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Beyond the Basics
turning on the digital weather alert
feature
1. Press WX/ and start weather search.
See “weather search.”
2. Press 6/ALERT. ALERT appears. This
mutes the audio until the scanner
receives a SAME-coded signal. When
the scanner receives a SAME-coded
signal, ALERT fl ashes and an associated
“L” code (which indicates the severity
of the alert) and SAME-coded signal
appears alternately. The scanner
remains on the weather channel and
the audio turns on so you can hear the
weather broadcast.
The scanner displays one of the following
codes to indicate the alert level .
L1: Warning
L2: Watch
L3: Advisory
WXA: Weather Alert (1050 Hz)
testing digital weather alert
tone
To hear and test the tones for the three alert
levels, press WX/ to select the weather
service, then hold down ALERT for about 1
second. The tones sound in the order L3,
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