B&G V90 VHF Radio - Manual (Page 32)

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Operating procedures | V90 Operating Manual
Receiving weather alerts (US model only)
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
provides several weather forecast channels on USA and Canadian
channel banks. If severe weather is forecast, the NOAA broadcasts a
weather alert on 1050 Hz.
To access weather alerts:
1. Short press [WX] to enter WX mode.
2. Press ▲ or ▼ to change WX channel.
3. If WX TONE ALERT setting is ON (see “Setting up weather tone alert”
on page 80), the radio will monitor the WX channel you select.
If an alert tone is broadcast from the NOAA weather station, the
weather alert is picked up automatically and the V90 alarm sounds.
Press any key to cancel the alarm and to hear the weather alert
message.
4. When finished, press [WX] again or [X] to exit WX mode.
¼ Note: In WX mode, the Wx icon appears on screen.
Receiving SAME alerts (US model only)
The NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio Service (NWR) works in
conjunction with the Emergency Alert System (EAS) to issue
weather alerts for specific geographic areas or weather warnings.
It uses a digital encoding system known as Specific Area Message
Encoding (SAME) to broadcast these alerts.
Each transmitter in the NWR network is identified with a unique
6-digit SAME code.
If SAME is enabled and the 6-digit country IDs you want to monitor
have been entered, the radio will sound the weather alarm when it
detects a weather alert on the selected weather channel.
For SAME alert setup, see “Setting up SAME alert” on page 81.