Radio Shack PRO-93 - Manual (Page 38)

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Operation
Displaying Weather Messages
The weather service precedes each weather alert with a
digitally-encoded SAME (Specific Area Message Encod-
ing) signal, then a 1050 Hz tone. You can set the scan-
ner to decode and display the SAME message when an
alert is broadcast. Then if you are monitoring a weather
channel with a digitally-encoded SAME signal when an
alert is broadcast, the scanner will show the type of alert
being broadcast such as
38IE@E> 38IE@E> 38IE@E> 38IE@E> , 38K:? 38K:? 38K:? 38K:? , /K8K /K8K /K8K /K8K ,
or 0 0 0 0 )< )< )< )< . The scanner will also sound alternat-
ing alert tones and display 3<8K? 3<8K? 3<8K? 3<8K? when the
scanner receives a 1050 Hz tone.
To set the scanner to decode and display SAME mes-
sages, press
FUNC then WX while you listen to the
weather channel. %#э34э/0в5 %#э34э/0в5 %#э34э/0в5 %#э34э/0в5 and á8E: á8E: á8E: á8E: э"ц34 э"ц34 э"ц34 appear.
To set the scanner out of the SAME standby mode,
press
FUNC then WX . %#э34э/0в5 %#э34э/0в5 %#э34э/0в5 %#э34э/0в5 disappears.
Notes:
• The scanner does not display the actual area
affected by SAME messages. It uses only the mes-
sage portion of the SAME signal (
38IE@E> 38IE@E> 38IE@E> 38IE@E> , 38K:? 38K:? 38K:? 38K:? ,
/K8K /K8K /K8K /K8K , or 0 0 0 0< ý)< ý)< ý)< ).
• Your scanner can also receive weather alert tones
(see “Priority” on Page 44). The scanner sounds an
alert or beep when it receives the SAME code. If
you do not stop the alert, it sounds the alert (or
beep) for five minutes. Then the alert stops and the
scanner beeps every ten seconds. If the scanner
receives a new message after five minutes, it
sounds the alert or beep. To stop the sound and
ready the scanner to receive a new alert signal
before the five minute time out, press any key
except .
WX Alert and Beep Tone Confirmation
1. To test the WX alert, press WX for more than 2 sec-
onds while the display indicates %#э34э/0в5 %#э34э/0в5 %#э34э/0в5 %#э34э/0в5 .