listening to the weather band
The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) 
has allocated channels for use by the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 
Regulatory agencies in other countries have 
also allocated channels for use by their weather 
NOAA and your local weather reporting authority 
broadcast your local forecast and regional 
weather information on one or more of these 
listening to a weather channel
To listen to the weather bank, press 
appears for about 2 seconds, then the scanner 
starts searching the weather bank.
To stop searching the channels, press 
To change the channel manually, press 
To search through the weather bank again, press 
change the searching direction, press 
Your scanner’s WX alert warns you of serious 
weather conditions by sounding an alarm if a 
National Weather Service broadcaster in your area 
broadcasts a weather alert tone.
To set the scanner so it sounds an alarm when 
a weather alert tone is broadcast, press 
 while you are listening to the WX