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Your radio can tune in to broadcasts by the United States National
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Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Weather
To avoid accidentally changing your radio settings:
Radio (NWR) and Environment Canada Weatheradio. You can listen to a
1. Press
and hold until
displays.
weather channel or set your radio to alert you to emergency weather
2. When in lock mode, you can turn the radio on and off, adjust the
broadcasts that interrupt routine broadcasts. When you listen to a
volume, receive, transmit, send a call tone, and monitor channels. All
weather channel, you cannot use your radio in scan mode or for
other functions are locked.
two-way communications.
To unlock the radio, press and hold
until
is no longer displayed.
Your T9580 Weather Alert uses Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME)
data transmitted by the National Weather Service (NWS) and
Scanning Channels
Environment Canada (EC). SAME data codes and displays digital
Use scan to search the 22 channels for transmissions from unknown
location specifications of timely warnings and alerts on hazards and
parties, to find someone in your group who has accidentally changed
weather related events and information.
channels, or to quickly find unused channels for your own use.
Both NOAA and Environment Canada have transmitters located
There is a priority feature and 2 modes of scanning ( basic and
throughout the United States and Canada, respectively. These
advanced ) to make your search more effective. The basic scan mode
transmitters broadcast watches, forecasts, and other information 24
uses the channel and code combinations for each of the 22 channels as
hours a day.
you have set them ( or with the default code value of 1). The "Advanced
Note: NOAA weather radio stations are assigned to cover specific
Scan" mode will scan all channels for any and all codes, detect any
areas and service may be limited. Please check with your local weather
code in use, and use that code value temporarily for that channel.
office for frequency and details, or visit
Priority is given to the "home channel," that is, the channel (and
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/same.htm#program in the USA or
Interference Eliminator Code) your radio was set to when you start the
www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/cd/factsheets/wxradio in Canada.
scan. This means the initial channel (and code setting) is scanned more
NWR/EC Broadcast Service Area coverage can be found at
often than the other 21 channels, and your radio will respond quickly to
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/usframes.html in the USA or
any activity occurring on the home channel as a priority.
http://www.msc.ec.gc.ca/msb/weatheradio/transmitter/index_e.cfm in
To start Scanning:
Canada.
1. Briefly press the
key. The scan
will appear in the display,
Listeners who need to program NWR SAME receivers with the proper
and the radio will begin to scroll through the channel and code
county and/or marine area of their choice ("CLC" in Canada) can obtain
combinations.
the information by telephone at 1-888-NWRSAME (1-888-697-7263) in the
2. When the radio detects channel activity matching the channel and
USA or 416-739-4369 in Canada.
code combination, it stops scrolling and you can hear the
The use of the NOAA logo does not provide an endorsement or implied
transmission.
endorsement by NOAA's National Weather Service, nor does the use of
3. To respond and talk to the person transmitting, press
within five
the Weatheradio logo provide an endorsement or implied endorsement
seconds after the end of the transmission.
by Environment Canada.
4. The radio will resume scrolling through the channels five seconds
Turning Weather Channel Reception On and Off
after the end of any received activity.
1. To turn weather reception on, press and hold
5. To stop scanning, briefly press the
key.
2. To turn off, press and hold
To start Advanced Scanning:
1. Set the Interference Eliminator Code to "zero" or OFF.
Setting the Weather Channel
1. After turning weather reception on, press
2. Briefly press the
key. The scan
will appear in the display,
flashes.
and the radio will begin to scroll through the channels. No
2. Press
Interference Eliminator Codes will filter what is heard.
reception in your area.
3. When the radio detects channel activity with ANY code (or NO code),
it stops scrolling and you can hear the transmission. Any
3. Press
Interference Eliminator Code that may be in use by that party will be
set up.
detected and displayed.
Setting the Weather Alert
4. To respond and talk to the person transmitting, press
within five
Your radio can be set to respond to NOAA Weather Radio emergency
seconds of the end of the transmission. The radio will transmit using
messages when in two-way standby. On reception of an alert signal the
the newly detected Interference Eliminator Code.
receiver automatically switches to weather reception and a special alarm
5. The radio will resume scrolling through the channels five seconds
tone sounds. An audio broadcast of weather or emergency information
will follow. If the SAME Location Code is set to the value for your area,
after the end of any received activity.
the display screen will indicate the 3 letter SAME Event Code and can
6. To stop scanning, briefly press the
key.
display the date, time of alert, and duration of the alert period. Up to 5
Scanning Notes:
active SAME Event Codes are stored.
