Noaa Weather Alert Test; Scanning; Selecting The Scan Type - Standard Horizon Eclipse DSC+ GX1150 Owner's Manual

1. Program NOAA weather channels into the transceiver's memory for scan-
ning. Follow the same procedure as for regular channels under section "11.7

SCANNING."

2. Press the
mined from the "RADIO SETUP" selection, see page 63 for details).
3. The programmed NOAA weather channels will be scanned along with the
regular-programmed channels. However, scanning will not stop on a nor-
mal weather broadcast unless a NOAA alert is received.
4. When an alert is received on a NOAA weather channel, scanning will stop and
the transceiver will emit a loud beep to alert the user of a NOAA broadcast.
5. Press the
If the key is not pressed the alert tone will be emitted for 5 min-
utes and then the weather report will be received.
The Weather Alert feature is also engaged while the transceiver is
receiving on one of the NOAA weather channels.
11.6.2 NOAA Weather Alert Testing
NOAA tests the alert system every Wednesday between 11AM and 1PM. To
test the GX1150's NOAA Weather alert feature, on Wednesday between 11AM
and 1PM, setup as in previous section and confirm the alert is heard.
11.7 SCANNING
Allows the user to select the scan type from Memory scan or Priority scan.
"Memory scan" scans the channels that were programmed into memory. "Prior-
ity scan" scans the channels programmed in memory with the priority channel.

11.7.1 Selecting the Scan Type

1. Press and hold down the
MENU" appears.
2. Press the
"RADIO SETUP" menu with the
3. Press the
4. Press the
or "MEMORY SCAN."
5. Press the
6. To exit this menu and return to radio operation
mode press the
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key once to start memory scanning or priority scanning (deter-
key to stop the alert tone and receive the weather report.
key, then select "SCAN TYPE" in the
key.
/ keys to select "PRIORITY SCAN"
key to store the selected setting.
key.
NOTE
key until "SETUP
/ keys.
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