Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Gear Forum :: Weather Radio
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bwcadan |
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ParkerMag |
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Wally13 |
There are better weather radios out there but for the money the Kaito is a good deal. Kaito-KA123 Digital AM/FM NOAA Weather Radio |
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Oisinirish |
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BobDobbs |
especially when east of the snowbank area, its invaluable to know when the next days forecast calls for winds coming from the east (off L. Superior). Anything can happen up there, but wind coming from that direction seems to bring miserable weather pretty consistently in my experience. North wind 'usually' cooler and drier south wind 'usually' warmer and wetter west wind 'who knows' east wind ' cold and rainy' |
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Savage Voyageur |
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Sentio |
quote LindenTree3: "quote VaderStrom: "quote DeanL: "quote coastwatcher42: "quote TomT: "quote TipsyPaddler: "quote sdebol: "This is what we bring--about the size of a deck of cards and has worked well. " I won't pile on, I will be the lone dissenter. We had one and it was useless, could not pick up anything. I am sure it was a bad radio, but I returned it and bought a C Crane Pocket WX radio. Nothing but good luck with the Crane. |
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smokedwhitefish |
I like the fact that the Scorpion is crank powered, solar powered, includes a built in flashlight, and is capable of powering usb devices. My group ritually takes turns cranking around the camp fire, with periodic breaks for loons, of course. The Eton Scorpion crank handle WILL break. The knob to be more precise. I drilled a hole where the knob used to be and put a couple small bearings on a screw, it's now way better than new. The antenna is worthless. I keep a 4-6 foot piece of small guage solid copper wire wrapped around the radio for reception magnification. If I ever get around to picking up some good two way radios with weatherband I may choose to leave FM radio at home. RM |
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mastertangler |
I was impressed only with the HAM radio that a guy on Isle Royale had. Quite the powerful gadget. But it was near $500 as well. On the other hand, it actually worked! |
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mastertangler |
quote LindenTree3: "MT, Who knows? I thought I had my bases covered while at Isle Royale when I purchased a cheap $15 dollar weather radio. All I got was static. Then this thread comes along extolling the virtues of a more expensive weather radio (better!) and I assumed i would get a report. More static. Hmmmm.........When I had a center console offshore boat and a marine radio sporting a 10ft antenna I could get weather reports all the way to the coast from my backyard. I wonder what the difference is ;-) Oh well. I will take it into canoe country and see what I get. Stay tuned (pun intended). The whole HAM radio thing seems interesting. The guy at Isle Royale was listening to folks from all over the world plus he got weather without fail. But I typically just deal with the weather in the back country regardless of what it decides to do. On the other hand knowing a big front is coming might be a good thing. Thanks Linden. |
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mastertangler |
I live in the fun and exciting town of Clewiston, the land of red necks and sugar cane.......I must admit that I fit in a little better than I care to admit ;-) I will drag the blasted little radio along on my travels now and turn it on occasionally. Hopefully I will get a weather broadcast out of Red Lake this summer. If not the occasional tune might be nice. One thing however is certain. If I were ever to go back to Isle Royale and stay on the outside (Superior) I would definitely have a HAM radio. Knowledge is power, especially when your life might depend on it. |
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LindenTree3 |
Look into shortwave radios also, I think you can always get coverage, not sure about weather reports. I'll see what I can find about Clewiston. |
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LindenTree3 |
Search in this, click on the Hendry Cty station, maybe even call them and ask how the coverage is in your area. Hendry Cty NOAA Weather |
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LindenTree3 |
quote mastertangler: "I guess time will tell but I'm leaning toward agreeing with Sentio. I picked the yellow Sangean up due to recommendations here and I cannot get anything weather related here in my small town in south central florida. Sort of a bummer. Not so sure another radio would either but no sense in throwing more money on marginal useless equipment. MT, Take the radio to another place in your travels, it is possible that there is not any NOAA weather stations near you. If that is the case of course the radio will not pick any up weather reports. Tell me what town you live by and I can search it out for you. |
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NotLight |
