User Manual

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When an alert is received on a NOAA weather channel,
scanning will stop and the transceiver will emit a loud
beep to alert the user of a NOAA broadcast. Pess any
key to stop the alert and receive the weather 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 the key is not pressed the alert will sound for 5 minutes and
then the weather report will be received.
8.7.2 NOAA Weather Alert Testing
NOAA tests the alert system ever Wednesday between 11AM and 1PM. To test
the GX2000/GX2150’s NOAA Weather feature, on Wednesday between 11AM
and 1PM, setup as in section “8.7.1 NOAA Weather Alert” and confirm 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 briefly switches between the nor-
mal channel and Channel 16 to look for a transmission. If the radio receives
communications on channel 16 the radio stops and listens to Channel 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 radio will monitor CH16 and the channel that
was selected in step2.
If a transmission is received on the channel selected
in step 2, the GX2000/GX2150 will dual watch to
CH16.
4. To stop Dual Watch, press the one of the soft keys, then press the [DW]
key soft again.
NOTE
The priority channel may be changed from Ch16 to another channel.
Refer to section “11.5 PRIORITY CHANNEL”.