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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