Standard Horizon HX-100S User Manual

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HX100/HX150

6.7.1 NOAA WEATHER ALERT

To set the radio to decode a NOAA Weather Alert while on a channel:
1. Press and hold the

key to enter the weather mode, the press the

to choose the weather channel in your area.

2. Press the key.
The

HX100/HX150 can be set up to alert while in Scan or Priority scan

modes. To memorize the weather channel:
1. Press and hold the

key, then press the

key to select the weather channel in your area.

2. Turn the radio off by pressing and holding the

key.

3. Press and hold the

key, then press and hold the

key. The display will show “

SET” in the top left cor-

ner of the display.

4. Confirm the WX channel selected in step one is shown

and press the

key to memorize the WX channel (“

M”

is shown to the right of the channel number).

5. Refer to programming 6.9 Scanning to program additional channels and

selecting Memory Scan or Priority Scan.

6. When you have finished programming the WX channel into the scan

memory, turn the transceiver off and on by pressing and holding the

key.

When a “Weather Alert” is received on a weather channel,

the transceiver emits a beep tone and “

WX ALT” icon is

shown on the display. Press the

key to stop the beep

tone and listen to the weather reports.

NOTE

Options for the Weather Alert feature are available, refer to Menu

Mode Item “

AL (WX ALERT)” on page 32 for details.

6.7.2 NOAA WEATHER ALERT TESTING

In the event of a major storm or other appreciable weather condition requir-

ing vessels at sea (or other bodies of water) to be notified, the NOAA (Na-

tional Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration) broadcasts a 1050

Hz tone that some VHF radios, including your transceiver, can detect for

“

Weather Alert” purposes (refer to section “6.7.1 NOAA WEATHER ALERT”

for a discussion of how to use this feature). The 1050 Hz tone, when detect-

ed, will produce a loud beep in the speaker of the transceiver, to signal that a

Weather Alert Broadcast is being received.
In order to test this system, NOAA broadcasts the 1050 Hz tone every