Weather Scan; Turning On The Weather Alert Feature; Skywarn - Radio Shack RPO-137 User Manual

Weather Scan

To scan for weather transmissions:
1. Press Func + 3
can change the scan direction by rotating the
knob.
2. If you want to stop the scan, press SRCH/PSE.
*PAUSE* appears.

Turning on the Weather Alert Feature

Your scanner can detect the 1050 Hz tone weather
alert signal broadcast by the NOAA Weather
Service during an event in your local area.
1. Press Func + 3
scan.
2. Press Func + 3
appears. This mutes the audio until the
scanner receives a weather alert signal.
When the scanner receives a signal, WX Alert!
appears. The scanner remains on the weather
channel and the audio turns on so you can
hear the weather broadcast. Press any key to
stop the siren.

Skywarn

Your scanner has 10 skywarn channels, and the
Skywarn function lets you jump directly to the last
channel in memory (Channel 999) from any mode
by pressing and Func + E
goes into Skywarn mode and starts receiving
transmissions in the last channel. Rotate the knob
to select the skywarn channels you want to hear.
Before using this feature, enter the local Skywarn
frequency for your area into Channel 990 to 999.
If no frequency is programmed in the selected
skywarn channel, Skywarn freq. is not stored appears
and the scanner sounds an error tone.
/WX. WX Scan appears. You
DEF
/WX and start weather
DEF
/WX. WX Alert Standby
DEF
/
PGM

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