Noaa Weather Channels; Noaa Weather Alert; Noaa Weather Alert Testing - Standard Horizon HX850S Owner's Manual

6.8 NOAA WEATHER CHANNELS

1. To receive a NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration) weather broadcast, press the [ WX ] key.
The transceiver changes to the weather channel mode.
This mode consists of a special preset memory bank
containing the NOAA weather channels.
2. The transceiver will be set to the last used NOAA weather channel. Press
the [ ] or [ ] key to change to other weather channels.
3. To exit from the weather channel mode, press the [ WX ] key. The trans-
ceiver will revert to the channel you were using prior to switching to the
weather channel mode.

6.8.1 NOAA WEATHER ALERT

In the event of extreme weather disturbances such as storms and hurricanes,
NOAA sends a "weather alert" consisting of a 1050 Hz tone, followed by weather
reports on the weather channels.
When a "weather alert" is received on a weather channel, the transceiver emits
a beep tone. Press the [ WX ] key to stop the beep tone and listen to the weather
reports.
Four options for the Weather Alert feature are available, refer to section
"8.9 WEATHER ALERT" for details.

6.8.2 NOAA WEATHER ALERT TESTING

In the event of a major storm or other appreciable weather condition requiring
vessels at sea (or other bodies of water) to be notified, the NOAA (National
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration) broadcasts a 1050 Hz tone
that some VHF radios, including your HX850S, can detect for "Weather Alarm"
purposes (refer to section "6.8.1 NOAA WEATHER ALERT" for a discussion
of how to use this feature). The 1050 Hz tone, when detected, will produce a
loud beep in the speaker of the HX850S, to signal that a Weather Alert Broad-
cast is being received.
In order to test this system, NOAA broadcasts the 1050 Hz tone every Wednes-
day sometime between 11 AM and 1 PM local time. You may use this opportu-
nity to test your HX850S periodically to confirm that the Weather Alert feature
is working, or for training crew members on how to configure the HX850S to
receive the NOAA Weather Alerts.
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