Yeah, the nearest transmitter is in Saint Jo Missouri
25 miles away. I have no trouble picking it up on my
indoor j-pole, rubber duck is pretty dicey, but I have
a feeling I'd have to be within 5 miles of the
transmitter to pick it up on that clock radio. I often
have to move my j-pole around when the band is open to
null out the other stations on 162.4, sometimes I just
stand in the closet, the human body is mighty
influential from 3 to 2 meters.
--- Jeff Kenyon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Well, the wide band on my mom and dad's clock radio
> was another issue. It
> didn't help as I was and still am across town from
> the transmitter site and
> those earlier rigs I saw at least didn't do such a
> good job. Right now, I
> use my trunktracker scanner and HT. My Pro-60's
> keypad still works, but is
> in sorry shape. I also have another one of those
> Ran-McNally general
> coverage receivers with the tape player in the top,
> and it doesn't get much
> use, but is a good radio.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "shawn klein" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 4:20 PM
> Subject: Re: NOAA Weather voices in different parts
> of the country
>
>
> > I just use my Alinco dual band HT since my pro34
> > keyboard went kuh bluie! a few years ago. We
> bought a
> > clock radio for the kitchen with weather band on
> it,
> > but it doesn't pick up squat there. Tried in vain
> to
> > find an exposed screw I could put a wire on to see
> if
> > I could have an antenna. Radio was $9 if I
> remember
> > right. I first heard it on a t.v. radio back in
> the
> > early 80's, it had a.m fm vhf low t.v., vhf high
> t.v.
> > and a band that covered from 118 to 174 mhz. I
> later
> > upgraded to 1 that had 11 meters also. I also
> heard 2
> > meters on those radios too, I didn't know back
> then
> > that the reason I'd be listening to 1 qso, and
> another
> > would replace it, was that the darned radio used
> wide
> > band fm on that band. I found out later too that I
> was
> > slope detecting on the aircraft band.
> > --- Jeff Kenyon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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