Midland Radio Stereo System WR-300 User Manual

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WR-300 Owner’s Manual
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Programming Notes:
Programming Notes:
*Your WR-300 can be programmed with up to 23 different S.A.M.E. codes for your county and
the surrounding counties of your choice. This ensures you receive alerts for only those counties
concerning you.
* Please note: Embedded in an alert message is the amount of time for which the alert is active.
The WR-300 will continue to display the alert until the expiration time. Ex: END 12-55P indicates
the event ends at 12:55 PM.
Getting your S.A.M.E. County Codes
Getting your S.A.M.E. County Codes:
A. First, determine the counties you are interested in. Then, do one of the following
three steps to get the codes:
1. The National Weather Service Toll-Free Number provides S.A.M.E. County
Codes at:1-888-NWS-S.A.M.E. (1-888-697-7263)
This is what to expect when you call the NWS number. When you call the NWS
toll-free number, automated instructions will guide you to the S.A.M.E. County
Code(s) you need. The number will be six digits long.
•You will hear “Welcome to the National Weather Service. You have reached
the Specific Area Message Encoding Program Service.”
• If you select “touch tone” to make your entries, you will be prompted to enter
the name of your state using the telphone keypad.
• Next you will be prompted to enter your county name.
• Then you will hear, “Your geographic code is XXXXXX”. (This is your
S.A.M.E. County Code.
2. The Internet Web Site of National Weather Service-
www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/indexnw.htm
When you pull up this URL, you will see a list of states .
• Click on your state.
• Find your county, and record the S.A.M.E. number listed next to your county.
3. Go to the Midland Radio Corporation website at www.midlandradio.com
• Click on the weather radio link at the top of the page.
• At the top of the weather radio page will be a link to the NWS list of states
and corresponding county codes. Click on this link.
• Click on your state and a list of counties and codes will be listed. Find your
county and then find your code.

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