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Do you have a weather radio?

· 5 months ago · 1 reply · 144

Since we're getting bad storms here I just thought of this thread lol. Anyways do you currently have a weather radio and do you use it? I also just learned that Canada shut down their weather radio stations, so they basically forced users to use apps on their phones now. Which I'm guessing this might be pushed in other parts of the world now too. I used to have one when I was a kid but I don't have one now. I tend to get updates on my phone.

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· 5 months ago

When I was younger, as a teenager, I was big into learning Amateur Radio (HAM) I had one of those huge portable radios that could pick up like 12 different bands. Manually tuning it was quite the challenge. I miss that radio. Maybe someday, I'll find a replacement.

Anyway, as I moved into young-adulthood, scanners became all the rage. I had a desktop model, and later I bought one for my car (back when I had one). And when I eventually got my first HAM radio for my car, I liked that it had a feature for quick WX (weather).

Side note, while somewhat related, as a child, one summer I became obsessed with meteorology. I learned all the map symbols, and figured out rudimentary weather forecasting based on barometric pressure, wind direction, and cloud formations.

Anyway, here I go now to see if I can locate an old analogue multi-band radio. I really miss that radio!

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