Kaito KA-210 AM/FM/NOAA Weather radio review & test

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VWestlife

VWestlife

Күн бұрын

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@uxwbill
@uxwbill 6 жыл бұрын
That little radio seems very well engineered. I am quite impressed with the audio quality on all of its reception bands.
@wilkes85
@wilkes85 6 жыл бұрын
I agree, people put WAY too much faith in cell phones and internet and they think they will always be around no matter what. I once got made fun of for saying it's a good idea to keep a road map in the car in case there's no cell reception; they compared that to carrying emergency survival supplies and rations with you at all times... pfft. Technology like internet is very convenient to have, but it's a double edged sword because it makes people too dependent on it, and without it, they don't know what to do.
@PropaneWP
@PropaneWP 6 жыл бұрын
I get mixed feelings watching this, knowing that my country (Norway) decided to stop FM transmissions in favor of DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting). 60% of people asked were against this, but they still went ahead and did it. Apparently, the DAB reception is poor in many places and instead of getting a weak signal, you just get no sound at all. So, yeah... When that extreme weather happens and the power and internet goes down, a lot of Norwegians are going to be sitting in the dark without a working radio.
@shahinsha108
@shahinsha108 6 жыл бұрын
Am is still available ?
@MagnusBombman
@MagnusBombman 6 жыл бұрын
at least in sweden AM is not used
@PropaneWP
@PropaneWP 6 жыл бұрын
I'm not big on the technicalities, but as far as I understand there are very few AM transmissions in Europe because the long wave band is limited to 14 channels and the long reach of the signal. I'm assuming there probably aren't any national AM transmissions in Norway either.
@TroyFoxxin
@TroyFoxxin 6 жыл бұрын
If your local EMS makes any sense. they have a standard ham repeater on a back up power system in your area where anything else might fail during outages. might make for a fair back up. it be better then nothing right? any bad weather coming youll be sure to hear chatter on there with a standard ham receiver tuned to their repeater. maybe not as detailed but should hear something maybe coming. but you well also hear dispatch on police calls and medical emergencies. I have one tuned in to both my NOAA Station and my local EMS. I always hear them talking about the bad weather. also nice for in my area listen in live for any tornado touch downs directly in my area and not wait for them to make it through the pipe line to get on NOAA or TV even know they are pretty fast about it but the less delays the better. I use a Uniden BC72XLT. Love that thing. lol
@windowsfan95
@windowsfan95 6 жыл бұрын
Propane and after they switched of the FM radio Network here in Norway, the amount of radio listeners has gone down. This makes me belive that it was a bad choice to switch it of!
@farhanatashiga3721
@farhanatashiga3721 6 жыл бұрын
The part at the end with the direct hook up is a good way to find out what kind of speakers you have, for me it's mono because I hear absolutely nothing.
@classicmacintosh
@classicmacintosh 6 жыл бұрын
It's interesting on laptop computers with a 'subwoofer' speaker -- most of Apple's machines have this setup. It sums the two channels and applies a low-pass filter to drive the low frequency driver. The result of this is that all you hear is the (quiet) high frequency speakers.
@RR0101001001010010
@RR0101001001010010 6 жыл бұрын
Digital radio is a mistake. Aside from audio quality, analog radio is better in every other aspect.
@vwestlife
@vwestlife 6 жыл бұрын
Actually analog radio has better audio quality than digital, too -- at least here in North America where we use the IBOC DAB "HD Radio" system.
@KRAFTWERK2K6
@KRAFTWERK2K6 6 жыл бұрын
Analog Audio Signals are MUCH better for terrestrial broadcast because even with weak signal strength you can still hear it while a digital signal would have too many lost data packages which makes you end up with either digital glitch garbage or no signal at all. Radio is the least thing that needs to be digital.
@KRAFTWERK2K6
@KRAFTWERK2K6 6 жыл бұрын
@ VWestlife: Yea, same here. DAB+ sounds absolutely terrible over here in Germany, with bitrates usually around 56kbits and lower. Sometimes you are "lucky" to have a station broadcasting at 96kbits but the aliasing and compression artifacts are soooo noticable even at low volumes, it really is absolutely unbearable. Even an MP3 webstream at comparable bitrates sounds better. The analog stations sound drastically better.
