Can I find weather warnings for my area on the shortwave, or is it better just to get a NOAA emergency weather radio. Are there benefits of having a shortwave radio that I wont get with a plain NOAA emergency radio. What brand do you recomend
2006-09-30 18:17:37 · 4 answers · asked by RAW29 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
If your shortwave radio can receive frequencies from 162.400 MHz to 162.550 MHz, you'd be ok if you have your radio tuned into the particular frequency strongest in your particular area, and paid attention to it...
There are specific NOAA "all-hazards radios" that will remain idle until they receive a specific code (you program your local code) and alert you when significant weather is happening.
Recommended brands here...(look for ones that use SAME technology)
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/nwrrcvr.htm
2006-09-30 19:26:10 · answer #1 · answered by tbom_01 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
with the shortwave you can get alerts for other things like alien attack, or after a bomb. Stuff that noaa would have no intrest in.
2006-09-30 18:26:17 · answer #2 · answered by another_damn_pothead 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no point in either one, if its comming you will hear it on normal radio and local tornado sirens.
2006-09-30 19:56:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
not sure
2006-09-30 18:19:21 · answer #4 · answered by Sweetpea 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