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I am a Skywarn net control and net manager. I need a recommendation
for a weather radio that can function well in the environment of a Amateur Radio Station. MY present unit, a First Alert / Sima 268, gives of an obnoxious howl every time I key my fifty watt two meter transceiver. Worse still it gives off more false alerts than it does real ones. The false alerts do not coincide with transmissions from my station so I do not suspect receiver overload. What I would like to find would be a receiver that is field programmable without separate software, that can be programmed for the type of alert as well as the specific area, and that has an external antenna input that is not wired in parallel with a built in antenna. The biggest issue for me is the false alerts. When I'm doing the net manager thing for Skywarn and the weather alarm goes off I have to check that the warning makes it into the next periodic net announcement by querying the Net control on the computer chat or monitoring the net frequency at the appropriate time. I also use the same unit as my families warning device. That is why I want to be able to program the type of warning. I'm simply unwilling to be woken up at two in the blessed AM for an amber alert. Any real world experience based recommendations for a suitable model would be appreciated. -- Tom Horne, W3TDH |
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