Radio Shack Pro-97 1,000 - Manual (Page 48)

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Beyond the Basics
Skywarn
Many areas of the country have amateur radio repeaters
that have been designated as “Skywarn” repeaters. During
times of severe weather, these repeaters are used to relay
reports of severe weather directly to meteorologists at a local
National Weather Service (NWS) forecast offi ce. Using the
Skywarn feature in your scanner, you can easily jump to one
of three Skywarn repeater frequencies and monitor these
reports, in many cases hearing about severe weather in your
area instantly as it occurs.
This function lets you quickly move to the skywarn channels
(channels 997 through 999) from any mode except SAME
standby by pressing and holding WX about 1 second. The
scanner displays Skywarn-1 in the fourth line. The scanner
has 3 Skywarn channels. Press
e or d to select different
Skywarn channels.
To activate this function, you must program your desired
Skywarn frequencies into the Skywarn channels.
using frequency copy
You can copy a frequency into a specifi ed channel, a vacant
channel in a specifi ed bank, or a priority channel. However,
you cannot copy a frequency from the Marine search band.
copying a frequency into a specifi ed channel
You can copy a frequency into a specifi ed channel when
the scanner stops on that frequency during search mode or
manual tuning.
1. Press FUNC then PGM when you fi nd a frequency. Store
in ChXXX ? appears on the bottom line. After about 1
second, the frequency to be copied fl ashes.
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