Weather Radio/Scan Weather Channel - Baofeng UV-17R Series User Manual

5.16 Weather Radio/Scan Weather Channel

Your radio has a NOAA Weather Radio function, to enable the user to receive weather reports from designated NOAA
stations. Your radio also has an NOAA Weather Scan function, to enable the user to scan all 10 channels of the NOAA
Weather Radio.
(1) To turn the NOAA Weather Scan on, press and hold the [0
Weather band mode.
(2) Press and hold the
Pressing and holding the
(3) After stopping NOAA weather scan, it is allowed to manually select the weather channel by pressing the  or  key.
(4) To exit the Weather Radio broadcast mode, press the
Channel Number
NOTE: Weather Channels Wx 1 Thru 10, Receive-only channels for NOAA and Canadian weather broadcasts. You cannot
transmit on these channels.
key for 3 seconds to start automatic scanning of all 10 channels and stop on active channels.
key for 3 seconds during a NOAA weather scan will stop the scan.
Weather channel frequencies and names
RX Frequency MHz
Wx
-01 162.550
Wx
-02 162.400
Wx
-03 162.475
Wx
-04 162.425
Wx
-05 162.450
] key for 3 seconds,
SQL
key or [PTT] key.
Channel Number
Wx
-06
Wx
-07
Wx
-08
Wx
-09
Wx
-10
18
icon appears. The radio will go to
RX Frequency MHz
162.500
162.525
161.650
161.775
163.275