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Re: [OM] [OT] US weather radio advice needed

Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] US weather radio advice needed
From: "Bill Pearce" <bs.pearce@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 21:52:17 -0500
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.

 

Bill Pearce

 

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

 

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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