Weather Radio?
Was wondering if any one uses and could recommend a good quality Weather Radio for inside a TT. For a portable unit, I've been looking at the Midland 54VP2 http://www.buytwowayradios.com/products/m...
Forum Discussion
JoeTampa wrote:justme wrote:
If you look at the coverage map for NOAA weather channel you will notice it is similar to Verizon cell service.
I have no idea what map you are looking at, but it's not NOAA's:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/resources/NWR_Propagation.pdf
Here's Verizon's, for comparison:
https://vzwmap.verizonwireless.com/dotcom/coveragelocator/
NWR transmitters are usually 1000 watts.justme wrote:
Also the wave propagation for the NOAA channels are greatly impacted by the weather
162 Mhz is NOT impacted by the weather. I've listened to NWR on radios with RSSI indicators in all types of weather and the signal is NOT degraded, even in torrential rain.justme wrote:
Cell phone extender would be a better investment if you are in fringe areas.
I would classify these as a good investment, but not in comparison to a weather radio.
The Verizon coverage is similar and is good enough for most. Where it is not good, my FM radio works good enough for warnings. I have listened to NOAA during severe weather and in every situation I reverted to my smart phone or computer to see what is really going on. So what ever floats your boat is fine with me. But NOAA is a dinosaur.
BTY I am presently in the Ocala forest and I can not get NOAA even though their coverage map says I can, but I do get enough cell phone signal to send this message as well a my Weather Channel map. Could it be that NOAA's signal propagation is effected by the present rain storm?
