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PROGRAMMING FEATURES
eight characters of the wave files are used to populate
the channel “Name”.
Note:
• The wave file must be sampled at 8 kHz.
• The wave file cannot exceed 65,000 kB in
length.
Listen to User Customized Voice Prompt
(VP) Text
This field allows the user to play the output voice
signal generated from the Text-to-Speech synthesizer.
WEATHER FEATURE (NOT FOR RDU4163)
The RDX radio weather mode can be programmed to
operate and receive weather channels that are
broadcast by the National Weather Radio (NWR). The
NWR system is a nationwide network of radio stations
(more than 1000 stations in United States) that
broadcast continuous weather information for the
public. The NWR broadcasts all types of weather
service warnings, watches, forecasts and other
hazard information. The NWR can also broadcast
non- weather alerts such as national security, natural,
environmental, and public safety in conjunctions with
the Emergency Alert System (EAS).
The RDX radio weather feature can detect weather
alerts/warnings that are broadcast by NWR. The
RDX+ radio can be programmed to detect the analog
tone or digital-over-audio protocol. The analog tone is
a 1050 Hz tone (Warning Alarm Tone), which is issued
for 10 seconds immediately before the warning
message by the NWR transmitter. When RDX radio
detects the Warning Alarm tone, it unmutes audio and
allows the user to hear the weather alert message. As
for digital-over- audio protocol, it is a newer
technology called Specific Area Message Encoding
(SAME) that allows weather radio to receive digital
data stream about the type of weather events, timing,
duration, and location. When RDX radio detects these
special warnings, the radio can be programmed to
automatically generate a loud tone, enable LED
indicator, and display “hazard” status on the display.
With the SAME technology, the RDX radio weather
mode can be programmed to detect the type of
weather warnings or watches for a specified the
county or counties.
Further information about the National Weather Radio
system such as network updates, transmitter
coverage maps, and SAME event codes can be found
on the Internet at www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/.
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