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Weather Scanning
To activate Weather Priority Mode:
1. Press WX.
2. Press p or q to look for other weather radio transmitters and
find the strongest weather radio transmitter for your location.
3. Press PRI.
SAME Standby Mode
SAME Standby Mode monitors the specified weather frequency
silently, waiting to receive a Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME)
alert that corresponds with a SAME location code that you have
previously entered. If there is a match, the scanner will sound an
alarm, display the alert type, and monitor the nature of the alert.
To activate SAME Standby Mode, first you should provide at least
one SAME location code for your city, county or state. By default,
SAME mode will alert on any SAME message received if no SAME
location codes are entered.
SAME alerts include FIPS codes to identify areas, established by the
US Census bureau. You can set your scanner to alert for all areas or
limit weather alerts to up to 10 specific areas by FIPS code. A list of
SAME location codes can be found online at: www.weather.gov.
FIPS codes are formatted as follows:
Subdivisions State Code County Code
0-9
(0=entire area)
01-50
(00=all states)
XXX
(000=all counties)
Example: 048439
(0=All; 48=Texas; 439=Tarrant County)
In addition to the code for your location, you may wish to enter
additional codes for surrounding areas and any other areas of
interest so that you can receive advance warning of adverse or
dangerous weather that may be headed in your direction.