Radio Shack Hazard Alert Weather Radio

• Digital SAME technoloty for localized warnings
• Easy programming by state and county
• Auto-scans all NOAA channels
• 120 hour battery backup
• Includes AC adapter

Hailing from hurricane territory (NW FL) we make sure to have certain items on hand at the beginning of each summer. One of these things are fresh AA batteries for our Hazard Alert Radio from Radio Shack. Certified by both Public Alert and NOAA it delivers weather alerts and other warnings specific to the area in which you program it to monitor.

The front of the radio has a 4 color light panel indicating alert status ranging from "ready" to advisory, watch and warning. There is also a text display. You can also program it to monitor multiple locations which is helpful if you have family or other interests in another part of the country. Its footprint is small and fits easily on a table or bookshelf. It is fully programmed which enables you to choose your location from a list of options in order to receive up-to-the-minute weather updates specific to your needs. It plugs into a regular outlet and takes 6 AA batteries to get up to 120 hours of back-up time during outages.

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I bought one of these for my mother in MO 18 or so months ago. It worked great. The alert was loud enough that she could hear it and it went off too much, (but that was the fault of the active storm season, not the radio.)

I liked it well enough that I bought one for me in FL. It worked fine until I noticed that I hadn't been hearing the Wednesday alert tests and the display read "Check OPs," meaning that the radio had noticed that it hadn't received any alerts in quite awhile.

Last week, when tornadoes were popping up all around my mother, she said her radio wasn't going off and that "Check Ops" was displayed. She took it to a local Radio Shack where they confirmed that it was still programmed correctly, but that they had discovered that the units had a high failure rate after they got several months old.

So, take all those 1 and 2-star ratings with a grain of salt. I'd have given the radio a 5 out of the box, but it would be a zero today. What good is a weather alert radio that doesn't alert?

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works really well and is simple to hook up and operate. Not too many options and buttons. It gets the job done.

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I ordered 4 originally. Caution, do not buy from Capitol Outlet. 3 came in perfect and in new condition. 1 came in used, scratched up, and with double sided tape on the back of it.

The other 3 work perfectly. I had no issues programming it. Did not even look at the book till I wanted to set the time. The rest was prompted on start up.

I like the back light on auto. Power saving and functional. The volume is great, if not too loud. The alarm clock works well and the audio quality is adequate.

My home is on the fringe of coverage so the signal is not perfect. However, you can build or buy external antennas. NOAA even has links on their site for how to do so.

I built our with the plans at this link:The alerts work well and I like how granular the options are.

Since ordering these, I have now ordered 6 more for people I work with and family members. That is how much I like these.

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If your concerned about your safety during severe weather do not buy this product. Product would lose its signal,not go off in severe weather and a "check op" error would always appear. Replaced with a sangean cl-100 which has great reception, no signal loss and alerts as advertised.