Noaa Weather Alert; Noaa Weather Alert Testing - Standard Horizon HX100 Owner's Manual

6.7.1 NOAA WEATHER ALERT

To set the radio to decode a NOAA Weather Alert while on a channel:
1. Press and hold the
or to choose the weather channel in your area.
2. Press the
The HX100/HX150 can be set up to alert while in Scan or Priority scan
modes. To memorize the weather channel:
1. Press and hold the
key to select the weather channel in your area.
2. Turn the radio off by pressing and holding the
3. Press and hold the
key. The display will show "SET" in the top left cor-
ner of the display.
4. Confirm the WX channel selected in step one is shown
and press the
is shown to the right of the channel number).
5. Refer to programming 6.9 Scanning to program additional channels and
selecting Memory Scan or Priority Scan.
6. When you have finished programming the WX channel into the scan
memory, turn the transceiver off and on by pressing and holding the
key.
When a "Weather Alert" is received on a weather channel,
the transceiver emits a beep tone and "WX ALT" icon is
shown on the display. Press the
tone and listen to the weather reports.
Options for the Weather Alert feature are available, refer to Menu
Mode Item "AL ( WX ALERT ) " on page 32 for details.

6.7.2 NOAA WEATHER ALERT TESTING

In the event of a major storm or other appreciable weather condition requir-
ing vessels at sea (or other bodies of water) to be notified, the NOAA (Na-
tional Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration) broadcasts a 1050
Hz tone that some VHF radios, including your transceiver, can detect for
"Weather Alert" purposes (refer to section "6.7.1 NOAA WEATHER ALERT"
for a discussion of how to use this feature). The 1050 Hz tone, when detect-
ed, will produce a loud beep in the speaker of the transceiver, to signal that a
Weather Alert Broadcast is being received.
In order to test this system, NOAA broadcasts the 1050 Hz tone every
HX100/HX150
key to enter the weather mode, the press the
key.
key, then press the
key, then press and hold the
key to memorize the WX channel ("M"
key to stop the beep
NOTE
or
key.
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