Re: [Paddlewise] Weather Radios on Sale

From: Joe Pylka <pylka_at_castle.net>
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 16:03:58 -0500
>I also have a Radio Shack weather radio of similar price/description and
>found two limitations with it; 1) it only picks up three NOAA stations and
>2) its range is somewhat limited.   Not much can be done about 1)

    Nor should there be.  There ARE only three frequencies that NOAA
broadcasts on.  SInce it's mostly regional info, range is also short --
they're low powered.  So no matter where you are, at least one of those
three should have a station on it, and you don't have to carry a listing of
what station is where.
I wouldn't mind more sensitivity in the receiver, though....

        What would also improve the situation would be for NOAA to go back
to using humans to make the announcements.  That synthesized voice is very
primitive, technically, and often unintelligible.

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