KG,
What kind of Weather Radio do you have? Make and model would be really great. There are a couple of ways to work around antenna problem, but need to look at spec.s for radio.
If your Weather Radio doesn't have S.A.M.E. it might be worth getting a new radio with this feature and an antenna jack.
Thanks for your interest. I have an older model without SAME tech. It is a Oregon Scientific Mod.# WR-3000. It has manual dial tuning. Maybe a new one is a good idea.
KG,
A quick check found the Midland WR100B with S.A.M.E. for around $30, I'd just get a new one. The WR100B has an external antenna jack and would be easy to hookup to your TV antenna. Nice thing is that with S.A.M.E. you not only get to listen to the weather broadcasts, but you can set it to listen for you and sound a warning if needed.
I was surprised the Monaco we just got had a factory installed radio with weather function installed in it.
Havent had it on the road yet to see how well it works.
We have the Midland WR300, allows one to select what to monitor. We have ours set for tornado warning only, that's pretty much the only thing that will audibly alarm while sleeping- don't want to be woke up for lesser.
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Using NWR SAME
After buying an NWR SAME receiver, you must program your county, parish or independent city or marine area into the radio. Do NOT program your radio for louder or clearer station not designated as a SAME channel. You will not receive alert. Your NWR will then alert you only of weather and other emergencies for the county(s)/ area(s) programmed. NWR receivers without the SAME capability alert for emergencies anywhere within the coverage area of the NWR transmitter, typically several counties, even though the emergency could be well away from the listener.
When an NWS office broadcasts a warning, watch or non-weather emergency, it also broadcasts a digital SAME code that may be heard as a very brief static burst, depending on the characteristics of the receiver. This SAME code contains the type of message, county(s) affected, and message expiration time.
A programmed NWR SAME receiver will turn on for that message, with the listener hearing the 1050 Hz warning alarm tone as an attention signal, followed by the broadcast message.
At the end of the broadcast message, listeners will hear a brief digital end-of-message static burst followed by a resumption of the NWR broadcast cycle.
SAME is also used in the Emergency Alert System (EAS). See EAS fact sheet for more information. Using SAME, broadcasters may receive NWR warning messages for rebroadcast in accordance with EAS rules.
Programming Your Receiver
To program NWR SAME receivers with the proper county(s) and marine area(s) of choice, you need to know the 6-digit SAME code number(s) for that county(s). Once you have the number, follow the directions supplied the manufacturer of your NWR SAME receiver for programming. The number is available two ways:
Online at the United States and Territories Table.
By telephone at 1-888-NWR-SAME (1-888-697-7263) for a voice menu.
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