[Skywarn] SAME, EAS receivers?

[Jon Reagan]

I have one of the newer Midland NOAA weather radios and it allows you to
use an entire range of volume settings for alerts.  You can even silence
them entirely if you so choose.

Jon
KM4LVI
On Nov 17, 2015 2:08 PM, "KD7JYK DM09" <kd7jyk at earthlink.net> wrote:

> : First and foremost, you need to purchase a NOAA All-Hazards SAME encoded
> : weather radio.
>
> How are these NOAA SAME alert receivers?
>
> I have two "EAS", Emergency Alert Sentinel" receivers for alerts from local
> radio stations which test randomly around four in  the morning.  After the
> family getting blasted out of bed at 0400 a couple of times they've been
> relegated to the scrap pile.
>
> Are the SAME receivers prone to these useless and alarming tests that most
> likely result in them getting tossed?  The alerts are great.  All the false
> alerts, "tests" aren't.
>
> Kurt
>
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