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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