Noaa Weather Testing; Dual Watch ( To Channel16 ) - Standard Horizon Explorer GPS GX1700 Owner's Manual

If a key is not pressed the alert will sound for 5 minutes and then
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the weather report will be received.
While listening to a weather channel, the radio can decode a
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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 GX1700'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.
DUAL WATCH ( TO CHANNEL 16 )
8.8
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 re-
ceives 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 show " DW-16 " and will scan between
CH16 and the channel that was selected in step 2.
If a transmission is received on the channel select-
ed in step 2, the GX1700 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".
GX1700
NOTE
NOTE
soft key.
25W USA
DW-16
SOG:25.0
MP
COG:123
T
33 37.120
N
118 09.580
W
12:56 VTS
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