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SAME Standby Mode
SAME Standby Mode monitors the specified weather frequency silently,
waiting to receive a Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) alert that
corresponds with a SAME location code that you have previously entered. If
there is a match between a sent SAME location code and one that you have
previously stored, the scanner will sound an alarm, display the alert type,
and monitor the nature of the alert.
To activate SAME Standby Mode, first you should provide at least one
SAME location code for your city, county or state. By default, SAME mode
will alert on any SAME message received if no SAME location codes are
entered. A list of SAME location codes can be found online at this web site:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/indexnw.htm#sametable
In addition to the code for your location, you may wish to enter additional
codes for surrounding areas and any other areas of interest so that you
can receive advance warning of adverse or dangerous weather that may be
headed in your direction.
Unlike other weather alert radios, your scanner features a powerful SAME
wildcard feature that allows you to set the radio to alarm on partial matches
of the location code. For example, the SAME location code for Dallas, TX is
048113, which can be broken down as follows:
0 represents a subdivision within a county, and is typically not used.
48 is the State code for Texas
113 is the County code for Dallas County
Entering the entire 048113 code will cause the radio to receive all SAME
alerts that match the code for Dallas County.
Suppose you wanted to receive any alert for any county in the entire state
(provided that the alert is sent by your local NWS transmitter). Using the
wildcard feature you can enter a SAME area code as follows:
*48***
This tells the radio to alert on any SAME message with a location code that
matches 48 for the state of Texas.
Your scanner also allows you to specify the event code. The default
alert code is “***”, which is best for most general purpose weather alert
monitoring purposes. A list of event codes can be found at this web site:
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