@photopuppet
@photopuppet 6 жыл бұрын
They actually use such a ridiculously low bitrate on all the DAB channels in the UK that analog FM sounds far better! :D
@simontay4851
@simontay4851 6 жыл бұрын
And some UK DAB stations are only in mono too as well as low bit rate.
@Musicradio77Network
@Musicradio77Network 6 жыл бұрын
Nice radio. I used to have my Sony Walkman pocket radio with an AM, FM, TV and Weather band, but I lost it many years ago. TV tuner on a radio was one of the last band to have TV audio, but sadly, by June 2009, the FCC decided to get rid of the analog TV stations and went digital, and TV audio has gone static. A lot of people complaining that analog TV stations are going to come back, but not anytime soon. The NOAA radio gives you the weather featuring TTS voices including Paul, the voice you hear frequently on numerous GoAnimate videos including Cailou and grounded videos which I'm not much into it. As a for the message at the end, here in Kingston, NY, we had a foot of snow like 12-18 inches, and thankfully we had power, and no outages. I remember two weeks ago, the power went out Friday and again on Sunday since the house only has a generator where it restores power during outages, except my room has no power still. I remember last year, a big tree fell off and knocked off power lines that cause the power to go out and it gone crazy. It took a few days before they got rid of the big tree. I remember the house next door had big trees, but now, they have only one tree left, and that's fine.
@VickyGeagan
@VickyGeagan 6 жыл бұрын
You may hear pirate radio stations on the old channel 6 audio channel around 87.7 fm I just got all my utilities back and am expecting to lose them again expecting up to 2 feet of heavy wet snow with blizzard conditions with high winds also lost part of the roof in the last north easter the fist one
@simontay4851
@simontay4851 6 жыл бұрын
Big trees near power lines should be trimmed or cut down safely before they fall down on the lines or they should be put under the road/pavement. In the UK electric and phone is always under the road in large towns and city's. Only in small villages and the country are the power and phone lines overhead. The big high voltage transmission lines are usually always overhead though.
@simontay4851
@simontay4851 6 жыл бұрын
But well supported with guy wires and nearby trees are maintained properly.
@TheRadiogeek
@TheRadiogeek 6 жыл бұрын
Everyone should have a radio for emergency information.
@MasticinaAkicta
@MasticinaAkicta 6 жыл бұрын
Do you think that if society breaks down, world war follows or due to whatever reason society crumbled. Do you think there is internet? Digital radio? Digital Television? Anything? At least analogue radio is so old tech that is should be relative easy to recreate/steal/repair.
@MrOpenGL
@MrOpenGL 6 жыл бұрын
All it takes to make a crude AM transmitter is either two (or even one!) vacuum tubes or a single op-amp. :) Not to mention the crystal radio to receive :)
@chrysanth.5700
@chrysanth.5700 6 жыл бұрын
I think people underestimate how easy it is to do things like internet, radio, and television. Just put the technology in the hands of everybody and you can do a lot. Hell, there's already guides on the Internet on how to bootleg your own Internet, radio, and television signals (especially Internet after the whole FCC repeal of Net Neutrality deal went through).
@tony714keene
@tony714keene 6 жыл бұрын
Masticina Akicta no. No duh.
@SuperDanijel22
@SuperDanijel22 5 жыл бұрын
Was that Croatian languange on 3:21
@thaddeusmcgrath
@thaddeusmcgrath 6 жыл бұрын
I recently picked up a Kaito KA009S that is 3 way powered and impressed with the reception on medium and SW bands compared to other radios I own. I need to replace the antenna but for 2 dollars and looking new I got a great deal.
@mondasiancyberman1268
@mondasiancyberman1268 6 жыл бұрын
I hope your weather clears up, man.
@jacnel
@jacnel 6 жыл бұрын
Who doesn't love Canadian Radio night!
