NOAA for 7/800?

[N2YQT]

Even with a VHF G5, you'll only be able to monitor NOAA in a separate knob position apart from any 800 MHz frequencies. You'll not have the benefit of any SAME alerts or the level of sophistication achieved with most scanners today. As others have posted, smartphone weather apps will pass along most NOAA weather alerts and are your best choice.

You can set it to alert on a 1050hz long tone. But that's about it.

 

[bob550]

You can set it to alert on a 1050hz long tone. But that's about it.

Pardon the newbie question, but what would that do?

 

[WuLabsWuTecH]

You can set it to alert on a 1050hz long tone. But that's about it.

Has anyone gotten this to work?

I have it set as the last position of my knob.

Alert Mode: Tone
Alert Tone: Default Tone
Voice Storage: ON
Relay Control: OFF
2-Tone: Long Tone 1050 Hz

It does not open up the squelch when the 1050 tone sounds (I know this because I have a minitor set up the same way and that one is correctly alerting). Anyone got any idea what I might be doing wrong?

 

[WuLabsWuTecH]

removed - double post, sorry!

 

[iMONITOR]

How to Turn On Severe Weather Alerts on Your Phone
How to Turn On Severe Weather Alerts on Your Phone | The Weather Channel

 

[N2YQT]

Has anyone gotten this to work?

I have it set as the last position of my knob.

Alert Mode: Tone
Alert Tone: Default Tone
Voice Storage: ON
Relay Control: OFF
2-Tone: Long Tone 1050 Hz

It does not open up the squelch when the 1050 tone sounds (I know this because I have a minitor set up the same way and that one is correctly alerting). Anyone got any idea what I might be doing wrong?

I haven't tried this myself yet. I have some time off coming up so I'll try it on the service monitor until I get a combination that works and report back. I suspect it will come down to the tone length but we'll figure it out.

 

[N2YQT]

I haven't tried this myself yet. I have some time off coming up so I'll try it on the service monitor until I get a combination that works and report back. I suspect it will come down to the tone length but we'll figure it out.

I should clarify that I haven't tried this with my G5. It works well with a Minitor 6.

 

[Webodisk]

I have G5 setup and it works perfectly,use it at night when severe weather is forecasted

 

[KK4JUG]

Still use it year round. Alerted me to a Tornado in the middle of the night so to me not nearly unnecessary or a waste of money.

Me, too. Skywarn and others notwithstanding, that alarm makes a difference no matter what I'm doing at home, including sleeping.

 

[N2YQT]

I have G5 setup and it works perfectly,use it at night when severe weather is forecasted

Can you share your settings?

 

[LEH]

Paying around $700 for a part time weather radio seems a bit much to me. Spend less than 10% of that and get a dedicated weather radio with SAME support and use the Unication for other systems. Just my 2¢ worth.

I would opt for something along these lines La Crosse Technology 810-163TWR

Weather radio silent in the background and access to local AM/FM for any EAS or other local emergency information use my scanner(s) or Unication for public service transmissions that I would miss if listening to the NOAA.

 

[k3sls]

OR (if you have an Android or iPhone device)...use the FEMA app which is fully configurable for all NWS EMWIN alerts and will alert on as many as five counties at once.

 

[bob550]

There are many many things the Unication's were not designed to do. They're not a fitness tracker; they're not an MP3 player; they're not a digital camera; and, they're not an AM/FM radio. So before you mourn the G5's inability to provide GPS navigation, watch local TV, or yes, even alert you to severe weather, remember that these are designed to be the best-performing P25 voice pagers on the market. That's it.