User's Manual

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WEATHER MONIT ORING
Weather Monitoring
A weather alert tone includes a digitally-encoded
SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding) signal, FIPS
(Federal Information Processing Standard) code, and
an event code.
Before you can use SAME Standby Mode, you must
program at least one FIPS code.
To receive severe weather broadcasts while scanning
other channels, set your local NOAA channel as the
Weather Priority channel.
To program FIPS Codes:
1. Look up your local FIPS code(s) (located at:
www.NWS.NOAA.gov/NWR/indexnw.htm) .
2. Press to activate Weather Mode, then press
MENU .
3. Scroll to SAME 1 Tag and press  to name
the channel. Press  or  to move the cursor;
press  or  to change the character.
4. Scroll down to SAME 1 FIPS and press  to
enter a FIPS code. Press  or  to move the cursor;
press  or  to change the character.
5. Scroll down to SAME 1 Enable and press
SEL or  .
6. To program more FIPS codes (up to 10), repeat
steps 3-5.
7. When finished, select Save Changes
and press SEL or  .
NOTE: Programming only one FIPS code will result in
alerts intended only for your county. For fringe areas,
it may be beneficial to program a second FIPS code
for nearby counties.
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