Operation Manual

GX1000SPage 26
10.6 NOAA WEATHER CHANNELS
NOTE
NOAA Weather channels are available in the waters of USA and Canada
only.
1. To receive a NOAA weather channel, press the
[
WX
]
key from any chan-
nel. The transceiver will go to the last selected weather
channel.
2. Press the
[
S
]
/
[
T
]
keys to select a different NOAA weather
channel.
3. To exit from the NOAA weather channels, press the
[
WX
]
key. The trans-
ceiver returns to the channel it was on prior to a weather channel.
10.6.1 NOAA Weather Alert
In the event of extreme weather disturbances, such as storms and hurricanes,
the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) sends a weather
alert accompanied by a 1050 Hz tone and subsequent weather report on one
of the NOAA weather channels. When the Weather Alert feature is enabled
(see section “12.8 WX ALERT”), the transceiver is capable of receiving this
alert if the following is performed:
1. Program NOAA weather channels into the transceiver’s memory for scan-
ning. Follow the same procedure as for regular channels under section “10.11
SCANNING.”
2. Press the
[
SCAN
(
MEM
)]
key once to start memory scanning or priority
scanning (determined from the “
RADIO SETUPRADIO SETUP
RADIO SETUPRADIO SETUP
RADIO SETUP” selection, see page 42 for
details).
3. The programmed NOAA weather channels will be scanned along with the
regular-programmed channels. However, scanning will not stop on a nor-
mal weather broadcast unless a NOAA alert is received.
4. When an alert is received on a NOAA weather channel, scanning will stop
and the transceiver will emit a loud beep to alert the user of a NOAA broad-
cast.
5. Press the
[
WX
]
key to stop the alert tone and receive the weather report.
NOTE
If the
[
WX
]
key is not pressed the alert tone will be emitted for 5 minutes
and then the weather report will be received.
NOTE
The Weather Alert feature is also engaged while the transceiver is re-
ceiving on one of the NOAA weather channels.