Desktop SAME Weather Alert Radio Suggestion

[krokus]

I will do some testing tomorrow, but it is quite possible that I will not be able to receive any of the NOAA Weather radio frequencies in the office.

If that is the case, what are the most viable options for NWR Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) alerting? I was thinking that it would be nice if someone has a device that would get the message from NOAA with an internet connection, but I have never seen any devices like that, yet.

Check if your county's Emergency Management sends out alerts. The county I work in relays warnings on their own freq, with a two-tone alert. (Which they publish, so people can set up the receiver of their choice.) Any warnings are passed in less than a minute, from the time the NWR sends them.

 

[reedeb]

I have a WR120 right by my bed. It is loud enough to wake me and alert the Apartment [And from some complaints the entire building lol] Never have to reset it I do change the battery back up every 3 months as a precaution [We ARE in Tornado Alley] love it and would willingly buy another one .

 

[iMONITOR]

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[kevinparrish]

JASII

Have a look at professional NOAA Weather Radio alerting products from Thunder Eagle of Vienna, VA.

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[nowires]

The downside of the Midland WR-120, which I use myself and consider it one of the best consumer models available, is that if you let the backup “AA” batteries die and the unit loses 120 VAC power to the Wall Wart, all of the programming including the SAME Code(s) is/are lost. For a few pennies a unit more, Midland should create a new model with nonvolatile memory.

For that reason, especially in a commercial application, you may wish to investigate the commercial models listed on the NWS website at:

NWR Receivers

This is especially important where many lives and liability may be at stake. I would hope the more expensive commercial models are much more robust and feature rich as compared to the Midland WR-120 model.

Dave K4EET

I can only pick up alerts from my regional weather alert not sure why you'd need that unless you are on top of two alert towers on top of each ofher.

 

[K4EET]

I can only pick up alerts from my regional weather alert not sure why you'd need that unless you are on top of two alert towers on top of each ofher.

Hi @nowires, I would like to answer your concern but I’m not quite sure I fully understand what the issue is. What is it that you do not understand why you would need it? Could you please expand upon your concern so that I might understand it better? Thanks! Dave K4EET

 

[Mex]

I use a Midland WR120EZ and have no complaints about it except for the external connector is nothing standard. You can program SAME codes in there & listen to the WX station easily. I should mention it is louder than expected (at least mine is)