Fips Codes - Uniden MYSTIC Owner's Manual

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FIPS codes

The 6-digit Federal Information Processing System (FIPS) code
established by the National Weather Service (NWS) identifies geographic
areas in the United States. You must program the FIPS codes to receive
S.A.M.E. (Specific Area Message Encoding) alerts about Emergency/
Weather occurring in a particular area. If you do not program the codes,
you will receive all the alerts that are sent. To obtain the FIPS code for a
particular area contact the NWS toll free at 1-888-NWR-SAME (1-888-
697-7263). Or visit their website: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/
indexnw.htm.
A list of event codes are located on "Event Code" on page 113.
You can program up to 15 FIPS codes. If you try to add more than 15,
you'll see an
ERROR
If you don't program any FIPS codes, you will receive a WX Alert for all
S.A.M.E. alerts, no matter where in the country it occurs.
To set a FIPS code:
1. Press [MENU].
2. At the
Menu
3. At the
VHF Menu
4. The only entry you should see at the
New Location
5. Press [ENTER] to highlight the numeric field. You are now ready
to enter the new FIPS code. Use the technique covered in
"Numbered Fields" on page 31.
6. When you have entered all the digits, press [ENTER]. The
highlight will move to
If you do not want this entry, press
Cancel
7. The screen returns to the
You can now add more FIPS codes using the same procedure.
message.
screen, select
VHF
screen, select
. Press [ENTER].
box. Press [ENTER] to accept the entry.
OK
box and press [ENTER].
FIPS
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and press [ENTER].
and press [ENTER].
FIPS Code
Menu at this point is
FIPS
to move the highlight to the
Menu.