Standard Horizon HX-870 - Manual (Page 28)

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8.7.1 NOAA Weather Alert
In the event of extreme weather disturbances, such as storms and hurricanes,
the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) sends a weather
alert accompanied by a 1050 Hz tone and subsequent weather report on one
of the NOAA weather channels.
The
HX870 can receive weather alerts when monitoring a weather channel
and, on the last selected weather channel during scanning modes or while on
another working channel.
When an alert is received on a NOAA weather
channel, scanning will stop and the transceiver
will emit a loud beep to alert the user of a NOAA
broadcast. Press any key to stop the alert.
After stopping the beep sound, the weather
alert reception confirmation screen will appear.
Press [OK] to display a confirmation screen.
The confirmation screen will ask you whether
to move to the weather channel or return in the
marine channel. Press [YES] to switch to the
weather channel, and press [NO] to return to
the marine channel.
To disable the weather alert function, refer to
section “ 14.2 WEATHER ALERT”.
07
162.525MHz
VOL
118°09.582
33°37.120
W
s
LOC 09.56 AM
WX
TIME
LON
LAT 10
163.275MHz
VOL
BUSY WX
!Warning!
Radio received
Weather Alert!
Press any key
10
163.275MHz
VOL
BUSY WX
!Warning!
Radio received
Weather Alert!
OK
10
163.275MHz
VOL
BUSY WX
!Warning!
Do you want to
change the CH?
YES NO
10
163.275MHz
VOL
118°09.582
33°37.120
W
s
LOC 09.56 AM
BUSY WX
TIME
LON
LAT
NOTE
If no key is pressed the alert will sound for 5 minutes and then the
weather report will be received.
8.7.2 NOAA Weather Alert Testing
NOAA tests the alert system ever Wednesday between 11AM and 1PM. To
test the HX870’s NOAA weather feature, setup as in section “8.7.1 NOAA
Weather Alert” and confirm the alert is heard on Wednesdays between 11AM
and 1PM local time.