User Manual

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 Stand by Mode, you must

program at least one FIPS code. Unless you are near

a county boarder, enter only the FIPS code for your

county. This prevents alerting when events happen in

nearby counties.

To receive severe weather broadcasts while scanning

other channels, set your local NOAA channel as the

Weather Priority channel, but be aware that normal

scanner audio will be regularly interrupted when the

scanner jumps away to check for a weather alert.

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

SAME1

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

SAME1 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.