PRO-2055 Weather Questions

[DPike]

Hello
I have recently purchased a PRO-2055 scanner and I have a few questions.
I work at 21 Mile Rd & Gratiot in Macomb MI and in my office I can’t not receive the weather at all. It just scans through all 7 weather channels but never stops. Is that normal I thought you could get a weather channel just about anywhere?

On the same subject (weather) the radio has the capability to store up to 10 of the NOAA SAME codes. I have 5 or 6 of them stored in the radio but I am not sure how they work. We had some bad weather around here the other day with some warnings not just watches and I did not hear anything until I went to the weather channel, now this was at home where I do get the weather channel. In order to hear the warnings from the SAME codes I have stored do I have to have the radio in SAME standby mode by pressing the WX button 1st and then the FUNC/WX or should it scan through them in the back ground? Even after I heard the warnings on the regular weather channel I put the scanner in the SAME standby mode and there was nothing.

Lastly on the Skywarn system, this radio has 3 dedicated channels (997, 998, and 999) for the Skywarn system. I have loaded the frequencies for Oakland County MI from the RR site into those three channels and again heard nothing the other day during the storm warnings is that normal? The channels are not locked out and I do occasionally hear some HAM talk on the channels. I would think that there should have been some warnings some where?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions you can provide.

[w8jjr]

>> I work at 21 Mile Rd & Gratiot in Macomb MI and in my office I can’t not receive the weather at all. It just scans through all 7 weather channels but never stops. Is that normal I thought you could get a weather channel just about anywhere? <<

Most likey interference due to electronics in your building. Can you walk outside and receive it?


>> On the same subject (weather) the radio has the capability to store up to 10 of the NOAA SAME codes. I have 5 or 6 of them stored in the radio but I am not sure how they work. <<

SAME standby mode by pressing the WX button then SAME standby mode. Wont pick up same codes if scanning.

>> Lastly on the Skywarn system, this radio has 3 dedicated channels (997, 998, and 999) for the Skywarn system. The channels are not locked out and I do occasionally hear some HAM talk on the channels. <<

These are ham channels. When the NWS issuses a watch or warning the Skywarn for Oakland County uses these for spotters. There will not be continous traffic on them. Only when a spotter has a report.

The ones to listen to for Oakland are

146.900 Oakland County Skywarn - ARPSC Repeater This is the Oakland storm spotters freq

442.150 National Weather Service MICON net This is where the counties communicate with NWS

155.265 Oakland County Office Emerency Managenent. This is used by other ems companys but the county will announce storm warnings on this freq and set off the sirens on this channel.

>> I would think that there should have been some warnings some where? <<

All three were activate Saturday. Again There will not be continous traffic on them.

Place all three in your 3 dedicated channels (997, 998, and 999) for the Skywarn system and scan them.
You will hear most up to date storm info.

[DPike]

Hi Jim
Thanks for the reply, that is a big help.

>> Most likey interference due to electronics in your building. Can you walk outside and receive it? <<
I did try it in the car and I was 1/4 mile from the office before I received the signal.



>> SAME standby mode by pressing the WX button then SAME standby mode. Wont pick up same codes if scanning. <<

I will try the SAME standby again the next time we have some bad weather come through to see what happens. Thanks

>> These are ham channels. When the NWS issuses a watch or warning the Skywarn for Oakland County uses these for spotters. There will not be continous traffic on them. Only when a spotter has a report.

The ones to listen to for Oakland are

146.900 Oakland County Skywarn - ARPSC Repeater This is the Oakland storm spotters freq

442.150 National Weather Service MICON net This is where the counties communicate with NWS

155.265 Oakland County Office Emerency Managenent. This is used by other ems companys but the county will announce storm warnings on this freq and set off the sirens on this channel. <<

>> All three were activate Saturday. Again There will not be continous traffic on them.

Place all three in your 3 dedicated channels (997, 998, and 999) for the Skywarn system and scan them.
You will hear most up to date storm info.[/QUOTE] <<

I did have one of the 3 in there I have put the other 2 in and I also noticed that they had the CT enabled so I set it to 0.0 so it will scan for the CT but I never did hear anything on Saturday.

Thanks again for all of you help.
Dave

[w8jjr]

Most likey interference in the area.

442.150 National Weather Service MICON net This is where the counties communicate with NWS
Will provide the most info