Operating Your Radio
Programming these features will allow your radio to listen to
all NOAA Hazard Alert radio channels. In this process, you
will be programming the channel settings for the “Specific
Area Message Encoding (SAME)” and “Emergency Alert
Messages” sent by NOAA. See channels and frequencies
listed on page 31.
Start from Weather Standby mode to begin
Weather Alert Setup programming. Momentarily Press the
Call/Enter/Setup button to enter the programming mode.
Weather (WX) Mode Programming
Weather Alert Standby
Alert Functions
SAME is an advanced weather alert feature. Leave this set to
OFF if you are not sure about your understanding of its operation.
The weather mode can be set to respond to NOAA alerts in three ways:
• OFF - radio alerts are disabled.
• WX - radio will sound a max volume tone alert for 8 seconds when
NOAA sends a 1050 Hz warning alert tone.
• SAME -radio will display the NOAA SAME alert message.
1. Select Alert and either OFF, WX or SAME will flash in the display.
NOTE
If WX Alert is turned on, the radio will receive NOAA
voice alerts from a wide geographic area around you.
NOTE
If SAME Alert is turned on, the radio will receive detailed
NOAA alerts from a geographic area immediately around you.
2. Press Channel Up/Down button to select OFF, WX or SAME.
3. Press the Call/Enter/Setup button to save entry and move to
the next programming mode.
NOTE
Proceed to SAME programming section if SAME has
been selected.
To Set WX Auto Search (SCAN) On or Off:
1. Display will show WX Alert icon and SCAN, ON or OFF is flashing.
2. Press Channel Up/Down button to select SCAN, ON or OFF.
3. Press the Call/Enter/Setup button to save entry.
NOTE
When WX Auto Search (SCAN) is set to On, weather
channel scanning will start automatically and scan all
available weather channels. When the user-selected
weather channel falls below the preset squelch level,
the weather channel will change to a new weather
channel under the following conditions:
■ WX Alert is engaged.
■ WX received signal level falls below a preset
squelch on the user-selected weather channel and
– radio is in WX Standby OR
– radio is in VHF or GMRS Standby and
there is no channel activity.
Select Weather Alert
Squelch Control
Squelch Control filters weak signals and radio frequency (RF)
noise so that you will clearly hear the signals you want.
The Squelch Control on this radio is set through the following
keypad operation.
To Set Squelch Control:
1. With the power On, momentarily press the
Call/Enter/Setup button to enter the Setup mode
programming.
2. Squelch control will be the first menu item to appear.
Press the Channel Up and Channel Down buttons to
set level. The signal level bar graph shows squelch
level while you are in Setup mode on the squelch
adjust function.
3. To adjust your squelch, press the Channel Down
button until you hear a hissing sound, then press
and release the Channel Up button until the hissing
stops.
4. Press the Call/Enter/Setup button to save this entry
and move to the next Setup mode programming.
