Pro-89 Tutorial: How to Use the Weather Band and WX Alert

This tutorial covers Listening to the WX (Weather) Band and Setting the WX Alert. In our example, we are using weather frequency 7 (162.5500 MHz).

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Tune and Listen to the WX (Weather) Band

Tune and Listen to the Weather Band



To hear your local forecast and regional weather information, press WX. Your scanner begins to scan through the weather band. Your scanner should stop within a few seconds on your local weather broadcast and display the weather channel and frequency (7 and 162.5500 in the example above). If the broadcast is weak, you can press WX again to resume scanning.

Use the WX Alert Function

Your scanner's WX alert function allows you to put the scanner in an alert mode to warn you of serious weather conditions by sounding an alarm if a National Weather Service broadcaster in your area broadcasts a weather alert tone. The scanner only sounds the WX alert when it is in alert mode.

Step 1: Tune to the Weather Band



To set the scanner so it sounds an alarm when a weather alert tone is broadcast, tune to the WX band by pressing WX as in Tuning and Listening to the Weather Band above. Note: In order for the scanner to detect an alert, it must stay tuned to the WX channel.


Step 2: Put the Scanner in Alert Mode



Press PRI/ALERT while you are listening to the WX channel and ALErt appears.


Step 3: Receive a Weather Alert



When the scanner detects the weather alert, it sounds an alarm and the screen flashes the channel number and ALErt. Press any key to turn off the alarm.


Step 4: Cancel Alert Mode



To cancel the weather alert operation and listen to the weather broadcast, press PRI/ALERT again. The scanner goes back to monitoring the weather band.