Weather Radio; Special Features - Radio Shack Pro 97 Manual

8/17/2015
To Lock out a frequency, while searching, press L/OUT when the scanner stops on the frequency. The scanner locks out the frequency and automatically resumes the search.
Note: If you try to skip more than 50 frequencies, Memory full! appears in the display.
Note: If you happen to lock out all the frequencies in the search bank and are searching just that bank All ranges Locked out! appears.
To Unlock a single frequency in search bands SR0­2, (Marine, CB, FRS), press SRCH until you find the search band that has the frequency you want to unlock. If the scanner starts to search,
press FUNC then SEARCH to stop searching. Press FUNC then L/OUT (each time) to step through the locked out frequencies then press L/OUT to unlock the desired frequency (LO will turn to
lo). Press SRCH again to resume searching or MAN to exit.
Note: If there are no locked out frequencies, the scanner will just beep.
To Unlock a single frequency in search bands SR3­6 (Air, Pol, Amateur, Limit), press SRCH until you find the search band that has the
frequency you want to unlock. If the scanner starts to search, press PSE to stop searching. Press FUNC then L/OUT. A locked out
frequency and Lockout list appear in the display. If no channels are locked out then No Lockout appears. Press
frequency then press CL to unlock the frequency. Press SRCH to exit the lock out review list.
To Unlock all the locked out frequencies in each search band SR3­6 (Air, Pol, Amateur, Limit), press SRCH until you find the search
band you want to clear. If the scanner starts to search, press PSE to stop searching. Press FUNC then L/OUT. A locked out frequency
and Lockout 01 of xx appear in the display or No Lockout appears if nothing is locked out. Press FUNC then 6. Clear entire list?
Press 1 to clear all, any other key aborts appears. Press 1 to clear all the locked out frequencies or any other key to cancel. List
cleared briefly appear in the display. Press SRCH again to resume searching or MAN to exit.
Note: If all the frequencies in a search bank are locked out you can't clear all the frequencies at the same time.
Listening to the Weather Band
To hear your local forecast and regional weather information, press WX. The scanner will scan through the weather channels and stop within a few seconds. If it is a weak signal, press WX again
to find a stronger channel.
Press MAN or SCAN to exit.
Receiving SAME Weather Alerts
The weather service precedes each weather alert with a digitally­encoded SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding) signal, then a 1050 Hz tone. You can set the scanner to decode and display
the SAME message when an alert is broadcast. Then if you are monitoring a weather channel with a digitally­encoded SAME signal when an alert is broadcast, the scanner will show the type of
alert being broadcast such as Warning, Watch, Statement, or Test Message. The scanner will also sound alternating alert tones and display Weather ALERT when the scanner receives a 1050
Hz tone. The scanner does not display the actual messages. It uses only the alert portion of the SAME signal (Warning, Watch, Statement, or Test Message). To scan and receive alerts, set the
weather channel as the priority channel.
For the purpose of broadcasting weather information, the NWS has divided the United States into regions by state and county (or parish, where applicable) then assigned a 6­digit FIPS code to
identify each county or parish. For example, the code for Tarrant County, Texas, is 048439. The first digit in a FIPS code identifies the county subdivision, the next two digits identify the state, and
the last three digits identify the county or parish. Most FIPS codes begin with 0, which means the code represents an entire county. The NWS, however, plans to eventually subdivide some large
counties. When that happens, each subdivision will be assigned a digit from 1­9, resulting in codes such as 148439, 248439, and so on.
To obtain the FIPS code for the location where you installed your scanner call the NWS toll free at 1­888­697­7263 (follow the instructions you hear) or see FIP codes for the United States and its
Possessions.
FIPS codes are in the format nSSCCC:
n: A special subcounty designator. For an entire county, use 0.
SS: The state code.
CCC: The county code.
To turn on the weather alert, while listening to a weather channel, press FUNC then WX. FIPS: ALL Codes and SAME Standby appear. All codes will be received if none are programmed(?). The
scanners sound will mute and wait for a tone. When the scanner receives an alert, it will beep for 5 minutes or until you press any key (except lit light/key symbol). If, after 5 minutes no key has
been pressed, the scanner will beep every ten seconds. If the scanner receives a new alert after 5 minutes, the scanner will again beep for 5 minutes or until you press any key. Pressing any key
will ready the scanner for another tone.
To test the alert tones, with the alert on, press and hold WX. The scanner will cycle through the different beeps every 3 seconds showing the corresponding alerts on the display. Press any key to
cancel.
To turn off the weather alert, press FUNC then WX. DIG WX STBY and CANCEL: F+WX disappear. The scanner will resume receiving the weather channel.
To program a weather channel as the priority channel, press WX. Select the weather channel you want to use as the priority channel then press FUNC and PRI. If you program a weather channel
as the priority channel, the scanner stays in the priority channel only when the scanner detects the weather alert tone. In this mode all alerts are received. FIPS settings are ignored.
To program specific FIP codes, press WX to put the scanner in weather search mode.
Press FUNC then PGM and you will see FIPCode Setting.
Press or to select the location number (0­9).
Enter the FIP code and press ENT. Press L/OUT to lockout the code if you wish.
To clear a code press FUNC then CL (Clear).
If you want to tag the code press TEXT. See Entering Characters.
Press or to select the next code location to program more codes.
Press WX to exit.
To review stored FIP codes, press WX then the location number (0­9).
Press MAN or SCAN to exit.
Skywarn Programming
Many areas of the country have amateur radio repeaters that have been designated as Skywarn repeaters. During times of severe weather, these repeaters are used to relay reports of severe
weather directly to meteorologists at a local National Weather Service (NWS) forecast office. Using the Skywarn feature in your scanner, you can easily jump to one of three Skywarn repeater
frequencies and monitor these reports, in many cases hearing about severe weather in your area instantly as it occurs. This function lets you quickly move to the skywarn channels (channels 997
through 999) from any mode except SAME standby mode. To see a partial list of state Skywarn frequencies go to the Scanning Reference weather site here.
To use the Skywarn feature, program up to 3 Skywarn frequencies in channels 997­999 (use FM mode). See Programming Conventional Channels.
Press and hold WX for about 1 second. You will see Skywarn­1 on the bottom line.
Pressing or will search through the 3 Skywarn channels.
Press MAN or SCAN to exit.
Text Tagging
You can program text tags (up to 16 characters) for a limit search and each channel, bank, or ID. You can also reprogram the startup screen with 4 lines of text.
To Text Tag a Limit Search:
1. Press PGM then SRCH. Enter SR6 Search and the previous lower and upper search limits are shown in the display.
2. Press TEXT. Move the cursor to the position you want using
To Text Tag a Bank:
1. In Manual mode press PGM.
2. Press FUNC then the bank number (0­9) then TEXT. Move the cursor to the position you want using
To Text Tag a Channel:
1. In Manual mode, select the channel by entering the bank number and channel number (Ex: 001) then press MAN to advance to the channel.
2. Press PGM then TEXT.
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