1. If you press
while the radio is scrolling through inactive
1. After turning weather reception on, press
channels, the transmission will be on the "home channel". Scanning
2. Press or to select On/Off. If you activate Weather Alert and return to
will resume five seconds after the end of your transmission. You
two-way mode,
may press the
key to stop scanning at any time.
3. Press
2. If the radio stops on an undesired transmission, you may immediately
up.
resume the scan by briefly pressing
or
.
As with two-way radio reception, weather channel reception depends
3. If the radio repeatedly stops on an undesired transmission, you may
on how close you are to a transmitter and whether you are indoors or
temporarily remove that channel from the scan list by pressing and
outdoors. Weather channels may contain static or noise.
holding
or
for three seconds. You may remove more than
Weather Alert will not function while actively transmitting or receiving
one channel in this way.
in two-way mode. To avoid missing a Weather Alert message, the 2-way
4. To restore the removed channel(s) to the scan list, turn the radio off
channel should be changed to a relatively quiet channel and use an
and then back on, or exit and re-enter the scanning mode by pressing
Interference Eliminator Code other than the default Channel 1 Code 1
setting.
.
5. You cannot remove the home channel from the scan list.
Setting the SAME Location Code
The NWS/EC has assigned a 6 digit value for each area, typically by
6. In Advanced Scan, the detected code will only be used for one
State and County. The T9580 uses only the second through sixth digits of
transmission. You must note the code, exit scan, and set that
the location code and will respond to any event regardless of the first
detected code on that channel to permanently use the detected
digit. The second and third digits are the 2-digit state/equivalent
code.
territory identifier SS; the last three digits are the county or equivalent
Faceplate Removal (relevant only for models that this applies to)
area identifier CCC. Omit the leading digit (usually zero) and use only the
The faceplates snap on. They are not screwed on.
last 5 digits when programming the receiver.
To remove the faceplate, lift at the indentation located at the center of
1. After turning weather reception on, press
the bottom section of the faceplate. Do not use screwdriver.
000 display. The flashing digit will be selected to match the location
code desired.
2. Press
Channels and Frequencies
advance to the next digit. Continue until all 5 digits SS and CCC are
Channel
Frequency
Description
Channel
Frequency
Description
programmed. The first digit (usually 0) in the SAME Location Code is
not used by the T9580.
1
462.5625 MHz
GMRS/FRS
12
467.6625 MHz
FRS
3. Press
2
462.5875 MHz
GMRS/FRS
13
467.6875 MHz
FRS
weather set up.
Enabling Weather Alert
3
462.6125 MHz
GMRS/FRS
14
467.7125 MHz
FRS
To enable the Weather Alert mode, return to 2-way mode after
4
462.6375 MHz
GMRS/FRS
15
462.5500 MHz
GMRS
programming. Press and hold
able to function in two-way weather alert mode. When not transmitting
5
462.6625 MHz
GMRS/FRS
16
462.5750 MHz
GMRS
or receiving a two-way signal, the radio will monitor the selected
weather channel for alerts for the user's location code.
6
462.6875 MHz
GMRS/FRS
17
462.6000 MHz
GMRS
Viewing SAME Event Codes
7
462.7125 MHz
GMRS/FRS
18
462.6250 MHz
GMRS
When your receiver has decoded an alert, a three letter code
representing the alert type is displayed at the bottom of the screen. See
8
467.5625 MHz
FRS
19
462.6500 MHz
GMRS
the SAME Event Codes table for codes and meanings.
The SAME Location Code must be a non-zero value (default setting) to
9
467.5875 MHz
FRS
20
462.6750 MHz
GMRS
view Event Codes. If no Location Code is entered, the receiver will alert
for all events, regardless of location or type, and the Weather Receiver
10
467.6125 MHz
FRS
21
462.7000 MHz
GMRS
will not mute at the end of the emergency voice announcement.
11
467.6375 MHz
FRS
22
462.7250 MHz
GMRS
Weather Receiver
Weather Receiver (continued)
Press and hold
for 3 seconds to exit weather reception mode at any
time.
If the SAME Location Code has been set, the display backlight will flash
for the duration of the voice announcement. At the end of the
announcement, the T9580 returns to the FRS/GMRS channel and resumes
monitoring the weather channel for additional alerts.
Up to 5 active event codes are stored. The SAME display icon will flash
as a reminder when an event code has not been reviewed. Press
once to review these events. The
event codes (if active) and will be labeled 1-5 in order of reception.
Press
repeatedly on any event to display the Julian Date (1-366,)
GMT time of alert (HH and MM,) and time of effectivity (HH and MM) for
each event code. The Julian Date and GMT are displayed as broadcast
by NOAA/EC, and would be converted to the local date and time
according to the user's location and time zone.
