I suppose we inadvertantly purchased a good one...
AG
On Tuesday, November 2, 2010, Bill Pearce <bs.pearce@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> ALL the radois that I have seen don't really tune, they just have a switch
> or display htat goes from 1-6. Apparently there are only six frequencies
> alloted for weather and you pick the one that come in best.
>
>
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> Bill Pearce
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>
> From: Chuck Norcutt [mailto:chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 9:19 PM
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] US weather radio advice needed
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>
> I'll have to check into that. Never heard of it.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> On 11/2/2010 4:59 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
>>> Thanks. I've done a little research since that last post and see that
>>> the station of interest it WXL42 in Winston-Salem, NC serving Guilford
>>> County (and others) on 162.4 MHz.
>>
>> Doesn't matter. The radios will auto-tune to the nearest station. You
>> still need to program in the county code to filter.
>>
>> We live about a mile or so from the edge of the county. We have both
>> counties identified as the neighbor one is to our west. Nice to know
>> what is coming our way a little earlier.
>>
>> Another option, which I recommend, but not as an either-or, but an
>> additional warning is to subscribe to a tornado warning alert service
>> that dials your telephone to deliver the warning message. Not
>> something I'd entrust my life to, but it does make a good two-method
>> backup system.
>>
>> AG
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