West Marine VHF255 Owner's Manual download pdf (Page 17)

Uniden MHS550 Radio Owner’s Manual

Both Weather Alert and Triple/Dual Watch in scan mode

You can activate Weather Alert Watch and Triple/Dual Watch

at the same time. The radio performs both checks at their

scheduled time:

Weather mode

The NOAA weather channels now cooperate with the FCC to

alert you of other hazards besides weather (child abduction

alerts, nuclear, biological, etc.). In weather mode, the radio

monitors one of the ten NOAA weather channels. If any type

of alert is received for your area, the radio sounds an alert

tone and displays the type of alert.

Using the radio in weather mode

You cannot transmit while in weather mode.

To enter weather mode, press the WX-ALERT button.

Weather mode can lter out alerts that do not affect

your location if the location code (FIPS code) of the

alert is entered in your radio (see page 28). If you have

no FIPS codes programmed into your radio, the radio

will notify you of all alerts in any area.

To turn off the radio’s alert tone, press any button.

To cancel weather mode and return to the previous

marine channel, press the WX-ALERT button again.

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09 16

Every 2 seconds,

the radio checks

channels 9 & 16,

then scans the

next channel.

Triple Watch on

Every 7 seconds, the

radio checks the

last-used weather

channel, then scans

the next channel.

WX Alert Watch on

Memory Channel Scan

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