Noaa Weather Testing; Dual Watch ( To Channel16 ) - Standard Horizon Explorer GX1600 Owner's Manual

If a key is not pressed the alert will sound for 5 minutes and then the
weather report will be received.
While listening to a weather channel, the radio can decode a weather
alert and sound an alarm.
8.7.2 NOAA Weather Alert Testing
NOAA tests the alert system ever Wednesday between 11AM and 1PM. To
test the GX1600'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 nor-
mal channel and Channel 16 to look for a transmission. If the radio receives
communications on channel 16 the radio stops and listens to Channel 16 until
communication ends and then starts Dual watch scan again.
1. Adjust the SQL knob until the background noise disappears.
2. Select the channel you wish to dual watch to the priority channel 16.
3. Press the one of the Soft keys, then press the
The display will scan between CH16 and the chan-
nel that was selected in step 2.
If a transmission is received on the channel selected
in step 2, the GX1600 will dual watch to CH16.
4. To stop Dual Watch, press the one of the soft keys, then press the
soft key again.
The priority channel may be changed from Ch16 to another channel.
Refer to section "11.5 PRIORITY CHANNEL".
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