Is that scanner a trunking scanner?  I don't think that I can use the
alert when monitoring the trunking side of things, but with conventional
you set up the weather station you are interested in as a priority
channel.





On Mon, 24 Jan 2005, John Miller wrote:

> My radio shack pro-2052 scanner has that feature in it, I have it programmed
> but haven't used it yet because I can't use it as a scanner and that at the
> same time I don't think. Good for night time use though when I might be
> called to do something for skywarn at 2 AM.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 11:29 AM
> Subject: Re: weather alerts on newer radios?
>
>
> > With the Pro-96 and I haven't seen it happen yet, but there is a tone and
> > I
> > guess you can program in FIPS codes for counties, but I haven't figured
> > that
> > out yet.  This is the first radio scanner with a weather alert and alarm
> > like this that i read about.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Eric Patterson" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 12:21 AM
> > Subject: weather alerts on newer radios?
> >
> >
> >> Hi all, I was wondering if any of you were familiar with the weather
> >> alerts
> >> on newer radios.  I have read about this feature online and was
> >> interested
> >> in knowing if any on this list had used it.  How do you know if you have
> >> received a weather alert?  Does the radio make a sound or are the weather
> >> alerts completely visual?  Thanks.
> >>
> >> Eric
> >
>