After all of these years I am contemplating buying a weather radio for use during my Quetico trips. Not sure why I need one after canoeing for many decades but am giving it some serious thought. I have already given in and carry a PLB. God knows, GPS and a water filter might be next........
Anyway, my question for the Quetico Forum is do you have a weather radio that gets reception in the middle or northwestern part of the Q where I spend much of my time?
All I would like to do is check a simple weather forecast once or twice a day. No AM or FM reception needed or wanted. The Gear Forum gave me lots of ideas but did not address Quetico reception.
Any experiences with specific devices that might work?

I have a NOAA weather radio and it works most of the time. I've been to the center of the park with it, the NW corner (Beaverhouse, Quetico, to Maria and back) and up the Falls Chain from Cache Bay to the Poet Chain.

Each time I could get the forecast out of Atikokan. Sometimes I had to get to a high point in camp or stand in the open near the water to get good reception. Sometimes I could get the Ely and North Shore forecasts as well.

Thanks very much. What radio do you use?

The Garmin RINO unit I have - which is a GPS unit, and a GMRS 2-way radio - also has weather radio channels. But I've never turned it on in Quetico. Anyway, as I like to point out, the more functions you can get in a single unit, the better. Fewer things to add batteries to, to lose, to carry around, etc.

Never go without one. Currently use a Midland, but have also used an Oregon Scientific model. Both about the same as far as reception goes. Functions and use are similar too. I have gotten "decent" reception all over the park, but better or worse depending on location. In almost every location I have had to walk around and find the best reception. Most often I've received the bi-lingual version out of Atikokan, which is a pain in having to wait for the English message which follows the French. In some cases on the south of the park I have gotten NOAA out of Ely. (There is overlapping coverage, and I have only failed to get reception a couple of times in dozens of trips.) Many of my trips have been in the Northern part of the park too. Hope this helps. --Goose

Last year was the first year we brought one and I have to say I liked knowing what the days weather might hold other relying on my best guess. Although we of course take what we get it's nice know if a low pressure that is rotating above you will be moving off anytime soon or what the % is that the clouds that are building will form into an afternoon thunderstorm. I wouldn't recommend the radio we had last year I think it was called the Scorpion. Poor reception on Saganagons, the crank broke, solar charging feature poor. My son had to hold a metal paddle against it to get any kind of reception.

I use a few feet (2-3ft) of a split stereo wire and connect it to the end of the antenna. Really helps with reception.