> Yeah, a much better quality receiver, or a new wx freq, and
> one option I use here in sacramento, is that the NWS uplinks
> from the local office on 410.575mhz. Widely heard in the
> area.. a cheaper scanner may do the trick if that is an
> option where you are..
>
> dave
>
>
>
> > > I have a Radio Shack NOAA Weather Radio (with S.A.M.E.
> > > coding etc...). It's a nice radio BUT, there is a local
>
> > > NewsTalk station that frequently dumps their audio onto
> > > 161.640MHz and that totally wipes out my NWR reception
> on
> > > 162.550 MHz to the point where I have no weather audio
> and
> >
> > > do NOT recieve any weather radio warnings. The 161.64
> > > transmitter is just 3 miles away (due West) and the the
> > NWR
> > > transmitter on 162.55 is 12 miles away - also due West.
>
> > Any
> > > suggestions on how to receive ONLY the NWR signal on
> > > 162.55MHz? Not even a directional yagi antenna works as
>
> > the
> > > stations are too close in line with each other.
> > > My guess is that the WX radio's I.F. is 455KHz and 2x
> 455
> > =
> > > 0.91MHz,
> > > so 161.640 + 0.91 = 162.550 MHz?? Anyway you can think
> of
> >
> > > to restore weather service to the radio without the
> > > news/talk station interference?
> > >
> > Hi,
> >
> > New radio maybe
> >
> > Seriously, all the alternatives, save 2, would require
> more
> > expense and effort than getting another radio.
> >
> > First alternative is to find another weather frequency. In
>
> > many places there are several weather service
> trtansmitters
> > than can be heard at one time on different frequenices.
> Here
> > in LA, if you can't get LA you can get Santa Ana, or
> > Ventura. They carry mostly the same alerts.
> >
> > Second chioce is to put an attenuator (say 6-10 db) in the
>
> > antenna feed line between the antenna line and the radio.
> > That may cut down the front end overmodulation and still
> get
> > the signal you are interested through. I am not sure if
> > Radio Shack carries them but a ham radio or good
> electronics
> > store will.
> >
> > Third choice, for the technically inclined, is to take the
>
> > front end tuning capacitor out of an old FM radio and wind
> a
> > really hi-Q coil and tune it to the weather frequency of
> > interest and put it on the front end between the antenna
> and
> > the radio.
> >
> > Fourth choice is a tuned pre-map on the front end. That
> will
> > be about as expensive as a new radio.
> >
> > John
> >
>
I use My sony Walkman as My weather radio ever since my local 1670 AM in Farmers Branch Texas has droped thier Weather coverage. My wlkman model is
SRF-M37V. The radio works great if you are with in about a 15 mile radius of the weather stations transmitter, past that and it's not very good. However it does not have a feature that will alrm you of severe weather. In like using it when I am out riding my bike and need to know if there are any storms close by.<P ID="signature">______________
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