How remote are your inland paddling areas? Unless it is within about 40 miles of a city I have found weather radios to be of limited value. The water is usually in the valleys, this makes line of sight very limited. I took a unit to BWACAW a couple of years ago and didn't raise a station all week. At 01:31 PM 2/28/98 -0800, Kate Bauer wrote: >Jackie recently mentioned her weather radio, which contains an "alert" >beeper. I'm in the market for a radio and would appreciate hearing what >folks recommend (also the best sources). As most of my paddling will be >considerably inland, I unfortunately won't get to take advantage of the VHF >systems. What sort of range do the small handheld weather radios have? The >only one I've seen advertised is the "Weather One," and I have no way of >knowing how adequate it is. I'd welcome any discussion on this topic. > >Thanks, >Kate > ,,, (o o) ==================oOO--(_)--OOo========================== Bob Washburn whiterabbit_at_iw.edwpub.com or rwashbu_at_siue.edu "Are on the cutting edge or the lunatic fringe?" ========================================================= *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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