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GX1600/GX1700
er report. Press the soft key to return to the last selected channel.
To disable the weather alert function, refer to section “11.6 WEATHER
ALERT”.
NOTE
If a key is not pressed the alert will sound for 5 minutes and then
the weather report will be received.
While listening to a weather channel, the radio can decode a
weather alert and sound an alarm.
8.7.2 NOAA Weather Alert Testing
NOAA tests the alert system ever Wednesday between 11AM and 1PM. To
test the NOAA weather feature of the GX1600 and GX1700, on Wednesday
between 11AM and 1PM, setup as in section “8.7.1 NOAA Weather Alert”
and conrm the alert is heard.
8.8 DUAL WATCH (TO CHANNEL 16)
Dual watch is used to scan two channels for communications. One channel
is a normal VHF channel and the other is the priority, Channel 16. When a
signal is received on the normal channel the radio briey switches between
the normal channel and Channel 16 to look for a transmission. If the radio
receives communications on Channel 16 the radio stops and listens to Chan-
nel 16 until communication ends and then starts dual watch scan again.
1. Adjust the SQL knob until the background noise disappears.
2. Select the channel you wish to dual watch to the priority Channel 16.
3. Press one of the soft keys, then press the
soft key.
The display show “
DW-16
” and will scan between
CH16 and the channel that was selected in step 2.
If a transmission is received on the channel
selected in step 2, the GX1600 and GX1700 will
dual watch to CH16.
DW-16
12:56
LOC AM
25W USA
N
W
33 37.120
118 09.580
VTS
A
4. To stop dual watch, press the one of the soft keys, then press the
soft key again.
NOTE
The priority channel may be changed from CH16 to another channel.
Refer to section “11.5 PRIORITY CHANNEL”.