Tom;

Where did your Wife get this radio?

73 De Anthony W2AJV
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From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 2:46 PM
Subject: first alert WX167 emergency notification radio


>    Hi, all.
>
> For Christmas, my XYL (Sue, KC8IFP) got me the new First Alert WX167
> Emergency Alert radio.  The radio has great sensitivity and selectivity.
> It
> has all of the new EAS alert codes, in addition to all of the older
> Weather
> Alert codes.  Some sighted assistance may be needed initially to program
> the
> SAME codes for the counties of interest, but the programming process is
> very
> easy and intuitive.  All you have to do is enter your state, and each
> county
> you desire, and the radio does the rest.
>
> The Users' manual, and a "quick start" guide are also available in text
> format from the manufacturer's web site.
>
> All and all, even though the radio is a bit pricy (i.e. about $79), it
> seems
> to be well worth the money.
>
> I'll keep everyone posted as I have more experience with this radio, but
> at
> the current time, I can find no negatives, except maybe for the fact that
> the speaker is somewhat small, which doesn't lead to as full of an audio
> signal as you might find with one of the older Radio Shack weather radios
> witha bigger speaker.
>
> Best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
>
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