitor during times
of severe weather, such as amateur radio repeaters used to provide Skywarn storm spotter reports to
local National Weather Service offices. By monitoring Skywarn repeaters, you’ll hear about severe
weather conditions before they are reported by local radio and television media. The Skywarn Playlist
works like any other the PRO-18 Playlist. It can be enabled and disabled for scanning along with the
100 regular Playlists. The Skywarn Playlist can also be accessed quickly by pressing WX while the
PRO-18 is in Weather Monitor mode. When activated from Weather Monitor mode, all other Playlists
are temporarily disabled, and only objects mapped to the Skywarn Playlist will be monitored.
Searching
Your PRO-18 features several search modes to help you find more frequencies to listen to. When the
PRO-18’s search modes find a new active frequency, you have the option to store it to the default
Playlist, where you can include stored search hits for normal scanning or review them later on using
the PRO-18 PC Application.
Searches menu as follows:
Main Menu
Navigates to the PRO-18’s Main Menu
Signal Stalker
Start Signal Stalker II
Service Search
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