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does not alert you to emergencies
June 10, 2008: The National Weather Service issues a Tornado Watch for the entire state of Vermont. You would think this weather radio, turned on and with fresh batteries, would go crazy and sound an alarm, or at the very least display that there has been a tornado watch issued. Nope. This weather radio didn't. Other things I don't like about it: Difficult to set up. Difficult to get to the weather radio. VERY POOR RECEPTION!!!! I had to leave it in one specific spot in my house to get ...
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Works OK if you know its limitations
Like others say, battery life is short. I don't know where to get a wall power supply, but it would be nice. What we have found that works is to put it on alert at night when you need it to wake you, otherwise turn off the alert during the daytime. Here in the midwest, storms seems to be more numerous and stronger at night so that's when a person really needs the alerts. When the battery does run down, you have to re-set all the settings, except the location codes. After a while, you learn ...
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surprizingly difficult to use
You would think a weather radio would be pretty simple to use, but this one takes counterintuitive to a new level. First of all, while I'm not a tech genius, I am competent. I've built a PC recently, so its not like I'm an old man driving down the freeway with my turn signal on wondering what that ticking sound is. However, this radio had me beat. The interface is not at all intuitive, and the instructions are poorly organized. I tried a few times and gave up in frustration. My wife finall...
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