Weather radio

I am not certain that you need the ability to put in a Zip code. NOAA and Environment Canada only use 7 channels in the entire continent. My trailer radio has it built in and it is really easy to scan all 7 channels for the one that you can pick up, it only takes a few seconds. The channels are laid out geographically so you should not get more than one in any location (the closest city). I would say that if you do not have one built into the trailer that runs on DC, get one that is portable and has either battery or crank power (or both) and most importantly one that has an alarm so that when a Tornado, hurricane, blizzard warning etc go out, your radio will sound an alarm and than turn on the broadcast.
NOAA channels:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/coverage/station_listing.html
Environment Canada channels:
http://ec.gc.ca/meteo-weather/default.asp?lang=En&n=8830FA44-1

If you are looking for a specific recommendation, Eton has a lot of good models and they consistently rate very well in reviews.

I'm not aware of any weather radio that coverts Zip-Code to frequency and S.A.M.E. code, in fact, as far as I know the only sources for those are on-line or printed.

I use the Reecom wx radio. On Amazon it is cheaper.

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Howdy!

We use and app on our smarthphones and tablets "WeatherBug" it gi e us alerts in the area we are traveling in.

"Happy Trails"
Chiefneon

We too use the Weather Bug app. I purchased a weather radio last year and its still in its packaging. Living in a tornado prone area you learn to keep a good eye on the weather during spring and fall. Midland makes a good radio, what I have I in the house. Cannot set by zip code but by state and county.

I use the Weather Channel app on my phone, but also have a weather radio that I purchased at Radio Shack. The salesperson showed me how to set it for the location I am in (it was really simple), I put batteries in, plugged it in the fifth wheel and have used it for the last 3 years. It has gone off several times, 2 for tornado warnings in which a tornado did touch down about 2 miles from the campground. We saw the funnel cloud from the bath house in the campground. It has gone off 15-20 times for severe storms, flash floods, etc.

My phone usually goes off within 2-3 seconds of the radio going off.

bought a Midland at Walmart for less than $50. Also has alarm. Works great. Make sure it has S.A.M.E. technology. You can program in the county codes but we just leave it on "all" so we get all the alerts from surrounding areas. When the alert sounds, we look at the atlas to see where the storm is and where it's headed. We can then decide if we need to find shelter.

We bought this one on recommendation of a HAM operater on this forum. Price was right and has all the goodies. Can go from truck the 5r easily too.

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Just an aside - we're sitting here at Kill Devil Hills on the Outer Banks, and for the first time ever I'm getting a solid signal on all seven of the weather frequencies. So much for geographical separation. :)

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