What is system of choice...I would prefer no have to input county codes, channels etc..just turn it on and it works...is thier such a tool?
Thanks
bjoyce said
06:36 PM May 15, 2011
No, nothing so simple. Remember only a small group of RVers need it to be so automatic, the main customers set it up once in a fixed location. Also remember that most RVers are frugal so since adding the extra capability will make it more expensive and therefore it will not sell well. It is not difficult to deal with setting it for your location and if it seems too difficult you can do what most people do and not have a weather radio.
-- Edited by bjoyce on Sunday 15th of May 2011 06:37:11 PM
Mayor said
08:16 PM May 15, 2011
Thanks..do you have a suggestion..
Thanks
bjoyce said
08:41 PM May 15, 2011
We have a Midland WR-100 we paid about $30 for a Wal-Mart. It works and we know many others who have the same unit since it seems to be the most common weather radio.
Mayor said
08:55 PM May 15, 2011
Thaanks..I'll look at one.
NorCal Dan said
12:17 PM May 17, 2011
We use the Oregon Scientific WR-601 and have had no issues with it. I've seen them advertised for less than $30. I don't know of any radio's that will alert without setting the SAME code. I do know that you can enter partial SAME codes. The codes are normally 6 digits long. If the SAME code is 304003 the breakdown is:
304003
| | |> Code for Cochise County
| |> Code for Arizona
|> Code for northeast sub-section of Cochise County
You can enter just the first 3 digits and 000 for the county and the radio would alert for a the entire state of Arizona. You can also use a 0 for the sub-county (position 1).
One thing you do have to check for is the NOAA receiving station. There are 7 possible frequencies that the NOAA stations transmit on and they will change as you move around the country. You need to ensure that your radio is set to receive the NOAA broadcast wherever you are located. Some radio's may handle this for you automatically, but with mine I need to set the radio to receive the channel with the strongest signal. If you are not receiving the 24/7/365 weather broadcast your radio will not activate on alerts from the SAME code.
bjoyce said
12:25 PM May 17, 2011
Interesting since our weather radio does not need a SAME code to alert since by default is has a "SAME any" setting. We normally leave it in "SAME any" mode unless the other counties are driving us nuts, like when we were in Fort Worth and most alerts were for further north by Oklahoma. Our model can watch up to 8 SAME codes. We do have to set the station when we camp and make sure to undo any SAME codes we set for the last campsite.
What is system of choice...I would prefer no have to input county codes, channels etc..just turn it on and it works...is thier such a tool?
Thanks
No, nothing so simple. Remember only a small group of RVers need it to be so automatic, the main customers set it up once in a fixed location. Also remember that most RVers are frugal so since adding the extra capability will make it more expensive and therefore it will not sell well. It is not difficult to deal with setting it for your location and if it seems too difficult you can do what most people do and not have a weather radio.
-- Edited by bjoyce on Sunday 15th of May 2011 06:37:11 PM
Thanks..do you have a suggestion..
Thanks
Thaanks..I'll look at one.
We use the Oregon Scientific WR-601 and have had no issues with it. I've seen them advertised for less than $30. I don't know of any radio's that will alert without setting the SAME code. I do know that you can enter partial SAME codes. The codes are normally 6 digits long. If the SAME code is 304003 the breakdown is:
3 04 003
| | |> Code for Cochise County
| |> Code for Arizona
|> Code for northeast sub-section of Cochise County
You can enter just the first 3 digits and 000 for the county and the radio would alert for a the entire state of Arizona. You can also use a 0 for the sub-county (position 1).
One thing you do have to check for is the NOAA receiving station. There are 7 possible frequencies that the NOAA stations transmit on and they will change as you move around the country. You need to ensure that your radio is set to receive the NOAA broadcast wherever you are located. Some radio's may handle this for you automatically, but with mine I need to set the radio to receive the channel with the strongest signal. If you are not receiving the 24/7/365 weather broadcast your radio will not activate on alerts from the SAME code.