Willcox wrote:

Sandy Hoff wrote:


Hi guys,

Long time listener, first time caller here.
I have a question.
Is it legal to carry a police scanner in my car?


If it's not illegal, but it can be like incriminating evidence / Small
time drug dealers use them a lot. There's a world of difference in how
the police view it between having one in your home or having it in your
car. Why would you have one IN YOUR CAR either to evade police or go to
crime scenes?


I have no interest in monitoring the police.


Why would you need it in your car just to know what's going on?


I have the scanner in case TSHTF and I need to hear what's going on.
Wind direction and weather from KEC83, local radio, instructions. That
sort of thing.


A good AM radio can pick up AM stations a long way away.


But not NOAA weather radio at 162.5mHz.

But not NOAA weather radio at 162.5mHz.


NO\AA weather radio isn't any good anyways. During a recent "weather emegency"
here, which all of the tv stations that had news departments, reported on as
soon as happened, you wouldn't even know there was any weather emergency by
listening to NOAA.

I listenedto both during that time. NOAA was four hours behind, still playing
the weather from before the "weather emegency" with no warning about it .

while the tv stations all told about it.

and after the "eather emergency" was over, NOAA was still playing the weather
report from hours before the "weather emergency" ever happened.

I thought NOAA was the preferred weather in a weather emergency. But now I know
better.

During a "weather emergency", NOAA didn't mention it at all, while all the tv
stations did.

Therefore, I now know that the tv stations are preferrable for information
regarding the weather rather than NOAA.

eapecially in a "weather emergency".

"Stereophile22" wrote in message
...

NO\AA weather radio isn't any good anyways. During a recent "weather
emegency"
here, which all of the tv stations that had news departments, reported on
as
soon as happened, you wouldn't even know there was any weather emergency
by
listening to NOAA.

I listenedto both during that time. NOAA was four hours behind, still
playing
the weather from before the "weather emegency" with no warning about it .

while the tv stations all told about it.

Apparently you must be tuned in to the wrong frequency or have the wrong
SAME codes set...

Where do you think those weather alerts on your TV come from? Why, NOAA of
course! At least that's the way it works around here... NOAA alerts the TV
and Radio stations who then relay it to the public...

ONLY NOAA CAN ISSUE WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS, no one else!

The best up-to-date news for weather is your local amateur radio 2m-440
SkyWarn repeater. Local TV news stations monitor those frequncies as well as
NOAA alerts, but with SkyWarn you listen to the hams describe weather at
their various locations and you can track any storm cell right to your
backyard when monitoring their transmissions - very handy in bad weather
conditions


"PowerHouse Communications" wrote in message
...

"Stereophile22" wrote in message
...

NO\AA weather radio isn't any good anyways. During a recent "weather
emegency"
here, which all of the tv stations that had news departments, reported
on
as
soon as happened, you wouldn't even know there was any weather emergency
by
listening to NOAA.

I listenedto both during that time. NOAA was four hours behind, still
playing
the weather from before the "weather emegency" with no warning about it
..

while the tv stations all told about it.

Apparently you must be tuned in to the wrong frequency or have the wrong
SAME codes set...

Where do you think those weather alerts on your TV come from? Why, NOAA
of
course! At least that's the way it works around here... NOAA alerts the
TV
and Radio stations who then relay it to the public...

ONLY NOAA CAN ISSUE WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS, no one else!