RE: Ham Radios & Weather Radios
2020-04-29 by: david.dupre@gmail.com
From: david.dupre@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------ Just bought this one, was in stock at Walmart. =20 https://www.walmart.com/ip/Silent-Call-Midland-Weather-Alert-Radio/437887= 28?wmlspartner=3Dwlpa = = &selectedSellerId=3D1148&adid=3D22222222227031597144&wl0=3D&wl1=3Dg&wl2=3D= c&wl3=3D56738188376&wl4=3Dpla-101654210696&wl5=3D9011134&wl6=3D&wl7=3D&wl= 8=3D&wl9=3Dpla&wl10=3D112562587&wl11=3Donline&wl12=3D43788728&veh=3Dsem&g= clid=3DEAIaIQobChMI-_SYiPWN6QIVDRQMCh3BDALGEAQYBSABEgJgDPD_BwE =20 Very good Weather radio with power and battery backup. =20 David DuPre=E2=80=99 Lookout Mountain, GA Phone 423-503-3799 =20 From: Stephen Haywood =20 Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2020 10:05 PM To: david@dupresystems.com Subject: Re: [chugalug] Ham Radios & Weather Radios =20 I can't speak to Ham radios but the Weather Radio App is great for the = iPhone and will give you alerts based on your location. -- Stephen Haywood CISSP, OSCP, OSCE 423.305.3700 =20 =20 On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 6:45 AM David White wrote: I know that we have some HAM enthusiasts on the list. I've wanted to get a HAM radio for a while, although I don't have a = license or anything (maybe some day). =20 I'm looking for radio model and brand recommendations. Weather Alert (NOAA) is a must. HAM Radio capabilities would be cool. =20 Given the experience on Easter Sunday night, I've decided that I need to = get a weather radio - Hamilton County didn't send any alerts over the = cellular network, and the only reason I found out about the tornado was = because my Google Pixel non-Verizon phone alerted me and woke me up. = Neither my work phone, nor my wife's phone (both iPhone and Verizon) = alerted us. =20 (We lost 2 trees in our yard, and were probably only about 3-5 miles = away from the actual tornado. It was pretty intense, but besides the = gutter on 1 side of my garage, my dog's fence, and those 2 trees, we got = off lucky) =20 Given my eventual desire to get a HAM radio, I got to thinking.... Can a HAM radio double as a Weather Alert radio? I'm sure that a HAM = would double as a weather monitoring radio (just listen to the weather = bands whenever I want), but wasn't sure about actual alerting.=20 =20 I also don't want to be woken up in the middle of the night over a mere = thunderstorm warning, or even a flood warning (since I live near the top = of a hill away from any creeks and such... we basically have no flood = danger here). =20 --=20 David White