@taofanarchy96-renzomaracas14
@taofanarchy96-renzomaracas14 4 жыл бұрын
_Radio Night in Canada/La Soiree du Radio_
@frg9600
@frg9600 3 жыл бұрын
The Radio Shack AM/FM radio shown at the end of your video (catalog #12-467) is one of the last Radio Shack branded AM/FM radios made for "Rat Shack" before they filed for bankruptcy. IMO, it has excellent sensitivity and selectivity on both bands. I bought one for $5.00 on eBay recently and have been very impressed with how good the reception is for a pocket sized radio.
@geotechmore8855
@geotechmore8855 6 жыл бұрын
Neat little radio! Another storm tomorrow. I live in Hudson County in New Jersey. Your in New Jersey as well :) I wonder if my little Sony portable radio can pick up Canadian stations as well :) My Sony radio is over $100 on Amazon currently :) i bought it back a few years ago for around $25 or $30 from Walgreen's :)
@TNTUP
@TNTUP 6 жыл бұрын
love hearing french things on your video haha, hearing Quebec xD Love this video VWestlife :D
@Veso266
@Veso266 6 жыл бұрын
what station was that where they spoke croatian? (3:20)
@vwestlife
@vwestlife 6 жыл бұрын
I don't know.
@blue387
@blue387 6 жыл бұрын
WNYE 91.5 FM has a 30 minute Croatian radio program on Wednesdays at 8PM.
@traxonwax
@traxonwax 6 жыл бұрын
I used to listen to GRock back about 10-12 years ago. I loved how they adopted to 64k AAC streaming. they sounded excellent especially at that time when most OTA stations 860am is CBC French out of Toronto. Their calls are CJBC and they are a Class A 50,000 watt clear channel station.
@KRAFTWERK2K6
@KRAFTWERK2K6 6 жыл бұрын
I wish we had something like NOA in Europe as well but over here the digital lobby is doing all they can to kill off the last analog spots that exist. AM is already gone in Germany… LW was killed a few years earlier. The only thing that still exists is FM but even that they wanna kill and replace with the DAB+ crap that literally NOBODY wants but keeps aggressively marketed. They say they need the FM frequencies for "mobile phones" even thou that doesn't work at that low frequencies. Another big lie is they say that digital radio is supposedly "green" because it consumes less energy. Well yeah they send a lot weaker but that makes it impossible to receive anything at all. And the catch is that DAB+ radios consume a LOT more energy than analog radios. Because DAB+ radios are more or less little PCs. The codec chips inside also make these radios a lot more expensive too compared to analog radios that you can get for at least 5-10 bucks while DAB+ starts at 50 bucks. I really envy you US americans for having a strong and alive radio culture. Especially regarding AM.
@TheMajkla
@TheMajkla 6 жыл бұрын
Same goes for Slovakia - SW is dead and our national broadcaster now rents the airtime from Kall-Krekei in Germany. Medium wave is only for ethnic minorities (most of transmitters have been scrapped but one plus a few new ones were built. No long wave broadcasting at all. Interestingly, despite having a DAB+, the medium wave in the UK is packed with stations, I can receive up to 100 signals, some of them are multiple frequencies of the same station. I heard over the grapevine that there's no political will for a complete digital switchover, unlike in Norway- the Brits would go berserk if they lost their prized MW.
@Colddirector
@Colddirector 6 жыл бұрын
I hear you, but... DAB+ on the haters!
@wclifton968gameplaystutorials
@wclifton968gameplaystutorials 6 жыл бұрын
luckily we still have AM/FM in the UK but we also have DAB & DAB+
@povilasstaniulis9484
@povilasstaniulis9484 6 жыл бұрын
In my country (Lithuania), they experimented with DAB broadcasts, but gave up the idea eventually. Digital is great for TV, but I think radio should really stay analog.
@romanbellic2237
@romanbellic2237 6 жыл бұрын
absolutely agree
@jeffking4176
@jeffking4176 6 жыл бұрын
You are right, it is DSP. The light blinking just means a weaker station. Paid $ 20.oo for mine. While it’s no DX Radio , it does a fairly good job picking up and locking on to some of the weaker stations. Batteries last a long time. Kaito quality is very good. An excellent radio.
