TPKeller2
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Background
The PSR-300 allows you to set one of the National Weather Service Radio frequencies as the Priority frequency. When Priority Mode is on, every 2 seconds, the radio breaks scan to check the NWS Radio frequency for the 1050 Hz Warning Alarm Tone, which is broadcast immediately prior to the warning message. If the tone is detected, the radio remains tuned to the Priority frequency so that the warning message may be heard.
According to the procedure defined here: http://www.weather.gov/nwr/nwrwarn.htm, the 1050 Hz tone sounds for 10 seconds prior to the broadcast of the warning message.
The Problem
When in Priority mode, the 2 second break can be rather annoying. The check takes just long enough that it is easily possible to miss an important part of an active transmission that is continually interrupted on that 2 second cycle.
Suggestion for change
I suggest that the Priority feature be changed so that if a WX frequency is assigned to the Priority frequency, the time between checks should be extended to 8 or 9 seconds. The specs say that the 1050 Hz tone will sound for 10 seconds, so there is no reason to check a Priority WX frequency as often as 2 seconds. The radio does already handle WX Priority frequencies differently than non WX frequencies, so it is possible that this change may be small in scope.
Action
Is there any formal way to submit change ideas to GRE for consideration in future firmware upgrades?
By the way, according to other posts I have read here, for the PSR-500 this delay value may be set by the user, and the default check time is 6 seconds. This suggestion may also apply to the PSR-100/200.
Thoughts or comments?
Theron
The PSR-300 allows you to set one of the National Weather Service Radio frequencies as the Priority frequency. When Priority Mode is on, every 2 seconds, the radio breaks scan to check the NWS Radio frequency for the 1050 Hz Warning Alarm Tone, which is broadcast immediately prior to the warning message. If the tone is detected, the radio remains tuned to the Priority frequency so that the warning message may be heard.
According to the procedure defined here: http://www.weather.gov/nwr/nwrwarn.htm, the 1050 Hz tone sounds for 10 seconds prior to the broadcast of the warning message.
The Problem
When in Priority mode, the 2 second break can be rather annoying. The check takes just long enough that it is easily possible to miss an important part of an active transmission that is continually interrupted on that 2 second cycle.
Suggestion for change
I suggest that the Priority feature be changed so that if a WX frequency is assigned to the Priority frequency, the time between checks should be extended to 8 or 9 seconds. The specs say that the 1050 Hz tone will sound for 10 seconds, so there is no reason to check a Priority WX frequency as often as 2 seconds. The radio does already handle WX Priority frequencies differently than non WX frequencies, so it is possible that this change may be small in scope.
Action
Is there any formal way to submit change ideas to GRE for consideration in future firmware upgrades?
By the way, according to other posts I have read here, for the PSR-500 this delay value may be set by the user, and the default check time is 6 seconds. This suggestion may also apply to the PSR-100/200.
Thoughts or comments?
Theron
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