What Are Some Of The More Sensitive Portable Weather Radios With SAME Decode Available?

[JASII]

As posted above, what are some of the more sensitive portable weather radios with SAME decode available right now?

 

[lamarrsy]

“Portable weather radios”… are portable scanners included in your quest ?
I ask because I find my Whistler WS-1040 one of the easiest to setup and operate weather watch, as well as best in terms of sensitivity of reception (compared to other portable scanners equipped with WX receive/alarms).

 

[JASII]

I am thinking of weather specific in this case.

 

[lamarrsy]

Oh ok, thanks for the precision JASII !

 

[Blackswan73]

If you are looking for quality weather radios the two names to look at are Oregon Scientific, and Midland. Midland has both desktop and handheld models, and Oregon Scientific specializes in combo units that are handheld radios that have drop in charger models that convert the radio into a desktop radio

B.S.

 

[rf_patriot200]

While this is NOT a Weather Radio, it works quite Well ! I've had mine since last year ! tornadoAlert TAU-R 4.2 in. x 3.2 in. x 4.5 in. 1 lbs. Severe Weather and Tornado Detector TA-01-13 - The Home Depot This will indicate; Not severe, Severe, Severe T Storm, Tornado, Lightning and others. Strobe and Siren, Both can be muted or Left on and it has 9volt Battery Back up.

 

[AB5ID]

While this is NOT a Weather Radio, it works quite Well ! I've had mine since last year ! tornadoAlert TAU-R 4.2 in. x 3.2 in. x 4.5 in. 1 lbs. Severe Weather and Tornado Detector TA-01-13 - The Home Depot This will indicate; Not severe, Severe, Severe T Storm, Tornado, Lightning and others. Strobe and Siren, Both can be muted or Left on and it has 9volt Battery Back up.

Is this just a lightning detector? How does it work?

 

[BinaryMode]

From the website:

When air rotates with dust or water particles it becomes electrified. This has been proven over and over again, for example, Philip Lenard Nobel Laureate from 1905 studied this phenomena extensively and the effect was named after him – the Lenard effect (also known as the spray electrification effect). This electrical charge can be measured and has been studied extensively by NASA. There is great concern about this phenomena for Martian astronauts. See the video NASA MATADOR Electrified Tornadoes www.youtube.com.

So all rotating air, even very slow rotations of dust devils, generate electric charge. Is there always lightning? Well, there are different kinds of lightning. Most people are familiar with cloud to ground lightning which is the most powerful and causes great thunder claps. There have been many studies over the past half century showing that there isn’t always enough charge generated to create cloud to ground lightning with tornadoes – there is very little correlation between tornadoes and cloud to ground lightning. In fact some studies show that lightning holes, areas of very little cloud to ground lightning, are created when tornadoes form.

Then there is cloud to cloud lightning or intercloud or intracloud lightning. This type isn’t always visible during the day and may not generate a thunder clap. There is always some amount of detectable electrical activity present regardless of whether it is visible or not. Then there are the other forms of radiation generated by storms – gamma rays and positrons – that aren’t visible but emit detectable VLF radio signals. Tornado Alert is testing the electrical charge density in the atmosphere for tornadoes, not the discharge counts of lightning.

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It's an interesting concept, but I wouldn't bet my life on it and STILL have a weather radio. Especially if you live near a nuclear power plant, a water dam, and whatnot. Weather radios provide more than just the weather and weather alerts. I own and recommend the Midland WR120. I personally like the WR120 because I can chose to mute all but the alerts I want to hear. Especially the annoying weekly test alert. Even so, it's nice to see the alert light for advisory status so that I know my unit works and is receiving an uninterrupted signal. There are three indicator lights: WARNING, WATCH, and ADVISORY. Also, it has an external antenna jack and an optional external flashing light (looks like a bicycle strobe) that flashes on an alert. I bought both the WRT120 and flashing light strobe on eBay.

To answer the OP's question. Not sure about what is more sensitive than others as most if not all weather radio manufactures probably don't publish sensitivity like manufactures do for scanners. All I can say is that with my WRT120 I can hear the tower about 10 miles from me full quieting.

Addendum:

I believe the weatherunderground.com website will show mesocylones (or at least they used to) and I like the windy.com website which was interesting to use to see the CO concentration over New York and Canada from the fires in Canada a couple years ago.

 

[KB2GOM]

This might prove helpful: Jock shares: “A bit more about NOAA Weather Radio”

I have, use, and can recommend the Midland WR120 . . . and it is easy to program for your area and the alerts that you want.