I believe the little C Crane is also manufactured by Sangean. Same guts as the yellow Sangean, just repackaged for C Crane with different buttons. |
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kennk |
These days I like the Midland HH50 because it is VERY small and super easy to use - it auto-locates the strongest station when it powers up - I like that. I even bought one for each of my kids in college! It has just four buttons/switches: - Power switch: On/Alert/Off ... On plays the radio, Alert is silent until an emergency broadcast - sounds alarm tone for 15 secs and then plays alert message - Alert/Rescan button: When Power=On, hold for 1 sec to rescan stations; When Power=Alert, hold for for 3 secs to hear the alert tone, press again to turn tone off - Volume up button - Volume down button It does not have SAME, but to be honest I usually I don't really care. If something is going on within station range I often want to hear about it. About $20. |
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maxxbhp |
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bbarker189 |
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kennk |
At home I have two Midland HH54VP2 portable weather radios with SAME. It comes with a table stand and can be plugged into AC with batteries installed and left on long-term, but if needed can be unplugged and taken with you when you head to the basement - a plus for me. The HH50 only runs on batteries. But the HH54VP2 is one that I feel is overly complicated to set up - I always need to pull out the manual. But once set up and not trying to travel with it - it's fine. |
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TomT |
quote Franzenrp: "Was thinking of bringing a small radio up on a solo trip, is the reception good with the Sangean radio or would I always have to adjust the antenna and tuner. Would like to listen to talk radio and ballgames in the fall" I've had no trouble in Quetico with it. Especially at night you can tune in many AM stations. I once listened to a white Sox game from Boston. |
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TomT |
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DeanL |
quote coastwatcher42: "quote TomT: "quote TipsyPaddler: "quote sdebol: "This is what we bring--about the size of a deck of cards and has worked well. " +4 count me in on the Sangean as well. |
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coastwatcher42 |
quote Franzenrp: "Was thinking of bringing a small radio up on a solo trip, is the reception good with the Sangean radio or would I always have to adjust the antenna and tuner. Would like to listen to talk radio and ballgames in the fall" Mine has picked up well where other small radios would not pick up at all. The earphone cord actually acts as the antenna. If you want to listen to the speaker insted of using the earphones, it comes with a antenna cord that plugs in in place of the earphones. In my opinion, the cord is much easier to fine tune than a regular antenna. Just be careful not to loose it. I keep mine in a Pelican case and never have to worry about where my antenna wire is. I can't remember the ID number of the case that I use and it's out in the garage and I'm too lazy to go look. As far as batteries go, a set will easily last an enire trip, even if you listen to it continually. Take them out when you get home though, because the digital aspect of the radio continually draws a slight amount of power and it will deplete your batteries somewhat between uses. |
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VaderStrom |
quote DeanL: "quote coastwatcher42: "quote TomT: "quote TipsyPaddler: "quote sdebol: "This is what we bring--about the size of a deck of cards and has worked well. " +5 great piece of gear when deciding when to have a rest day and wait out the rain/wind |
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dew042 |
Where you located? I have several, due to chronic upgradistis, I could offer them on the cheap as they are doing me no good. The Ambient Weather WR-77 is my second best and then the original Etón SCORPION. Daniel |
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TipsyPaddler |
quote sdebol: "This is what we bring--about the size of a deck of cards and has worked well. " +1 |
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TomT |
quote TipsyPaddler: "quote sdebol: "This is what we bring--about the size of a deck of cards and has worked well. " +2 |
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coastwatcher42 |
quote TomT: "quote TipsyPaddler: "quote sdebol: "This is what we bring--about the size of a deck of cards and has worked well. " +3 on the Sangean DT-400W |
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TomT |
quote coastwatcher42: "quote TomT: "quote TipsyPaddler: "quote sdebol: "This is what we bring--about the size of a deck of cards and has worked well. " The small size pelican case fits this radio perfectly. |
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LindenTree3 |
quote VaderStrom: "quote DeanL: "quote coastwatcher42: "quote TomT: "quote TipsyPaddler: "quote sdebol: "This is what we bring--about the size of a deck of cards and has worked well. " Sorry, didn't want to pile in on the Sangean, but put me down for +6. I also have Sangean rechargeable desktop radio in my off grid cabin. Sangean truly makes a superb radio. |