Standard Horizon HX-150S - Manual (Page 13)

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6. Press the SQL key. Then press the or key until the
background noise is eliminated.
7. To start scan, press the SCAN key. The scan proceeds from the
lowest to the highest programmed channel number and stops on
channels when a transmission is received.
8. To stop the scan, press the SCAN key again. The transceiver will
revert to the last received channel.
4.8 WEATHER ALERT
In the event of extreme weather disturbances such as storms and
hurricanes, NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
sends a weather alert accompanied by a 1050 Hz tone and subsequent
weather reports on the weather channels. The transceiver is capable of
receiving this alert if the following procedure is performed:
1. Program weather channels into the transceiver's memory for
scanning. Follow the same procedure as regular channels under
Section 4.7.
2. Press the SCAN key to start the scan.
3. The memorized weather channels are scanned along with the regular
memorized channels. Scan does not stop for normal weather
broadcasts.
4. When an alert is received on a weather channel, scanning stops and
the transceiver enters the WEATHER ALERT MODE.
5. When the transceiver is in the WEATHER ALERT MODE, a loud tone
is sounded.
6. Press the WX key to stop the alert tone and receive voice information
on the weather channel.
4.9 CLEARING THE TRANSCEIVER’S MEMORY
To erase all channels from memory:
1. Turn the transceiver off.
2. Hold down the SCAN and WX keys while turning the transceiver on.
NOTE
The above procedure also resets the microprocessor. Perform this
procedure if an operational problem occurs.