Weather Scanning; Weather Radio Mode; Weather Priority Mode; Same Standby Mode - Radio Shack 20-106 User Manual

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Weather Scanning

Weather Scanning
Note: The weather alert feature is an extremely
sensitive, high quality receiver of weather
frequencies. However, the included flex antenna
is optimized for general purpose scanning. If you
use this scanner as your only means for receiving
weather alerts, please check to be sure you are
receiving a clear signal on the flex antenna or
switch to an external antenna that gives you clear
reception of a local NOAA weather broadcast.

Weather Radio Mode

Weather radio mode allows you to receive weather
broadcasts from your local weather service.
To use weather radio mode:
1. Press WX.
The scanner will quickly scan and lock on
to the first active weather radio frequency it
receives.
2. Press
or
to look for other weather radio
transmitters.
It is generally best to select the weather
radio transmitter that provides you with the
strongest signal. You can use the signal meter
to help you chose the best weather radio
transmitter for your area.
While operating in Weather Radio Mode,
your scanner will alert on SAME messages
that match the SAME location codes you
have entered, or all SAME messages if you do
not enter any SAME location codes.
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Weather Priority Mode

Weather Priority mode samples the specified
weather frequency periodically while scanning
to see if the All Hazards 1050 Hz Warning Alert
Tone (WAT) is present. If the WAT is present,
the scanner will sound an alarm and tune to
the specified weather frequency to monitor the
nature of the alert.
To activate Weather Priority Mode:
1. Press WX.
2. Press
or
to look for other weather radio
transmitters and find the strongest weather
radio transmitter for your location.
3. Press PRI.

SAME Standby Mode

SAME Standby Mode monitors the specified
weather frequency silently, waiting to receive a
Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) alert
that corresponds with a SAME location code that
you have previously entered. If there is a match,
the scanner will sound an alarm, display the alert
type, and monitor the nature of the alert.
To activate SAME Standby Mode, first you should
provide at least one SAME location code for your
city, county or state. By default, SAME mode will
alert on any SAME message received if no SAME
location codes are entered.
SAME alerts include FIPS codes to identify areas,
established by the US Census bureau. You can set
your scanner to alert for all areas or limit weather
alerts to up to 10 specific areas by FIPS code. A
list of SAME location codes can be found online
at: www.weather.gov.
Weather Scanning
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