@mxslick50
@mxslick50 6 жыл бұрын
The flashing tuning light on the 1700 AM was from the pulse static, it was flashing in time with it.
@vwestlife
@vwestlife 6 жыл бұрын
Actually I believe the flashing LED was _creating_ the static, rather than responding to it.
@chrishalle1982
@chrishalle1982 6 жыл бұрын
Do you know what im interested in? Atest between cheap phono cardridges and expansive cardridges with cheap needles on it. Because i cant efford this expansive needles but maybe the expansive cardridge is improvement enough.
@bluetech7753
@bluetech7753 6 жыл бұрын
Definitely portable radios are a must I have a few of them laying around as well. Internet and cable are the most unreliable sources of communication when it comes to bad weather they're usually the first things to go out even if you don't lose power. Another very reliable form of radio communication would be to weigh this could be CB radio or ham radio during weather events or a simple pair of FRS walkie talkies. That's why I don't think radio is going anywhere soon it will never be obsolete I know there's Pandora and all these streaming services but a radio broadcast is always there no matter what.
@MyDiesel101
@MyDiesel101 6 жыл бұрын
Excellent Video! Thank you. Though I own several transistor radios, and even a Freeplay with the crank. None of then have a NOAH Band, I am going to buy a Kaito KA-210.
@jeffking4176
@jeffking4176 6 жыл бұрын
Thomas Taylor You and I are on the same page regarding the KA-500. Excellent radio.📻👍‼️
@BBC600
@BBC600 6 жыл бұрын
What is the song at the end over the caption? I like it!
@jeffking291
@jeffking291 4 жыл бұрын
These run about $20.oo. I have one of these. While it’s not the most sensitive on AM (MW), FM is very good, and Weather Band also has good Sensitivity. These [new] DSP-based radios act differently than an old Analog radio. They tune in “Steps “, or increments, with space in between. Also, they either have a lock on the station or it doesn’t. No fading in and out. If the signal fades, the radio will loose lock, but will re-establish it as soon as it gets it again. For a radio of this type, it’s worth the money. It also comes with a 1-year warranty, through Www.Kaito.US which is based in California, and also handles the Tecsun brand. They are easy to deal with. Mine is almost 5 years old. Still working great. Good review. 📻🙂
@rhysevans8691
@rhysevans8691 6 жыл бұрын
Iv'e always wanted to ask, when you record your vinyl records though Audacity, is there a way to remove the static/cracks/pops in the recording?
@vwestlife
@vwestlife 6 жыл бұрын
I normally use Adobe Audition, not Audacity. It has better click/pop filtering.
@williamcarnell2251
@williamcarnell2251 6 жыл бұрын
Someone gave me an AM, FM Stereo with VHF TV audio pocket radio sometime ago. The TV band was useless since it was pre-digital broadcast but the FM stereo worked when using earbuds or head phones and it had 10 digital presets for AM and FM radio. The trouble is that I have no idea where its at now or the brand name to look on ebay for another.
@The90sGamingGuy
@The90sGamingGuy 6 жыл бұрын
Very interesting video. Weather here in Texas is slightly warming up. I enjoy winter season due to summers being extremely hot at times so much that the AC in my car barely keeps me cool. Im thinking about moving up north since i love and my body deals with colder temps with ease.
@jeffking4176
@jeffking4176 5 жыл бұрын
Again, the flashing light indicates a weaker station. DSP is having a little trouble locking on to the station, and you may hear a”choppy “ sound- just that DSP chip. Kaito does a better job at implementing the technology than most companies care to deal with. 📻🙂
@dmvnewsfan
@dmvnewsfan 6 жыл бұрын
Let me guess, that NWR station was WXM60.
@CBLounge2112
@CBLounge2112 6 жыл бұрын
Love your channel, Mahalo for all the great content kind sir!!!!
@romanbellic2237
@romanbellic2237 6 жыл бұрын
Your Tandy 1000 aka young Sheldon PC hehe in the backround, i love it :-)
@steventrott2718
@steventrott2718 6 жыл бұрын
That storm was one of the worst storms here in Maine. Such a heavy crappy snow! My snowblower kept jamming. Luckily no power or internet outages. I’m surprised the wind was incredible.
