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How well does your Weather Radio respond to NWR alert signals?

No problems
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40%
Problems are rare
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50%
Some troubles
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Iffy
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10%
When severe weather approaches, I have to leave the broadcast on to hear warnings
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Weather Radio Alerts

#1 Postby Guest » Thu Jan 08, 2004 11:12 pm

I know it sounds stupid, but I am curious how well members' NOAA Weather Radios respond to Tone-ALert tests and actual bulletins.
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#2 Postby deb_in_nc » Fri Jan 09, 2004 6:30 am

The Radio Shack older one I have was great. It would go off for the test everytime on time. The SAME worked great too. I need to get a new one that I can plug in.

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#3 Postby stormraiser » Fri Jan 09, 2004 8:23 am

My old one worked great. Wanted to upgrade to SAME, but here in Buffalo, I never hear that one go off. In the Albany area, I had no problem. Which makes me wonder if it isn't the individual NWS Offices that have their own protocol about how to send out the advisories.
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#4 Postby TexasStooge » Fri Jan 09, 2004 8:34 am

No problems here, it worked so well, it woke my mom up! Although at times, I would leave it on broadcast to hear the warnings.
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#5 Postby wx247 » Fri Jan 09, 2004 10:34 am

My works well. I would say no problems at all, but we did have a problem with one of mine back a few weeks ago for the test.
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#6 Postby Guest » Fri Jan 09, 2004 10:51 am

wx247 wrote:My works well. I would say no problems at all, but we did have a problem with one of mine back a few weeks ago for the test.


Same here. The past couple of summers, my NWS office has been upgrading their software. I have narrowed it down to their problem not mind. Plus, the equipment I own is SAME. I looked in the specifications, and it actually says that FIPS code success rate (a good activation) is 90%.

There was a time where it would only go off for the WRT (Weekly REquired TEst) every other week.
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#7 Postby GalvestonDuck » Fri Jan 09, 2004 10:55 am

Mine works fine. Just a small, simple handheld Radio Shack NOAA radio.
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