S.A.M.E. warnings question

[Fishy]

I have a RS Pro 89 scanner and a Midland WR-300 weather radio.

My weekly tests come across fine from Ocean County every Wednesday.

We have been in a winter storm watch for about 6 hours now, and the
'watch' light on the Midland radio has not lit up. And the radio has not
woken up. I put the RS scanner on a WX channel in Philadelphia. I receive
both stations fine.

My question is, do the SAME tones only get broadcasted once per event?

Also a 'special weather statement' was issued for cold weather. Again,
the 'statement' light has not come on. And the RS scanner has not woken
up.

Thanks for any info.

[K2NNJ]

The NWS Forecast Office in Mt. Holly only does the alert one time. If you
miss it, they don't do it again unless there is a new advisory or warning.

Their might be a problem with your receiver, or you might have incorrect
codes. I have a Uniden 780XLT and it gets all alerts.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/

Good Luck!
Bob

"Fishy" > wrote in message
...
> I have a RS Pro 89 scanner and a Midland WR-300 weather radio.
>
> My weekly tests come across fine from Ocean County every Wednesday.
>
> We have been in a winter storm watch for about 6 hours now, and the
> 'watch' light on the Midland radio has not lit up. And the radio has not
> woken up. I put the RS scanner on a WX channel in Philadelphia. I receive
> both stations fine.
>
> My question is, do the SAME tones only get broadcasted once per event?
>
> Also a 'special weather statement' was issued for cold weather. Again,
> the 'statement' light has not come on. And the RS scanner has not woken
> up.
>
> Thanks for any info.

[Fishy]

Thanks for the reply Bob.

I know I have the correct code in for my county. Southard,NJ broadcasting
with 300 watts comes in pretty good with code 034029. I just made a change
in one setting a few minutes ago. The book says I can receive ALL SAME
message alerts from the trasmitter if I want. This will null out any
programmed codes. I will wait and see what happens.

John

K2NNJ wrote:

> The NWS Forecast Office in Mt. Holly only does the alert one time. If you
> miss it, they don't do it again unless there is a new advisory or warning.
>
> Their might be a problem with your receiver, or you might have incorrect
> codes. I have a Uniden 780XLT and it gets all alerts.
> http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/
>
> Good Luck!
> Bob
>
> "Fishy" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I have a RS Pro 89 scanner and a Midland WR-300 weather radio.
>>
>> My weekly tests come across fine from Ocean County every Wednesday.
>>
>> We have been in a winter storm watch for about 6 hours now, and the
>> 'watch' light on the Midland radio has not lit up. And the radio has not
>> woken up. I put the RS scanner on a WX channel in Philadelphia. I receive
>> both stations fine.
>>
>> My question is, do the SAME tones only get broadcasted once per event?
>>
>> Also a 'special weather statement' was issued for cold weather. Again,
>> the 'statement' light has not come on. And the RS scanner has not woken
>> up.
>>
>> Thanks for any info.

[Jeff Multer]

>> My weekly tests come across fine from Ocean County every Wednesday.

>> I put the RS scanner on a WX channel in Philadelphia. I receive both
stations fine.

According to the NWS website, the Phila or Mount Holly NWS transmitters don't
broadcast the alerts for Ocean County.

Only the Atlantic City, Southard and NYC transmitters provide SAME coverage for
Ocean County.

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/nwrnj.htm


Jeff Multer
Fort Mill, S.C.

[K2NNJ]

I mainly listen to the Hardyston Transmitter. But I get all 4 transmitters
crystal clear. Are you using indoor or outdoor antenna?

I use a scantenna on a 5ft. TV mast from the rat shack!

73
bob


"Jeff Multer" > wrote in message
...
>
> >> My weekly tests come across fine from Ocean County every Wednesday.
>
> >> I put the RS scanner on a WX channel in Philadelphia. I receive both
> stations fine.
>
> According to the NWS website, the Phila or Mount Holly NWS transmitters
don't
> broadcast the alerts for Ocean County.
>
> Only the Atlantic City, Southard and NYC transmitters provide SAME
coverage for
> Ocean County.
>
> http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/nwrnj.htm
>
>
> Jeff Multer
> Fort Mill, S.C.
>

[Fishy]

Jeff Multer wrote:

Hi Jeff. I should have been a little more clear. The Midland weather radio I
have Southard punched in which is located in Ocean County. Scantenna is in
the attic.

I am also going to put the Pro-89 on Southard in PRI mode and see what
happens. We have the artic blast coming in now, but I dont know if there
will be any type of warning for this. Thanks for the info.

> According to the NWS website, the Phila or Mount Holly NWS transmitters
> don't broadcast the alerts for Ocean County.
>
> Only the Atlantic City, Southard and NYC transmitters provide SAME
> coverage for Ocean County.
>
> http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/nwrnj.htm
>
>
> Jeff Multer
> Fort Mill, S.C.

[Jeff Multer]

>> We have the artic blast coming in now, but I dont know if there will be any
type of warning for this.

>> Thanks for the info.

Thank you, Mr. Fish. My brother lives in Brick Twp ... I guess I should call
and check on him this weekend, and make sure he and his mrs are doing okay.


Jeff Multer
Fort Mill, S.C.

[Mike M.]

On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 08:52:48 GMT, Fishy > wrotF:

>I have a RS Pro 89 scanner and a Midland WR-300 weather radio.
>
>My weekly tests come across fine from Ocean County every Wednesday.
>
>We have been in a winter storm watch for about 6 hours now, and the
>'watch' light on the Midland radio has not lit up. And the radio has not
>woken up. I put the RS scanner on a WX channel in Philadelphia. I receive
>both stations fine.
>
>My question is, do the SAME tones only get broadcasted once per event?
>
>Also a 'special weather statement' was issued for cold weather. Again,
>the 'statement' light has not come on. And the RS scanner has not woken
>up.
>
>Thanks for any info.

They may not alert for all warnings and watches. Some areas only alert
for tornadoes and severe thunderstorms figuring that people don't want
to be awakened in the middle of the night because they are going to
be snowed in. Call or e-mail your local NWS office and ask.