When viewing the event code, 2-way PTT will function normally. You
can display the event code and easily relay the information to other
2-way users.
During the effective time period for any received SAME event,
the additional function of viewing event codes. Additional presses of
function to change channel, code, and other settings. When the
effective time has expired for each event code, the codes are
automatically erased and
SAME Event Codes
NWR-SAME / EAS Weather Related Events
Blizzard Warning ....................................................................................................... BZW
Coastal Flood Watch..................................................................................................CFA
Coastal Flood Warning.............................................................................................CFW
Dust Storm Warning.................................................................................................DSW
Flash Flood Watch ...................................................................................................... FFA
Flash Flood Warning ................................................................................................. FFW
Flash Flood Statement................................................................................................FFS
for three seconds.
Flood Watch .................................................................................................................. FLA
or turn the radio off and then back on.
Flood Warning ............................................................................................................. FLW
Flood Statement ...........................................................................................................FLS
. The current channel
High Wind Watch ......................................................................................................HWA
High Wind Warning ................................................................................................ HWW
or
to select the appropriate channel with good
Hurricane Watch ........................................................................................................HUA
Hurricane Warning ...................................................................................................HUW
Hurricane Statement .................................................................................................HLS
to save the weather channel setting or
to continue
Severe Thunderstorm Watch ................................................................................ SVA
Severe Thunderstorm Warning .............................................................................SVR
Severe Weather Statement.....................................................................................SVS
Special Marine Warning .......................................................................................SMW
Special Weather Statement....................................................................................SPS
Tornado Watch ............................................................................................................TOA
Tornado Warning ........................................................................................................ TOR
Tropical Storm Watch .............................................................................................. TRA
Tropical Storm Warning..........................................................................................TRW
Tsunami Watch ........................................................................................................... TSA
Tsunami Warning ......................................................................................................TSW
Winter Storm Watch ................................................................................................WSA
twice. On/Off displays.
Winter Storm Warning ...........................................................................................WSW
NWR SAME / EAS Non-Weather Related Events
will display.
Emergency Action Notification ............................................................................ EAN
to save the weather channel setting or
to continue set
Emergency Action Termination .............................................................................EAT
National Information Center................................................................................... NIC
National Periodic Test ............................................................................................. NPT
Required Monthly Test ............................................................................................ RMT
Required Weekly Test..............................................................................................RWT
NWR SAME / EAS State and Local Events
Administrative Message ......................................................................................... ADR
Avalanche Watch.......................................................................................................AVA
Avalanche Warning..................................................................................................AVW
Child Abduction Emergency....................................................................................CAE
Civil Danger Warning ..............................................................................................CDW
Civil Emergency Messagee ....................................................................................CEM
Earthquake Warning ................................................................................................ EQW
Evacuation Immediate................................................................................................ EVI
Fire Warning ................................................................................................................FRW
Hazardous Materials Warning ............................................................................HMW
Law Enforcement Warning .....................................................................................LEW
Local Area Emergency.............................................................................................. LAE
911 Telephone Outage Emergency .......................................................................TOE
three times. 00 and
Nuclear Power Plant Warning ............................................................................ NUW
Radiological Hazard Warning ..............................................................................RHW
Shelter In Place Warning ...................................................................................... SPW
or
to select the appropriate value, then
to
Volcano Warning .......................................................................................................VOW
Administrative Events
Network Message Notification .......................................................................... NMN
Practice/Demo Warning .........................................................................................DMO
or
to save the SAME location code setting and exit
Weather Channels and Frequencies
Weather
Channel
Frequency
for three seconds. The T9580 is now
WX1
162.550 MHz
WX2
162.400 MHz
WX3
162.475 MHz
WX4
162.425 MHz
WX5
162.450 MHz
WX6
162.500 MHz
Warranty
Consumer Two-Way Radio Products and Accessories
purchased in the United States or Canada.
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warrants the Motorola branded consumer two-way radios that operate
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manufactures ("Products"), the Motorola branded or certified
accessories sold for use with these Products that it manufactures
and
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("Accessories") to be free from defects in materials and workmanship
under normal consumer usage for the period(s) outlined below. This
limited warranty is a consumer's exclusive remedy, and applies as
follows to new Motorola branded Products and Accessories
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warranty:
has
functions normally.
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Weather
Channel
Frequency
WX7
162.525 MHz
WX8
161.650 MHz
WX9
161.775 MHz
WX10
161.750 MHz
WX11
162.000 MHz
WX1-7
NOAA/EC (SAME)
WX8-11
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and Cases. Decorative covers
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product.
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