Listening To The Marine Bank; Weather Features; Listening To A Weather Channel - Radio Shack 20-405 User Manual

Listening to the Marine Bank

1. Press to search the marine bank. MAr appears for about two seconds,
then the scanner starts searching from marine channel 16. To change the
search direction, press e or d.
2. Press PSE to stop searching. SRCH disappears and MAN appears.
• To change the channel manually, press e or d.
• To select a channel directly, enter the two-digit channel number. See "Marine
Service Bank" on page 7 for a list of channels.
• To lock-out a frequency, press L/O.
. Press PSE again to restart the marine bank search.

Weather Features

The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) has allocated channels for use
by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Regulatory
agencies in other countries have also allocated channels for use by their
weather reporting agencies.
The NOAA and your local weather reporting agency broadcast the local
forecast and regional weather information on one or more of these channels.

Listening to a Weather Channel

Press to hear your local forecast and regional weather information. WEAthEr
appears for about two seconds, then the scanner starts searching the weather
bank.
Press PSE to stop searching the channels. SRCH disappears and MAN appears.
To change the channel manually, press e or d.
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Note: Your scanner incorporates weather alert as one of its features and
is an extremely sensitive high quality receiver on the weather frequencies.
However, the included antenna is optimized for general purpose scanning. If
you use this scanner as your only means for receiving weather alerts, please
make sure you are receiving a clear signal on the antenna or switch to an
external antenna that gives you clear reception of a local NOAA weather
broadcast.
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