"Crackles McFarly" wrote in message
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On Fri, 4 Jan 2008 19:36:52 -0600, "PowerHouse Communications"
sayd the following:


"Crackles McFarly" wrote in message
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It received it two times in the past but this past wednesday it was
silent for the whole weekly test time frame.

I checked NOAA and no significant weather was ongoing to prevent such
a test from being done.

Should I be concerned or does this happen now and then [that is, does
NOAA sometimes forget/fail to send out the weekly test?]

thanks



What type of weather radio do you have? There have been recalls on a few
that fail to alert as they are supposed to...

Mine isn't on that list of recalls. Mine is 12-259 radio shack SAME
weather radio.



http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07292.html

It could also be an issue with signal strength. The signal in my area is
not very strong, and sometimes I don't get the weekly alert either.
Depends
on weather conditions, humidity, etc. Somedays the signal comes in good,
other days you can't hear it.

The radio has a signal strength monitor, it shows it is very good. I
EVEN had the older SAME radio on at the time and neither got the
weekly test signal.



If neither got the signal, it may be possible that they never sent it. I've
never really paid much attention to if it goes off or not. Mine is spotty
at best, but that is what I am stuck with, as there technically in "no
coverage" where I am.