I've never heard of it. My first introduction to weather radio was my
grandfather's old 4-channel Regency Crystal Scanner back in 1981! I think
that was his first radio scanner, and every other one to follow had the
weather channel. My parents had the NOAA band in their clock radio, but it
never worked and reception was horrible with it so I stuck with the scanner.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Freeman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: NOAA Weather voices in different parts of the country
> I still use a RadioShack Weather Cube.
>
> Mike Freeman
>
> On Tue, 11 May 2004, shawn klein wrote:
>
> > Exactly! That's why I don't do it so much any more.
> > --- Jeff Kenyon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > I always use NOAA weather radio to see if my scanner
> > > is working, or if there
> > > is a band opening. I try and DX stations like that,
> > > but it isn't as fun or
> > > as personable any more because they don't use human
> > > voices.
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 10:34 AM
> > > Subject: Re: NOAA Weather voices in different parts
> > > of the country
> > >
> > >
> > > > Well, I don't believe in weather forecasts, but
> > > some times I use them to
> > > set
> > > > the volume on my scanner when I first turn it on
> > > in the morning and it's
> > > > synthesized here last I knew, but like I say I
> > > don't believe in weather
> > > > forecasts so I really don't pay much attention.
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "shawn klein" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > > Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 9:04 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: NOAA Weather voices in different
> > > parts of the country
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Hi Jeff. I think it was in 2001 when they
> > > started with
> > > > > the human voice, 2 actually, supposedly
> > > belonging to 2
> > > > > anonymous NOAA employees, 1 male, 1 female. I
> > > remember
> > > > > when I started hearing them, I would hear all
> > > the
> > > > > little flaws where phonemes changed, now I don't
> > > > > really notice them. Well they still use the male
> > > > > synthesized voice that they started using in
> > > late 97
> > > > > or early 98, even though they had been saying
> > > they
> > > > > were fazing that out, so on most of the
> > > transmitters I
> > > > > pick up here, which is quite a lot, I used to
> > > avidly
> > > > > dx them, there is a mixture of all 3 voices
> > > involved
> > > > > on any given day. They say that the only time
> > > you'll
> > > > > hear a real live human on the air is when
> > > systems
> > > > > break down, but I don't think that's exactly
> > > truthful,
> > > > > as when severe weather threatens, I'll often
> > > hear a
> > > > > human on the Saint Joseph Missouri transmitter,
> > > where
> > > > > I generally get my weather. The human will be
> > > giving a
> > > > > current synopsis of what's going on with the
> > > > > atmosphere, what storms are moving where, then
> > > you'll
> > > > > hear the mechanicals again giving warnings and
> > > listing
> > > > > counties in Kansas and Missouri affected. I
> > > don't know
> > > > > if they'll ever phaze out the old voice or not,
> > > but I
> > > > > have found over the years, what ever voice is
> > > used, I
> > > > > can still use sound quality, speed, and with
> > > these new
> > > > > voices, dialect clues to discriminate between
> > > > > transmitters on the same frequency when ducting
> > > is
> > > > > running strong. A few days ago, I was able to
> > > pick out
> > > > > the Blue Rapids Kansas, Sedalia Missouri, and
> > > Cameron
> > > > > Missouri transmitters all on 162.425 just by
> > > moving my
> > > > > indoor twin lead J-pole around at the base. Back
> > > in
> > > > > 97, before they went synthesized, I picked up
> > > > > transmitters as far away as Alabama(near the
> > > Florida
> > > > > border), and Nashville Tennessee, and as far
> > > west as
> > > > > Goodland and Dodge City Kansas. North to Sioux
> > > Falls
> > > > > South Dakota, with a pair of stacked 5 element
> > > yagis
> > > > > for 2 meters. Got a tape full of recordings I
> > > made of
> > > > > all the stations I heard during that period.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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