PRO-93 (200-0523) and PRO-95 (200-0525) Tutorial: Weather Band and WX Alert

The only difference between the PRO-93 and the PRO-95, is the number of channels each has; the PRO-93 having 300 channels and the PRO-95 having 1000. The method of programming for each is the same.

The PRO-93 and PRO-95 have three weather functions: Listen to the WX (Weather) Band, SAME Standby Mode, and Priority WX Alert Mode.

The SAME Standby mode puts the scanner in standby to conserve power and monitors the weather channel. When it receives a weather alert signal, it sounds the alert tones and displays the alert message. The scanner cannot be used for scanning while in SAME Standby mode.

In contrast, the Priority WX Alert mode monitors the weather channel while you are scanning conventional frequencies. When it receives a weather alert signal, it stops scanning, sounds the alert tones, and displays the alert message.

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Listen to the WX (Weather) Band

Step 1: Tune and Listen to the Weather Band



Press WX to hear your local forecast and regional weather information. Your scanner scans through the weather band then stops within a few seconds on the strongest weather broadcast. Our example shows the weather channel as 1 and the frequency is 162.40000.

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Use the SAME Standby Mode

The weather service starts each weather alert with a digitally-encoded SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding) signal. You can set the scanner in standby mode to decode and display the SAME message when an alert is broadcast.

Step 1: Select SAME Standby Mode



Press FUNC then WX while you listen to the weather channel. This sets the scanner to decode and display SAME messages. DIG WX STBY and Cancel: F+WX appear on the display.



Step 2: Cancel SAME Standby Mode



Press FUNC then WX to cancel SAME standby mode. DIG WX STBY disappears.

Use the Priority WX Alert Mode

You can use the Priority WX feature to monitor a specific weather frequency while you are scanning conventional frequencies, and it will sound an alert when it receives a alert signal on that weather channel. This feature will not work when scanning trunked frequencies.

Step 1: Select the Weather Channel



Press WX to select the weather channel you want to program as the priority channel. We selected Weather 1 as our example.



Step 2: Set the Priority Channel



Press FUNC, then PRI. Pri Channel flashes on the bottom line two times.


Step 3: Turn On the Priority Feature



To turn on the priority feature, press SCAN, then PRI. While scanning P appears on the top line and PRIon displays on the bottom line. Note: Priority WX is only used to allow you to receive a weather alert while scanning conventional frequencies. To listen to the audio signal, see Listen to the WX (Weather) Band at the top of this tutorial.



Step 4: Receive a Weather Alert



When the scanner receives an alert signal, Pri Channel appears for 3 seconds then changes to Weather ALERT, and the scanner sounds an alert tone or beeps for five minutes. After five minutes, the alert sound stops and the scanner beeps every ten seconds to indicate that it received an alert. If it receives an alert signal more than five minutes after the last one, it sounds the alert again. To stop the alert tone or beeps before the five-minute timeout, press any key except the backlight key.



Step 5: Turn Off the Priority Feature



Press PRI to turn off the priority feature. P will no longer be displayed.

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