The Reecom radio has four different alert tones for Test/Advisory/Watch/Warning, so you can tell right from the getgo what kind of alert it is. That was the Advisory tone, which is also used for the "Statement" alerts.
Yeah this one's in the basement, and yeah it's hooked to an FM antenna on the roof. The house is all brick, so I need an outside antenna to get any kind of radio in the house.
the state of wisconsin had a statewide mock drill too. i like your weather radio. i hear them going of in the background during live weather broadcasts whenever there really is sever weather.
Hey really like the video. A lot of people don't know that air raid sirens are to warn people who are outside. Anyways I'm a volunteer with the national weather service in Ohio. I'm a trained Skyewarn spotter I was going to go storm chasing this year but not a lot happened here in Ohio. Anyways I love your profile picture and I love the movie zootopia and I'm one of your new subscribers. So take it easy and have making videos and I'll comments on the next one.
I've wondered that myself. For some reason they come through without the 1050Hz tone. This causes problems, because first, it begins talking before the alert siren finishes, so the first few seconds are cut off. And on my mobile scanner's WX function, it decodes the SAME header which triggers the alarm and displays the hazard on the LCD, then waits for the 1050Hz tone which triggers it to open the squelch. So if there's no tone,it just keeps sounding the siren and you never hear the broadcast
14:34 True statement, I've been woken up by my weather radio at night. Where in the past only thunder has woken me in a severe thunderstorm and most of the time i wake to the power being out in those storms. Would recommend you get one.
@matteng1997 SWS is intended for use as an 'update'. I have only observed them during actual tornado warnings. Severe Thunderstorm Warnings are not updated in this manner. But during a tornado warning it is not uncommon for there to be four or five or more SWS updates, regarding the storm track and whether the storm is intensifying or an actual tornado has been spotted.
@jayhawk29 The Reecom and the RadioShack radios both have the same exact tone for Warning, which is why you can't tell they're both going off (On the DDC warning you can hear the RS unit go off a split second before the Reecom). For Statements, the Reecom has the slow warble, while the RS has a fast steady beep, so if you listen close, you can hear them both going off on the DDC and Wichita statements (The RS has the FIPS/SAME gate set, so it doesn't go off for the Hastings items).
so creepy sirens!! also i love the message on your reecom, MARIO EDIT: i just realised it's the date *insert sweat smile emoji here* also the reecom statement tone is very creepy too
The Sentry seem out of place among the other Federal Sirens although i grew up hearing Federal Sirens all my life did the sentry replace a Thunderbolt 1003 or 2T22 that was in place before it and will the Federal Sirens be replaced with sentries soon?
Theres three levels of alert.. Statement/Advisory, Watch, and Warning. Some radios make different tones for all three, some use all the same or only two different tones (Statement and Watch use the same tone, warning uses a different tone). It all depends on the radio.
Yeah i live in Pennsylvania as well about 5 years ago there was a tornado that was about 1/8 of a mile away from my house. The funnel went over my house.
In reading the specs on this, it seems that there are separate volume levels for the Siren & Voice. Is this true? Can the siren volume be turned to "0" (mute) so just the voice will play?
I have a 25 year old Midland that I have been using, but of course does not have SAME capabilities. When it is on "voice" alert, the radio just comes on and the 1050hz tone will wake me up. Even this drives my wife crazy, so I am looking for the same capability in a radio that does have SAME, reducing the number of alerts that will wake here up. All of the other weather radios I have researched have the siren go off every time, and at full volume. Thanks for the information, looks like this is my new unit.
The Topeka NWS doesn't cover Barton and Russel Counties. That's real odd.Even counties to the west os Russel and Barton counties are still served by the NWS in Wichita. None the less awesome video!! Do you other weather radios alert for Severe Weather Statements? I have never heard mine sound for those. Great sirens!
You mean the different offices (Dodge City/Wichita/Hastings)? The transmitter's (WXM35) coverage area overlaps the warning area of those three offices, so it transmits warnings from all three.
When I was going the my FRICKIN doctors apontment There was an a alert about the slippery ice in milwaukee To watch out But then I saw some car accidents In Milwaukee
+MaxxFordham They're not "that" quiet, they're being picked up by a camcorder's built in mic.. but even upstairs it IS way quieter than outside because most building materials are good at attenuation the frequencies sirens put out. If I'm sleeping late and they go off it's usually not enough to wake me up. Sirens are to alert people outdoors, not wake up people in their houses.
