User's Manual

20-315 Owner’s Manual
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LISTENING TO THE WEATHER BAND
To hear your local forecast and regional weather information, press WX. Your scanner
begins to scan through the weather band.
Your scanner should stop within a few seconds on your local weather broadcast. If the
broadcast is weak, you can press WX again to resume scanning.
Channel Frequency
(MHz)
1 162.400
2 162.425
3 162.450
4 162.475
5 162.500
6 162.525
7 162.550
WX Alert
Your scanner’s WX alert warns you of serious weather conditions by sounding an alarm if a
National Weather Service broadcaster in your area broadcasts a weather alert tone.
To set the scanner so it sounds an alarm when a weather alert tone is broadcast, press
PRI/ALERT while you are listening to the WX channel.
ALErt
appears.
If the scanner detects the weather alert, it sounds an alarm. The scanner sounds the alert
for five minutes when it receives the weather alert signal. After five minutes the alert stops
and the scanner beeps every ten seconds. Press any key except light symbol/key symbol
to turn off the alarm. To cancel the weather alert operation, press
PRI/ALERT again.
Notes:
• WX alert is only for receiving a weather alert.
• When the scanner detects a 1050 Hz alert tone, WX alert activates and you hear a
weather alert.