Weather Monitoring; Fips Codes - Whistler WS1080 Owner's Manual

WEATHER MONITORING

Weather Monitoring
A weather alert tone includes a digitally-encoded
SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding) signal, FIPS
(Federal Information Processing Standard) code, and
an event code.
Before you can use SAME Standby Mode, you must
program at least one FIPS code.
To receive severe weather broadcasts while scanning
other channels, set your local NOAA channel as the
Weather Priority channel.
To program FIPS Codes:
1. Look up your local FIPS code(s) (located at:
www.NWS.NOAA.gov/NWR/indexnw.htm).
2. Press
MENU.
3. Scroll to SAME 1 Tag and press
the channel. Press
press  or  to change the character.
4. Scroll down to SAME 1 FIPS and press
enter a FIPS code. Press  or  to move the cursor;
press  or  to change the character.
5. Scroll down to SAME 1 Enable and press
SEL or 
6. To program more FIPS codes (up to 10), repeat
steps 3-5.
7. When finished, select Save Changes
and press
NOTE: Programming only one FIPS code will result in
alerts intended only for your county. For fringe areas,
it may be beneficial to program a second FIPS code
for nearby counties.
to activate Weather Mode, then press

.
.
SEL or 
or  to move the cursor;
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