Noaa Weather Channels - Standard Horizon HX851 Owner's Manual

6.8 NOAA WEATHER CHANNELS

1. To receive a NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
weather broadcast, press and hold the
transceiver changes to the weather channel mode and
recalls the last used NOAA weather channel. This mode
consists of a preset memory bank containing the NOAA
weather channels.
2. Press the
3. To exit from the weather channel mode, press and hold the
transceiver 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
reports.
By default the HX851 will alarm:
a. when the radio is on a weather channel
b. on the last selected Weather channel during scanning
For additional settings, refer to section "8.10 WEATHER ALERT".
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 Oceano-
graphic and Atmospheric Administration) broadcasts a 1050 Hz tone which the
HX851 can detect and alert you of pending storm warnings (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 HX851, to
signal that a Weather Alert Broadcast 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 HX851 periodically to confirm that the Weather Alert feature is
working, or for training crew members on how to configure the HX851 to re-
ceive the NOAA Weather Alerts.
HX851
or key to change to other weather channels.
key to stop the beep tone and listen to the weather
key. The
NOTE
key. The
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