Yeah, MobileTaz, I figured these were being recorded by a camcorder's microphone. That doesn't mean that's why they sound quiet. Things in a camera's own microphone can still sound plenty loud. But yeah, okay, if it's downstairs in a dungeon-type basement (not a walk-out style, where half of it isn't even buried), *and* the windows are closed, I guess that would make sense. Well then, why didn't you open one of the windows? (And by the way, what are the quote marks around "that" supposed to be for, according to you? Is it just a fake "that"? Only figurative, then? Or wouldn't we just want to leave quote marks off the "that" there so that it can really mean itself?)
It's a Radio Shack 12-249.. Literally one of first - if not THE first - SAME capable radios on the market that had the LCD readout to tell you about missed alerts. I bought it in 1997. Aside from the fact that it doesn't have the "extended" alerts (AMBER, 911 outage, etc) it still works fine, despite being nearly 20 years old...
@garyhstorms10 I'm really not sure if the Sentry is a replacement. I've only lived here for 2 years and it's been there at least that long. That is the only Sentry siren though, and I agree it seems out of place. There are two 1003's and 5 2T22's scattered around the rest of the town. I can't really see them replacing anything at this point because they are all in great shape and sound excellent.. But who's to say the government wouldn't use it as an excuse to spend money? XD
Yep, its the only way to get reception period in my house! :) Even my regular FM radios on the ground floor have to be hooked to it because the brick/concrete blocks everything except near the windows!
@@jayCLTeeee Yep! I found a few offices that do indeed tone them. It seems most of them that do it will send them out for tornado warning updates (like Dodge City). The Paducah office is the only one that I know of that tones SVS updates for both severe Thunderstorm and tornado warnings
@@matteng1997 it's a shame that a majority of NWS offices don't tone SVS's for SVR and TOR updates, and i honestly don't know why they don't do that even my office (GSP) doesn't ever tone them for a situation like that
My wr120 went off for a required weekly test I was listening to the weather forcast and as soon as I got out of my room it interrupted and the guy said please stand by for important message and it went off
@MobileTaz Ah, sorry I mean't counties to the East of Russel and Barton are in Wichita's forecast area. Very odd to say the least, but as many warnings were being sent to that transmitter, who knows lol.
@MKIIProductions I've never used a Midland, but as far as I can tell, Midland does not make a radio that detects EOM. Believe it or not it does seem to be a rare feature that only a few brands offer. Most of the radios just leave the radio on for 5 minutes after the SAME header is decoded.
Unfortunately there wont be a 2012 video. I was in the same situation where I was not going to be home, so I set up the camcorder and started it recording before I left. However at some point between the time I left and the drill there was a power blip which shut off the camcorder. I have since learned that even with a fully charged battery, if the power adapter is connected but loses power, the battery does not take over, and it does not resume recording whn power is restored. Sorry about that.
@jayhawk29 Yeah I know, I thought it was strange too. Technically none of the counties covered by Topeka even use the WXM35 transmitter.(BTW, the counties to the west of Russell and Barton are covered by Dodge City, not Wichita) But that's what it said, so that's what I titled it. I think they just coded it wrong or something. Yes even my oldest radio (the white RadioShack one from last years video) alerts for SWS. You can hear it (Steady Beep) in the background on the Dodge City/Wichita SWS.
Meh, that's standard for any warning. They always tell you what to do, because what is standard procedure for us - living in Tornado Alley - probably won't be so obvious to people visiting or passing through or recently moved in, who don't have it drilled into them every year. They might act on some myth or legend that they heard - like taking shelter under an overpass or opening the windows "to equalize the pressure".
I like when it tells you to take shelter and I always say duh.. I say duh to all of them... Haha but when the sirens shoot off I always walk outside.... I live in south central Wisconsin... So it's a start of tornado alley kinda
Well,if the EAS is EVER activated, it's serious to everyone and not everyone knows what to do in the situation, so the EAS tells those certain people what to do and is a refresher for smarter people.
@MKIIProductions My 2004 Midland WR300 does NOT. However, I have an Oregon Scientific WR196T from Oregon Scientific from 2000 that does. It's unfortunate that it was one of the worst weather radios ever built. The only other one I know of that uses OEM detection was a Uniden from a few years ago.
I got my tornado drill recorded IN SCHOOL! See EAS #27 on my channel. BTW: Holy EAS alerts! Nice caputre. My weather radios went off 15 times today for the severe weather outbreak in michigan!
Like Speedbro said it's End of Message. That's the three short squawks that follow each alert. Radios that can decode the EOM will shut off immediately after the alert, while non-EOM radios generally have a 5 minute timeout.
