Bob & Ann wrote: We purchased an Oreon Scientific about a year ago and love it. No need to set the channels as it is totally automatic and knows where you are.
I like the idea of not having to set it. Which model do you have?
Radio Shack also has a model that will, when turned on, seek out the strongest signal of the 7-NOAA frequencies. when you move to a new location either turning the unit back on or pressing one button will cause it to re-seek the strongest signal. we have this model at home and another in the MH. the unit in the MH is connected to an externally mounted antenna giving it an extended receive range. it will operate on 120-v or batteries and has a built-in telescoping antenna.
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rk911 wrote: absolutely! we never leave on a trip without one. can't imagine why every RVer doesn't have one.
Well, let's see if I can explain:
By the time the weather alert is broadcast, the weather is here, and I can see it.
When I am way back in the woods, a considerable distance from the weather station, the system either has already passed, or will go north or south of my position.
I get better reports from amateur radio operators over the 2 meter repeaters than from the Weather Service (the Billings tornado a couple years ago was actually reported to the weather service by a Ham operator).
My amateur transceivers have weather bands built in. I never listen to them, so why should I buy a "weather radio".
I had one, and donated it to a thrift store because it was never used.
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Road Runners wrote: I turn mine on till I get the first weather alert. Then I shut it off or it will drive you crazy with its alerts every fifteen minutes.
Tough to get any sleep when the radio keeps 'alerting'.
I don't mind being informed......I just happen to like my sleep also.
Besides..what is to be will be and you aren't going to change that.
rk911 wrote: absolutely! we never leave on a trip without one. can't imagine why every RVer doesn't have one.
Well, let's see if I can explain:
By the time the weather alert is broadcast, the weather is here, and I can see it.
When I am way back in the woods, a considerable distance from the weather station, the system either has already passed, or will go north or south of my position.
I get better reports from amateur radio operators over the 2 meter repeaters than from the Weather Service (the Billings tornado a couple years ago was actually reported to the weather service by a Ham operator).
My amateur transceivers have weather bands built in. I never listen to them, so why should I buy a "weather radio".
I had one, and donated it to a thrift store because it was never used.
suit yourself but the technology that provides warnings of tornados and other severe weather has vastly improved over the years. the average warning time is now right around 15-minutes and getting better all the time. and you won't see the severe weather approaching when you're asleep, will you?. we're both hams and yes, listening to skywarn activities can provide useful information but it's no substitute for an alert radio in the middle of the night.
our wx alert radio is on 24/7 whenever we're camping or in an RV park. we don't use the S.A.M.E. codes as i prefer the slight inconvenience of being alerted (awakened if need be) to severe weather a few counties away that may be headed our way. i want to know about severe weather anywhere near enough to potentially affect us *before* it' close enough for me to see, hear or feel.
when on the move our dash mounted CB radio has a built-in weather alert function that has provided us with early warnings enabling us to pull off to shelter on several occasions. in one case while driving the back roads of wyoming we were alerted to severe weather a few counties to our north that was headed our way. as i sought shelter my wife tracked the storm via the alerts and a road map. we found shelter anout 10-minutes before the storm exploded around us. now that we have a smart phone we use it when in the toad to provide us with severe weather alerts. last winter on a car trip to florida my phone alerted me to the severe weather outbreak that ravaged alabama along the I-65 corredor. i was about 15-minutes ahead of that storm. good information as where i was the skies were cloudy with no indication of any severe weather. there was nothing to see.
i still don't understand why someone would not make use of a tool designed to provide information that could very well save your life. but, whatever. good luck to you and i hope you'll remain safe.
Story goes (true story by the way)
Factory got "Weather Sense" and installed a Weather-All Hazards alert radio, Also had a storm shelter built underground.
Radio alarmed, Tornado coming, They shut down and went below.. When the all clear sounded they came back up and found nothing.
No factory
No machines
No cars in the parking lot (Ok one big block chevy engine, but not the vehicle it used to live in)
NOTHING.
No injuries
No deaths,
Insurance replaced the factory and machines and the company had enough reserve to pay give the employes vacation pay during the rebuild.
No deaths, No injuries.
YES. the new factory has a weather alert radio as well.
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