we are looking for a talking weather radio for a gentleman who can not see would this weather radio work for him ?
999922
I think the weather radio would work very well because it gives an audible as well as a visual warning. One thing about the radio though is a person needs to be able to read the instructions on programming the radio and then be able to see and read to actually program it. Programming it can be problematic even for a person with normal vision and can be confusing. I hope this helps out a little bit.
999923
Once correctly programmed and the gentleman becomes familiar with the buttons on the unit, this unit should work well. The risk is that he might push the one button that toggles among several audible options including one that silences the alarms/warnings.
536747
Seems to me then that the reception may bad where you have the second radio. Alert is turned on. the correct alert area setup. Should work
294417
Hmm. This seems to get better reception than a basic pocket radio so I think you would be ok. For the money you could give it a try and see. I use mine inside my garage and reception is crystal clear.
501912
While rugged and weather resistant, it isn't waterproof and were it to be immersed in water, it might not function. Note this is a battery radio but it also operates on AC, so it isn't designed to be seriously wet.
996893
There's a small, 2 letter code in the lower right hand corner of the radio on the face. Call them and they will let you know if it will work.
806653
You need to buy the Vantage View Weather Station, which includes this receiver and the sensor suite which transmits temperature, rain, wind, etc. from outdoors an sends it to this receiver. This stand alone receiver only will work if you have the outdoor sensor suite sending it signals (except of course for indoor temp/humidity). Hope this helps.
948177
I think it would be great for that purpose! It sits alone and has an adjustable head to orient the direction (up and down) as desired. It's sufficiently bright for me. He might want to set it up on a box or cinder block or something so that it floods down over his newspaper page for efficiency. It's very portable and handy. Hope this helps.
1358838
Yes this will work. I ve use it, the only thing that doesnt work is the radio.
1289752
Mark, I think you can download a PDF from their website. By the way, I have 4 of those radios. They are great. I had one that was left out in the rain for 3 days. Works perfect!
1996308
Thanks for asking ! No, this radio doe snot pick NOAA, but Kaito made many NOAA radios, search for KA210 which is a great NOAA radio !Kaito Customer Care Team
2157445
if you can hear it you can communicate with it on this radio. Be careful it may be illegal to transmit there. Jim
1774428
If the radio has NOAA capability, it will do fine. The NOAA channels put out enough power to overcome the poor antenna match. I installed several of the original NOAA systems in Idaho, and you could receive them with minimal antenna.
103426
this is a 5 watt radio. line of sight transmission would be limited by curverture of the earth or about 30 miles for two people holding the radio 5 ft off the ground. however trees and buildings interfere quite a bit. you can expect good comms within 5 to 10 miles.
1076236
Could be, wait has a separate place for the batteries for the light. We have just used it as it looks on the ad. Great radio. Small size is convenient. we like it very much,especially during those Iowa storms!
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!!
1994535
The Radio itself does not have NOAA, if you are hooking up sirius radio I believe that is a option thru them but call and check with them first, I remember one of sirius packages mentioning NOAA features
416809
I'm not aware of a weather band on this radio, but if you know the frequency you may be able to find one.