Radio Shack PRO-107 User Manual

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 Note: Weather Priority does not work in all scanning modes. See 
the following table for Weather Priority operation. 
Normal Priority  
is ON and WX
Priority is ON
Normal Priority  
is ON and WX
Priority is Off
Normal Priority 
is OFF and WX
Priority is ON
Scan (Play) 
Mode
Checks both 
Normal Priority 
channel and WX
Priority chanel
Check only 
Normal Priority 
channel
Checks only WX
Priority channel
Alert displays 
when 1050Hz 
tone is detected
No Alert
Alert displays 
when 1050Hz 
tone is detected
Signal Stalker II 
Mode
No Priority 
Operation
No Priority 
Operation
No Priority 
Operation
Search Mode
No Priority 
Operation
No Priority 
Operation
No Priority 
Operation
WX Mode
No Priority 
Operation
No Priority 
Operation
No Priority 
Operation
While Browsing 
Objects 
(-Browser- is 
displayed)
No Priority 
Operation
No Priority 
Operation
No Priority 
Operation
To set the Weather Priority channel:
1.  Press 
, then press  or  to select the strongest NOAA 
channel for your area.
2.  Press MENU and scroll to 
Priority
.
3.  Press  or  to select the NOAA weather radio channel that you 
identified in step 1. 
4.  Scroll to 
Save Changes
 and press /II/SEL or  to save.
SAME Standby Mode
About SAME Signals
Each weather alert is preceded with a digitally encoded SAME 
(Specific Area Message Encoding) signal, then a 1050 Hz tone.
The SAME signal includes a FIPS (Federal Information Processing
Standard) code and an event code that corresponds with the type of
alert being sent. The FIPS code format is:
Subdivisions
State
County
0-9 (0=entire area)
01-50 (00=all states)
XXX (000=all counties)
Example: 048439 (0=entire area; 48=Texas; 439=Tarrant County)
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 Note: A current list of FIPS codes is located at:
www.NWS.NOAA.gov/NWR indexnw.htm.
Programming FIPS Codes
You can specify SAME alerts for up to ten locations by programming 
the FIPS codes for the subdivision, state, or county. Before you can 
use SAME Standby Mode, you must program at least one FIPS code. 
1.  Press 
 to activate Weather Mode, then press MENU
2.  Scroll to 
SAME 1 Tag
 and press 
 to enter a name for the SAME 
1 location. 
3.  Follow the on screen instructions to create and save the name.
4.  Scroll down to 
SAME 1 FIPS
 and press 
 to enter a FIPS code 
for SAME 1. 
5.  Follow the on-screen instructions to enter and save the FIPS 
code for your local area.
6.  Scroll down to 
SAME 1 Enable 
and press 
/II/SEL or  to e
nable  
the SAME 1 location.
7.  Repeat steps 2-6 if you want to program SAME information for 
other areas. 
8.  When finished, Scroll to 
Save Changes
 and press 
/II/SEL or 
 to save changes, or 
press MENU and follow the on-screen 
instructions to save changes and exit.