Radio Shack 20-136 PRO-136 Sander User Manual


 
19
Scanning
Note: Before using this feature, enter the local Skywarn frequency
for your area into Bank 9, Channel 19. (See “Programming Frequencies
into Channels.”)
The scanner has 10 channels for Skywarn: Bank 9, Channels 10-19. Press T or S
to select other Skywarn channels. Press SCAN/MAN to exit Skywarn.
Note: If no frequencies are programmed in the Skywarn channels, No
Prg appears and the scanner sounds an error tone.
About Skywarn
Skywarn is an organized group of trained weather observers. A Skywarn
group exists in virtually every US County with a significant population. During
inclement weather, reports made by Skywarn observers include information
about:
Pea-sized and larger hail
Wind and wind gusts of 40 MPH and greater
Heavy rainfall
Lightning (cloud-to-cloud and especially cloud-to-ground)
Wall clouds seen in severe thunderstorms (which spawn tornadoes)
Severe lowering of a wall cloud
Turbulence in a wall cloud
Funnel clouds
Tornadoes
High water areas
Downed power lines
Other emergency conditions that affect life or property
Listen to NOAA for weather alerts and warnings, watch box notices, and
weather-forecasts. Listen to Skywarn to hear trained observers in your vicinity
call in official reports to a net control station which relays those reports to
NOAA and other emergency agencies.
Note: If you tune to a Skywarn frequency when the Skywarn net is
not active, you may hear nothing, or you may hear amateur radio
operators talking on a local repeater system.