Setting the Weather Channel
Your radio receives weather frequencies:
1. In weather mode, press
weather channel number flashes.
2. Press
or
to select the appropriate channel with
good reception in your area.
3. Press the PTT button to set and exit Menu or
Menu/Lock button to continue set up weather alert.
Setting the Weather Alert
Your radio can be set to respond to NOAA Weather
Radio emergency messages. A special alarm tone
sounds an alert and turns on the weather receiver to
give you immediate weather and emergency
information.
1. In weather mode press
displays.
2. Press
or
to select On/Off.
3. Press the PTT button or
weather menu set up.
4. Press
Mode button to return to two-way mode. If you
activate Weather Alert and return to two-way mode
is display.
When the weather channel is activated, either
Note:
manually or after receiving an alert, and no
Menu/Lock button until
Menu/Lock button twice until
Menu/Lock button to exit the
buttons are pressed for 5 minutes, the
weather mode automatically revert to two-
way mode.
As with two-way radio reception, weather channel
reception depends on how close you are to a
transmitter and whether you are indoors or
outdoors. Because weather channels are
transmitted without codes, they may contain static
or noise. Weather Alert does not function while
actively transmitting or receiving in two-way mode.
Weather Channels and Frequencies
Weather
Frequency
Channel
(MHz)
WX1
162.550
WX2
162.400
WX3
162.475
WX4
162.425
WX5
162.450
WX6
162.500
Weather
Frequency
Channel
(MHz)
WX7
162.525
WX8
161.650
WX9
161.775
WX10
161.750
WX11
162.000
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