Scan Mode With Both Weather Alert And Triple/Dual Watch; Weather Mode; Using The Radio In Weather Mode - Uniden UM425 Owner's Manual

Getting Started

Scan mode with both Weather Alert and Triple/Dual Watch

You can activate Weather Alert Watch and Triple/Dual Watch at the same
time. The radio performs both checks at their scheduled time:
08
Every 2 seconds,
the radio checks
channels 9 & 16
then goes on to
the next channel.
with Triple Watch on

Weather mode

In cooperation with the FCC, NOAA also uses the weather channels to
alert you of other hazards besides weather (child abduction alerts, nuclear,
biological, etc.). In weather mode, the radio monitors one of the ten NOAA
weather channels. If any type of alert is received for your area, the radio
sounds an alert tone and displays the type of alert. In weather mode, the
display shows the following:
Weather
mode is on
Flashing: An alert
has been issued
Steady: Weather
Alert Watch is on

Using the radio in weather mode

• You cannot transmit while in weather mode.
• To enter weather mode, press the
Weather mode can filter out alerts that do not affect your location if
•
the location code (FIPS code) of the alert is entered in your radio (see
page 21). If you have no FIPS codes programmed into your radio, the
radio will notify you of all alerts in any area.
Memory Channel Scan
10 11 12 13
09 16
Reversed 16 & 9
UJ-SW 20061215 #17
Weather Band
Hurricane Warning
14 15 17 20
Every 7 seconds,
the radio checks
the last-used
weather channel,
then scans the
next channel.
with WX Alert on
09
Alert
WX-ALERT
E-16
24 25
wx
Current
channel
number
Type of alert (if the
text is too long, the
line scrolls)
button.