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Post by CAwasinNJ on Dec 12, 2013 2:57:29 GMT -6
I have a weather radio that's supposed to pick up the SAME alerts from NOAA, but the only thing it's ever picked up are the tests. Actual alerts are never shown. As far as I know it's programmed with the correct SAME/FIPS codes. Is anyone else having any problems with alerts or is there something screwy with my radio? Ideas?
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Post by David on Dec 12, 2013 10:17:57 GMT -6
By any chance is your weather radio an Oregon Scientific model or Midland model 74-200? There were several recalls issued about five years ago for various Oregon Scientific models and about 9,000 Midland 74-200 units because they were not receiving SAME alerts. Do a search for "recalled weather radios" for further info.
You might try placing your weather radio in a different location in your home to see if that takes care of the problem of the unit not receiving SAME alerts. I have two identical model Oregon Scientific units located in two different rooms in my house, and one unit almost always receives SAME alerts while the other remains silent. I suspect that the unit which receives the SAME alerts is in a location where the NOAA weather radio signal is the strongest.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Dec 12, 2013 23:56:36 GMT -6
Mine's an Accurite, so that's not it. There aren't any recalls for that brand at all that I could find of the CPSC site.
The radio can pick up the station just fine (in fact I don't even need to extend the antenna to get a clear signal) and it has gotten the test messages, so I don't think that would be a factor. The only things I can think of right now that it could be are NOAA not sending alerts properly (unlikely for this long without somebody noticing), some setting I don't know about (though I've been through the setup many times), or defective unit (seemingly most likely, but why would the tests work?)
It's puzzling.
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Post by kenglish on Dec 14, 2013 9:53:31 GMT -6
Do you have the proper SAME Codes entered for your location?
Also, something I learned from John Dehnel....just having the code for Utah (49000) will not work unless the sender and the receiver use that particular code. So, sounds like the sender has to send the exact same SAME Code as the receiver is set for, or they won't work. You have to have the county code set, too.
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Post by David on Dec 14, 2013 10:42:11 GMT -6
For what it's worth: 49057 is the FIPS code for Weber County. I also have 49003 (Box Elder) and 49011 (Davis County) programmed in my weather radios in case a storm that's located north or south of Weber County is moving towards Ogden.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Dec 16, 2013 0:16:21 GMT -6
I do have the proper SAME codes as far as I can tell. The receiver actually has 6 digits for the code, which is odd. I think the 6th digit is supposed to be for census tracts within a county, but the manual doesn't say anything about that. I also tried 000000, which according to the manual should respond to anything. I'll keep checking. This time I'll keep track of what I've alerady tried and maybe that will help.
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Post by kenglish on Dec 16, 2013 5:57:01 GMT -6
The sixth digit is for parts of the county....NW, N, NE, W, Central, E, etc.....9 different parts.
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