Noaa Weather Alert Testing; Dual Watch (To Channel 16) - Standard Horizon MATRIX Series Owner's Manual

The GX2000/GX2150 can receive weather alerts when on a weather channel
and on the last selected weather channel during scanning modes or while on
another channel.
When an alert is received on a NOAA weather chan-
nel, scanning will stop and the transceiver will emit a
loud beep to alert the user of a NOAA broadcast.
Press any key to stop the alert and receive the weath-
er report. Press the
last selected channel.
To disable the weather alert function, refer to section "11.6 WEATHER
ALERT".
If the
CLR
WX
then the weather report will be received.

8.7.2 NOAA Weather Alert Testing

NOAA tests the alert system ever Wednesday between 11AM and 1PM. To
test the GX2000/GX2150's NOAA weather feature, on Wednesday between
11AM and 1PM, setup as in section "8.7.1 NOAA Weather Alert" and
confirm the alert is heard.
8.8

DUAL WATCH (TO CHANNEL 16)

Dual watch is used to scan two channels for communications. One channel
is a normal VHF channel and the other is the priority, Channel 16. When a
signal is received on the normal channel the radio briefly switches between
the normal channel and Channel 16 to look for a transmission. If the radio
receives communications on Channel 16 the radio stops and listens to Chan-
nel 16 until communication ends and then starts dual watch scan again.
1. Adjust the SQL knob until the background noise disappears.
2. Rotate the CH knob to select a channel you wish to watch.
3. Press one of the soft keys, then press the
The radio will monitor CH16 and the channel that
was selected in step 2.
If a transmission is received on the channel
selected in step 2, the GX2000/GX2150 will dual
watch to CH16.
4. To stop dual watch, press one of the soft keys, then press the
soft key again.
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soft key to return to the
key is not pressed the alert will sound for 5 minutes and
NOTE
soft key.
GX2000/GX2150