* In a message originally to All, Richard Dale said:
 >     If I drive about 5 miles east of here, I can pick up not
 > only
 >     the weather radio from Kansas City (the transmitter is
 > actually
 >     about 10 miles south of here) on 162.55, but I can also
 > pick up the
 >     station in St. Joseph on 162.40 MHz.  That's not unusual,
 > but I
 >     can also pick up the weather station in Topeka, Kansas on
 > 162.475,
 >     another station near Springfield, MO, on 162.425, and a
 > Springfield
 >     station on 162.40 (when I go over a hill), overriding the
 > St. Joseph
 >     station on the same frequency.
 >     I'm using a PRO-51 and Radio Shack's all-band mobile
 > magnetic mount.
 >     At times I can pick up 162.475 and 162.425 on the
 > handheld using the
 >     rubber ducky antenna.  Of course the Kansas City and St.
 > Joseph
 >     stations are audible all the time.
Hi Rich.  I get all of them right here from my home with my base PRO-2004.  I 
have it attached to a single element of a 2-meter quad antenna.  Great little 
antenna.  Decibal gain out the wazoo.
 >     Funny thing is, that night I could hear 5 different
 > stations and we
 >     got five different forecasts for this area -- none of
 > them right
 >     except for the one that called for a 30% chance of rain.
 > It didn't
 >     rain at all, so they were the closest.  The others said
 > it was
 >     going to rain.
 >     I thought they all used the same information.  Go figure.
No complaints on that one.  It happens all the time.  usually with all of the 
weather radio stations giving their opnions, plus the tv stations, then you 
throw in the Weather channel and still, none of them get it right.  Pretty 
sad isn't it.  But you know, they call meterology a modern science.  
Actually, my bad knee and both collar bones are better indication.  Along 
with my eyes and common sence.
œater on....
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