Am I asking to much of a Weather Alert Radio? Can someone recommend a Weather Alert radio with AM/FM (alarm clock unimportant) that is relatively easy to set up and reset after an alert episode, and that is likely to last a year or more with gentle care?
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Read the manual for the WR120: it allows you to delete alerts you do not want. I've set up mine so that it alerts only for thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes and national emergencies.
309990
The size of the letters are large...the picture of the unit on the Amazon.com site is accurate...We have 2 of these weather alert radios for almost 2 years and they have saved us several times.with approach of severe weather....
1754639
Yes...It's wonderful. You received the alert tone, the message then it turns itself off. It works this way for all weather alerts and the weekly test signal. Great at night while in bed. You hear the message then it turns off. You don't need to get out of bed. That is the best part for me. Love the radio!!
1923295
it's been awhile, but i believe several owners reported it having an auto alert preset that would drain the battery. i could be mistaken. i was researching this and the NOAA radio, at the time.
492134
Actually my alerts only go off when using this antenna. I totally recommend using this with the weather radio. Make sure your settings are correct and you are tuned to the correct weather band as there are multiple frequencies
1007163
No, the unit will only turn on the radio. I would be surprised if you can't find a station on any band. FM usually works, and would be consistent. If you chose an AM or SW station, it could fade by the time the alarm turned on the radio. FM is the best bet. If nothing else works, set it to FM and turn the volume up. Even if you don't hear a station, the background noise might be enough to wake you. Nice little radio, but I wouldn't rely on it to wake me up. I think the "alarm" is useful for turning the radio on so you don't miss a program.
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If you slide the &lt;weather&gt; switch from "on" (red) to off, the WX radio will no longer be in standby mode and therefore will not monitor for or sound any transmitted alerts (this defeats the whole purpose of having a WX alert radio, doesn't it?). Instead, use the "defeat siren" feature to silence all but the most essential alerts. Also, set the alert feature to "voice" mode so that the siren and radio shut themselves off in short time whenever an alert IS issued.
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We are extremely please with our radio. Give warnings to take shelter when tornado is in the surrounding area. Much better than the sirens in our town. Not certain why the other reviewer stated it does not turn on, ours does, maybe ours is a different model or newer. I have had ours turn on during late hours and was loud enough to wake me out of a sound sleep.
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I went with AlarmSim, but as @LeppardQueen said, it will take a while to pay off.. I figure either way is less expensive than getting a new system.. I'll report back once I receive it an set up.
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No, you can't. You can set alarm time on and off, and option to record. You must leave it on the station and then it will record as you set it to. It is a single event (with options) recording. Thanl you for asking!
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This may be one feature that unfortunately doesn't work very, or, like the previous person said, it may be available only during a weather emergency. I tried the same steps as you but got the same results. I also thought the small WB/FM button on the side under the headphone jack would make a difference (it is supposed to be in the "up" position), but it didn't.
1389134
es, you can manually switch to WB from AM/FM. But you only get tuning when there is an emergency.
601424
Yes, I think so--was thinking of getting that one--but the weather radio feature is good to have. Great little radio!
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You are correct - the manual is useless. So neither do I know how to operate the radio. When using it on batteries it comes on by itself (runs down batteries needlessly). After losing power, either from run-down batteries or being unplugged from ac it loses all memory of station sets and time. Directions are not clear as to how to set time or preset stations. I'm ready to toss it.
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Only one of the four bands can be on at one time. If you're on FM then AM, Ham and weather are off, etc. Weather alerts do not break in automatically as they did on some older radios.
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I can only tell you that the radio does it's weather job, trouble free. You question appears to be of t technical nature which would be better answered by Midland Radio. I suggest you contact them at midlandradio.com. They have a technical department that I' sure can handle you question. Good Luck
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dont silence the alarm and let it play threw. It will play the weather report then shut itself off.