Does this radio have to be turned on to receive the NOAA alerts? Thank you.
1040065
Yes, the problem is the radio reception for NOAA weather reports is very poor.
1040066
Yes it does have to be turned on. It is not an alert radio. Quite honestly it has spotty reception if you are camping in rural areas...
343769
The NOAA alerts are not on automatically. You must activate them before they alert you.
76329
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.
1860557
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.
1044711
Yes it does.You can leave it on constantly which could be annoying since it is a repeated broadcast ny NOAA. Or leave it in alert mode in the event of a storm, disaster, etc...
775836
Yes, if you have it set to the monitoring status. But, once it turns on you will need to reset it or turn it off. I t will not turn off after the alert is finished.
257913
I would not recommend this radio. There is no WX (weather) key. To get to the weather, you have to scroll the small black band at the bottom of the display. Difficult to see in an office setting. Impossible to see in sunny, pitching seas.
1038460
No, it just comes on when the alarm is triggered. It works well for the Midland weather radios. However, I own a couple of Radio Shack radios and the light will blink when the alert is sounded and keep on blinking even after the alarm has sounded. I guess it would stay on as long as the light on the front of the radio stays on. During test on Wednesday morning, the light came on and stayed on until I unplugged it from the radio. That would surely run the batteries down. I guess it was mainly designed for the Midland radios and not other brands of radios?
343768
NOAA alerts are not on till you activate them as described in item #10 of the "radio operation"; If you still have the instruction booklet. But if you have already activated it,and want to turn that feature off, go to the weather band and tune to a station that does not broadcast in your area (you will not hear any weather report), then press the band/alert button turn the radio off. When you turn the radio back on again, the alert system will be deactivated, but you can still go to the NOAA weather band and hear NOAA weather broadcasts. Jim W.
1015973
No. It does not. Not automatically. Some weather radios will automatically turn themselves on and start playing warnings from the national weather service. This radio does not. I would not buy this radio again for any reason. The charging crank broke-off after turning for 3 minutes. It's a nice gimmick (the crank-charger) but in the case of a real natural disaster or just a prolonged power-outage, do yourself a favor. Buy a small, battery-powered radio with an antenna and keep an extra set of batteries in the closet. Much more dependable. If the world goes to pot so bad that you can't find/buy batteries anymore, you should really forget about radios and focus on making stone knives and spears. No. It does not. Not automatically. Some weather radios will automatically turn themselves on and start playing warnings from the national weather service. This radio does not. I would not buy this radio again for any reason. The charging crank broke-off after turning for 3 minutes. It's a nice gimmick (the crank-charger) but in the case of a real natural disaster or just a prolonged power-outage, do yourself a favor. Buy a small, battery-powered radio with an antenna and keep an extra set of batteries in the closet. Much more dependable. If the world goes to pot so bad that you can't... » Read More No. It does not. Not automatically. Some weather radios will automatically turn themselves on and start playing warnings from the national weather service. This radio does not. I would not buy this radio again for any reason. The charging crank broke-off after turning for 3 minutes. It's a nice gimmick (the crank-charger) but in the case of a real natural disaster or just a prolonged power-outage, do yourself a favor. Buy a small, battery-powered radio with an antenna and keep an extra set of batteries in the closet. Much more dependable. If the world goes to pot so bad that you can't find/buy batteries anymore, you should really forget about radios and focus on making stone knives and spears. « Show Less
1860554
You can turn off the alert weather band but not eliminate the weather band other thing the weather band is independent of the am band and the fm band.
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.
497379
The instructions that come with the radio are inadequate in regard to that subject. The radio has 7 NOAA channels which one tunes to the strongest one; then the ALERT button is pressed to put the radio in the ALERT mode. I am making a presumption that will activate during severe weather alerts; not had any such alerts yet this year. I also have severe weather alerts that come from an area TV station and that should let me know if the ALERT function on the radio work accordingly. A company inquiry can be made at www.etoncorp.com/ 800-872-2228
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
2098000
Sorry, it's only a clock, not a weather center. It has no weather radio, but it does announce the time every hour and whenever you press the big button on its top
1724318
It does not give weather information. You need a radio for that to tune into the marine or land forecasts.
1974973
Short answer is yes. But you must set up the radio to first the frequency of a weather radio signal in your area and turn on the alert feature. Note that you will receive only official alerts from the weather service, and they are normally in advance of any TV or commercial radio alerts.