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GlennB
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Jun 03, 2013

Just purchased a Weather Radio with S.A.M.E.; need help

Yesterday I posted a message titled "Weather -How to know if tornados are predicted?"
You folks gave me lots of informative answers. Many of the answers suggested I get a Weather Radio with the S.A.M.E. feature.

As a result of your replies: I am now the owner of a Midland WR-300 weather radio.
I now have another question:
I've been reading the WR-300 owners manual on how to program the radio.
It says you can program a SINGLE S.A.M.E. County code.
OR
You can program UP TO 23 County codes.

The manual does not indicate why one would program more than the code for the county you are in? I'm totally confused on this. Could one of you explain what this means?

Thanks again,
Glenn
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    downtheroad
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    Jun 03, 2013
    If you are just going to be in one place (not move around) you only really need to program the radio for the place/county you are in...

    But, if you plan on driving on down the road through many different counties, then you can pre-program the radio for up to 23 different counties that you will be driving through...takes some pre planning.

    At least that's the way I understand how it works.

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