Dedicated Same Weather Alert Receiver Mode; Skywarn - Grecom PSR-800 Owner's Manual

Scroll down to the SAME 1 FIPS parameter and press the
▶/II/SEL
for Dallas County is 048113, which is broken down as follows:
The first digit, 0, indicates that the geographical area consists of
the entire county. The SAME specification can use the first digit
to define a sub-area within a county, but this is generally not
used.
The second two digits, 48, indicate the state is Texas.
The last three digits, 113, indicate that the County is Dallas.
The PSR-800 allows you to enter all or part of the FIPS code,
and supports the use of the 0 (zero) character as a wildcard. For
example, if you wanted to receive alerts for any location in Texas
(provided that they are transmitted by the local NOAA
transmitter), you can enter 048000 in the FIPS field. For now, just
follow the on-screen instructions to enter the entire FIPS code for
Dallas County (048113) and return to the Weather menu.
Scroll down to the SAME 1 Enable parameter. Use the
key to toggle the Enabled status for the SAME 1 location.
Repeat the above process to enter additional SAME information
for other areas if desired. When finished, press the
and follow the on-screen instructions to save changes and exit.

Dedicated SAME Weather Alert Receiver Mode

After you have entered information for one or more SAME
locations, press the
select the strongest weather transmitter for your area. Press the
SKIP
Monitor mode. When Standby mode is selected, the PSR-800
will monitor the selected weather channel for SAME alerts that
match the locations you have programmed. If a matching alert is
detected, the PSR-800 will sound an alarm, display the type of
alert on its LCD screen and monitor the alert message.

Skywarn

The PSR-800ʼs Skywarn Scanlist is useful for storing objects that
may be useful to monitor during times of severe weather, such as
amateur radio repeaters used to provide Skywarn storm spotter
reports to local National Weather Service offices. By monitoring
Skywarn repeaters, youʼll hear about severe weather conditions
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key to enter a FIPS code for SAME 1. The FIPS code
key to activate Weather Monitor mode and
key to toggle between SAME Standby and Normal Weather
▶/II/SEL
MENU
key
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