Listening To The Marine Bank; Listening To The Weather Band; Weather Channel Frequency Chart; Using The Weather Alert - Radio Shack Desktop Scanner Owner's Manual

5. To clear another channel, use the
number keys to enter that channel
number, then press
repeatedly press
PGM
channel number appears. Then repeat
Step 4.
LISTENING TO THE MARINE
BANK
1. To listen to the marine bank, repeatedly
press until MARINE
BAND
2. To change the channel, press either
9 9 9 9
or , or enter the two-digit channel.
3. To scan through the marine bank, rotate
clockwise until the hiss just
SQUELCH
disappears, then hold down either
9 9 9 9
for about 2 seconds.
disappears and
SCAN
4. To exit scanning and to change the
channel manually, hold down
for about 2 seconds.
LISTENING TO THE
WEATHER BAND
The FCC (Federal Communications
Commission) has allocated seven
frequencies for use by the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
NOAA broadcasts your local forecast and
regional weather information on one or more
of these frequencies. We have programmed
your scanner with these seven frequencies.
To hear your local forecast and regional
weather information, press
begins to scan the weather band.
You will probably receive one frequency
better than the others for your area. The
scanner should stop within a few seconds on
that frequency. If the broadcast is weak,
press again to resume scanning.
WX
again. Or,
PGM
until the desired
appears.
8 8 8 8
8 8 8 8
or
MAN
appears.
8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9
or
. The scanner
WX
Operation
Weather Channel Frequency
Chart
Weather
Frequency (MHz)
Channel
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Weather Alert
Using the
This scanner can receive NOAA weather
alert tone broadcasts in case of an
emergency. The weather alert tone sound
warns you of serious weather conditions.
To listen for an alert tone, press
while you are tuned to the weather channel.
ALErt appears. If the scanner detects a
weather alert, it sounds a tone. Press any
key to mute the tone. To cancel the alert
monitoring and return to the weather channel
standard broadcast, press
162.400
162.425
162.450
162.475
162.500
162.525
162.550
PRI/ALERT
again.
PRI/ALERT
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