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Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 18:21:33 -0500 (CDT)
From: MILWAUKEE AREA SKYWARN ASSOCIATION <svoros{at}execpc.com>
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Subject: Main features: Radio Shack SAME Wx Radio
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MASA ("May-sah")
Promoting severe weather Identification, Evaluation, & Reporting.
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Here is a summary of some of the new features of the SAME
weatheradios...
* Can receives all 7 weather radio frequencies
* Can be programmed for up to 15 counties (or ALL)
* Can switch between a single county or multiple county alerts
* Unit can not be programmed for specific types of alerts.
* Has backlit LCD readout and three (3) LED lights; the readout
will show the event type and display the red light for warnings,
yellow light for watches, and green light for statements.
* Can store up to three (3) overlappingn alerts
* For warnings or watches...the radio sounds a siren
* For statements or tests...the radio sounds a beep
* For demonstrations...it reads out TEST but no beep or siren
* For Civil Emergency Messages (CEM), it reads "TUNE TV"
* If the unit has not received a SAME message within about a week,
it prompts you to "CHECK OP"
* Has external alarm terminals to hook up flashing lights (deaf
people)
All for the low price of $79.99 (grin)
...Thanks to Todd Shea At the National Weather Service
in La Crosse, Wisc., and Gary Timm EAS chair, Wisconsin.
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