Posted: 11/7/2008 4:06:24 AM EDT
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I purchased a Eton FR400 emergency radio today. I'm very pleased with it but how do you go about finding emergency radio stations in case of an event? I searched Google for a half hour with no results. Does anybody know? Thanks.
- Wes |
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The emergency broadcast system is designed to cut in on all
participating regular broadast stations. If you ever hear weather reports or Amber alerts preceded by some weird tones those are your emergency broadcasts. You can set the Eton to only come alive when those get broadcast. You can also set them to some of the NOAA weather stations since those also broadcast emergency alerts. In a SHTF situation where many stations may be off the air you'll just have to tune around until you find something. Us amateur radio operaters are tough lot to knock off the air, so investing in a good radio capable of DC to Daylight (full spectrum) is worth it. It's a good little radio. I have two of them and two Grundig (made by Eton) S350DLs in addition to all my ham gear. |
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I purchased a Eton FR400 emergency radio today. I'm very pleased with it but how do you go about finding emergency radio stations in case of an event? I searched Google for a half hour with no results. Does anybody know? Thanks. - Wes ARFCOM SHTF/EMCOMM frequency sheet http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=10&f=22&t=612380 see also the complete radio forum, http://www.ar15.com/forums/forum.html?b=10&f=22 ar-jedi |
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If you live in AZ, let me know roughly where you live and I can give you the local primary or relays for you are. Some stations are NN, which means the FCC has exempted them from EAS rules, usually small, non commericial stations too cheap to buy the equipment
All participating stations are required to monitor 2 sources if posssable, but if you can recieve a local primary or relay station, they often monitor up to 5 sources, plus in the case of a local emergency, the alarm will originate with them. A smaller station may only monitor one other station and weather radio, and who know if the NWS in AZ has agrees to plass local messages. Plus no station is required to broadcast local alerts, but the Local primarys and relays have agreed to do so. KFLP in Tuscon is the AZ primary entry point, meaning they have a direct telephone connection to 2 FEMA offices plus a satellite backup. However, they are farther down the food chain when it comes to local or state messages. But if you wanted to be the first to know of a national emergency, they would be the ones. |