[Paddlewise] Weather radio in Baja (ham and AM)

I've read an old article by Ed Gillet and now wondering, - may be I do need a
weather radio. More toys, you know... Somehow I didn't need it so far in Baja
(I don't paddle In hurricane season, June through September), so may be I
don't really need it ...  NOAA weather channels don't work over there. Ed says
there are 2 options, and I'm wondering if anybody tried either one:
1) Amateur net Chubasco 7.294 Mhz SSB (LSB) Ham, at 7.30 am.
2) AM stations from LA - KFI AM 640 and KNX AM 1070.

I've got a portable SW/SSB radio Kaito 1103 (analog of Sony 7600 GR), they
don't come any smaller or lighter. Size of a paper-back thriller book,
7"x4.5"x1", weighs more than 1 lb with 4 AA, - big angular item in drybag and
heavy to fly with. Don't know yet how good is this Kaito on SSB - amateur ham
transmission unlikely is powerful. The rumour is, - Chubasco provides too big
of a picture and local forecasts are not accurate.  May be it's valuable for
yachties, they make long crossings to mainland. I do use sail with my  folding
kayak, but realistically have to rely on paddle.  Often it's more important to
me which corner it blows from in the cove that I'm launching a kayak through
2-ft mini-surf, than 200 meters off shore - off shore it is mostly tail wind
anyway.

So, what the heck... I can leave SSB "brick" home and take a tiny AM/FM radio
- 4 times smaller and lighter, same battery life but only 2 AAA, and listen to
AM stations. According to Ed again, if it's Wester in LA, it's Wester in Baja,
and if it's North-East or Norther in LA (aka Santa-Ana winds), then it's
Norther in Baja. Besides, I can listen to LA during bed-time tea and perhaps
stay put and sleep late next morning, rather than making sudden change of
plans at 7.30 am because of something said on "Chubasco". Eventually I might
take the "brick" next year and see if Chubasco is of any use to me (and if
there is any reception at all), - but in a short trip I could be wrong in
conclusions.
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