User's Manual

20-424 Owner’s Manual
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You can select a marine channel directly. When the scanner stops scanning the marine bank, use
the number keys to enter the two-digit channel number.
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 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.