Listening To The Weather Band - Radio Shack PRO-71 Owner's Manual

LISTENING TO THE WEATHER BAND

The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) has allocated 11
channels for use by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion (NOAA). We have preprogrammed your scanner with the seven
frequencies most commonly used by NOAA.
To hear your local forecast and regional weather information, simply
press ( ). Your scanner begins scanning through the weather
WX E
band, and appears.
WX
If there is a weather broadcast in your area, your scanner stops within
a few seconds and you hear the local weather broadcast. If the broad-
cast is weak, you can press again to scan through the rest of the
WX
weather band.
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