Can you program this radio to receive only tornado warnings?
1164663
I am unaware of any way to restrict the kind of bulletin received, other than to have it set to "travel" mode so it tracks your location and sends bulletins pertinent only to your current location. It is set to give any bulletins from the National Weather service or the Emergency Broadcast System. If the weather is good and no reason for a warning to be issued, you can go days without the radio squawking. However, you may want more info than just tornado info. The radio will also broadcast information regarding other emergencies, such as forest fires impacting road travel--pertinent here in the West--or flash flood warnings.
1164664
No. But you receive useful information from NOAA about weather around you, water info. I have 3 of these scattered among family members and 1that I have with me always.
1164665
I am unaware of any way to restrict the kind of bulletin received, other than to have it set to "travel" mode so it tracks your location and sends bulletins pertinent only to your current location. It is set to give any bulletins from the National Weather service or the Emergency Broadcast System. If the weather is good and no reason for a warning to be issued, you can go days without the radio squawking. However, you may want more info than just tornado info. The radio will also broadcast information regarding other emergencies, such as forest fires impacting road travel--pertinent here in the West--or flash flood warnings. I am unaware of any way to restrict the kind of bulletin received, other than to have it set to "travel" mode so it tracks your location and sends bulletins pertinent only to your current location. It is set to give any bulletins from the National Weather service or the Emergency Broadcast System. If the weather is good and no reason for a warning to be issued, you can go days without the radio squawking. However, you may want more info than just tornado info. The radio will also broadcast information regarding other emergencies, such as forest fires impacting road... » Read More I am unaware of any way to restrict the kind of bulletin received, other than to have it set to "travel" mode so it tracks your location and sends bulletins pertinent only to your current location. It is set to give any bulletins from the National Weather service or the Emergency Broadcast System. If the weather is good and no reason for a warning to be issued, you can go days without the radio squawking. However, you may want more info than just tornado info. The radio will also broadcast information regarding other emergencies, such as forest fires impacting road travel--pertinent here in the West--or flash flood warnings. « Show Less
1460986
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
531985
The Radio must be powered on to receive and broadcast weather alerts. This, like most weather radio's is 'set it and forget it', meaning once you plug in the fips code for your area, the radio sits quietly, not making a sound until the weather service sends out a special signal to activate the radio. It then broadcasts the alert. Once you hear the alert, you can press the WX/Snooze button (or wait for about 2 minutes) and it will be silent again. Find the FIPS code for your county or parish from NOAA at http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/coverage/county_coverage.html
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
1871047
I have a Midland 74-200 Weather radio. I plug it into the "external alert" jack.
827481
It is listen only. You will have to still utilize the built-in mic on the actual radio unit.
1923975
yes. Any alert can be excluded except for a tornado alert. It won't let you turn that one off.
1143378
It has a weather channel. You can tune into it, and put the radio on stand by. Once a warning or sever alert is played back, the radio will turn on and play back the message. The battery gets empty very quickly like this, so make sure you have an alternative source of energy (like put it next to the window where the solar panel can provide power, or plug in the ac adaptor).
1143381
Yes. Put it into the mode - it will blink - to give the emergency broadcast only.
1993512
If you are referring to the NOAA stations that most emergency radios can receive, the answer is no. These stations transmit in the VHF (162.4 to 162.6 Mhz) frequency range which this radio is not capable of receiving.
390274
Yes. You can program the radios in simplex mode. With the transmit and receive as the same frequency.
1232259
yes, this radio can be programmed using chirp. and for me it has worked well, nice radio too. 73
2229446
Unfortunately, this device only detects STATIC lightning discharge. If you are in an area where Tornadoes are prevalent, you may do well with purchasing a weather-radio with severe weather warning capability (S.A.M.E.)http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/info/usingsame.html
186800
You have to get used to the menus which are in alphabetical order. Then you can program it easily, especially for repeaters. If you just want to listen to a certain frequency like NOAA , you just punch it in like a phone. The manual shows you how to do everything. If you get the USB cable, you can program it from a computer.
2239668
I live in Kansas, Tornado alley, and it hasn't been bothered by passing Tornados and high winds. Modern antennas are smaller than old TV antennas because they don't transmit on channels 2-6 anymore.
1080218
Yes. I turned off my severe thunderstorm watch, but kept the severe thunderstorm warning. It went off twice last Sunday and I'm sure it'll go off a lot tonight (severe thunderstorm warning, tornado warning, flash flood, etc) with the latest severe weather headed for E. Texas. Turned off 3 others.
237746
Turn S.A.M.E off for all.Directions are on the back of the paper; lower Right side.Right from the box, If you have no county codes programmedYou have nothing to do. Just follow the directions to make sure you have Tornado warnings turned on.