Fig-5: Selecting Your Local Noaa Weather Frequency; Fig-6: Noaa Frequencies; Noaa Weather Alert Feature; Using The "Z" Button To Access Noaa Weather - Ritron Display JBS-146D Owner's Manual

NOAA WEATHER RADIO FEATURE
1. Press & hold the 3.
Volume Down / Off
button until the
"Radio Off" tones are
heard, then release.
4. Continue holding the
"Z" button until the
beeping stops, then
release it and listen.
5. To find the next active
Weather Channel,
2. Press & hold the
press and release the
"Z" button.
"Z" button.
FIG-5: SELECTING YOUR LOCAL
NOAA WEATHER FREQUENCY
162.450 MHz
162.475 MHz
162.500 MHz
162.525 MHz

FIG-6: NOAA FREQUENCIES

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NOAA WEATHER ALERT FEATURE

Press & release the
Once a NOAA weather frequency has been selected on your VHF model base station it will
On / Volume Up
listen for emergency broadcasts from the National Weather Service, regardless of which
button – the radio
channel you are on.
will start beeping.
An alert tone will sound in the speaker, the display will show an "A" (as shown),
and the National Weather Service emergency broadcast will be heard - advising
you of threatening weather conditions.
NOTE: NOAA sends a test alert tone once each week. Your base station will
To turn Weather NOAA Alert On / Off see "How To Field Program Radio Feature
Codes" on page 15.
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Pressing the Channel button will return you to your normal talk channel.
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If you do not want the NOAA Weather Alert feature, it can be turned off through Field
Programming, refer to page 15.

USING THE "Z" BUTTON TO ACCESS NOAA WEATHER

The VHF JBS-146D and PBS-146D base stations are programmed for "Z" button NOAA
Weather operation from the factory. This option is only available on VHF band base
stations.
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To select NOAA Weather, press the "Z" button. The base station will scan to the 1st
NOAA frequency where a broadcast is present. The display will light a single segment
to indicate the NOAA frequency per FIG-6. If the base station has been pre-set for your
local NOAA weather frequency, the base station will go directly to that frequency when
the "Z" button is 1st pressed.
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With any subsequent press of the "Z" button the base station will scan to the next active
162.425 MHz NOAA frequency.
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162.400 MHz
When the "Z" button is programmed to access NOAA Weather, the feature will no
longer be accessible with the Channel Selector button.
162.550 MHz
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To return to a normal talk channel operation, press the Channel Selector button. The
base station will return to the last talk channel you operated on.
respond to this alert.
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