User's Manual
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Testing the Weather Alert and Beep Tone
1. To test the weather alert, press and hold ENT
for more than 2 seconds while F [1-7] CH StAndby
appears on the display.
The display indicates the type of message, and the
scanner sounds an alert or series of beeps. The
beeps automatically change every 3 seconds.
2.
Press any key to stop testing.
Skywarn®
Many areas of the country have amateur radio repeaters
that have been designated as “Skywarn®” repeaters.
During times of severe weather, these repeaters relay
reports of severe weather directly to the local National
Weather Service forecast oce. Your scanner can easily
jump to your local Skywarn® frequency and monitor
these reports.
Before using this feature, you must program the
Skywarn® frequency into channel 200. Refer to
www.radioreference.com to nd Skyarn® frequencies in
your area.
To activate Skywarn®, press and hold
for about two
seconds. The scanner jumps to channel 200 to monitor
the Skywarn® frequency
.
If no frequency is programmed
in the Skywarn® channel, No ProG appears.
SKYWARN® and the SKYWARN® logo are registered trademarks of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, used with permisission.