@johnsmithers284
@johnsmithers284 6 жыл бұрын
I love little radios like this. Back in early 2017 I bought one from a goodwill for 6 bucks. When Hurricane Harvey rolled around this was my only source for information. Next I'm going to try to find one with a hand crank function as well.
@TheRadiogeek
@TheRadiogeek 6 жыл бұрын
Joshua Falcone the Sangean MMR-88 is a real nice crank radio.
@jeffking4176
@jeffking4176 6 жыл бұрын
Kaito KA-500. Excellent little radio. Bought one for mom. (Played with it for 3 weeks before I gave it to her.- - Hey, had to make sure it was good.) Kaito has continually raised their quality control standards and makes some really awesome products. They are at the forefront of emergency radio technology.
@normanhill535
@normanhill535 2 жыл бұрын
CJBC is the French Canadian radio station, from Toronto, 860 AM
@kd8opi
@kd8opi 6 жыл бұрын
OK, Awesome review. Have you ever done a review of its even cheaper little brother - the KA-200? I have two I got for $9.99 each on sale a few years ago. They are the best little cheap radios around. I gave one to my nephew for a camping trip he had (cell phones were banned) and he and friends (and teachers) sat around it and listened to the ball game when they were rained out a day. He told me people were amazed by its sound, and low-tech appeal.
@jeffking4176
@jeffking4176 6 жыл бұрын
kd8poi The KA-230 is also very good. (I liked the white), but plan on getting the KA-200 and the KA-350-ylw crank radio.
@kd8opi
@kd8opi 6 жыл бұрын
Jeff, check this out, I got one last week. it actually works. Not terribly selective on AM, but it costs less than a cup of Starbucks (I got mine for $4.98). www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01IJAE99A/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
@racinchef
@racinchef 4 күн бұрын
The Kaito KA338 emergency radio has the same dial, yet incorporates a solar panel, hand crank, rechargeable battery, 3 AAA batteries, flashlight and siren.
@digitalmediafan
@digitalmediafan 6 жыл бұрын
Shame it doesn't have the Noaa weather sat band of 137 Mhz !
@timemerson4162
@timemerson4162 6 жыл бұрын
Got about same here in KY,but everything has stayed on.
@KingHenryVR4
@KingHenryVR4 6 жыл бұрын
We got a random snowstorm in my area of NC on the 12th, ended up getting like an inch of snow but today you couldnt even tell it cause it was sunny an back up in to the 50s so it was pretty much all gone.
@kae4466
@kae4466 6 жыл бұрын
we have several amers in my area and one 50 thousand watter went fm as well. i dont think that dab is what is was cracked up to be . i cant get nws sacramento or san fransisco at al because i am in a deep ravine with mountains on all sides.
@mspysu79
@mspysu79 6 жыл бұрын
Not a bad little radio for emergency use, NOAA weather radio is always a good thing to be able to pick up, with a good receiver I can get 3 NOAA stations Akron, Youngstown and Pittsburgh (weak and noisy). Always good to have one or more portable battery radios at the ready and with known good batteries in them. As for outbound communications, you can easily get a Technician class Amateur radio license and an inexpensive 2M handheld radio, most areas have many repeaters that allow the range of the handheld transceiver to be extended, and most repeater operators have more then one power backup plan.
@snsm6730
@snsm6730 6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, have a HAM license myself for just this reason. Have used my Yaesu FT-60 hand held for just this reason during some bad weather here... But a little emergency radio is also kept in my travel bag to....just in case...8)
@miked4377
@miked4377 5 жыл бұрын
y town!!
@bobskie321
@bobskie321 6 жыл бұрын
Many of us in here in the Philippines still has portable radio because we expect occasional power outage not just because of bad weather but due to power line maintenance.
@Barisic122
@Barisic122 6 жыл бұрын
3:21 WAIT WAIT WAIT I KNOW THAT SPEAKER. The guy from the croatian national radio station. Cool. Edit: shit it was the wront time it's acctualy 3:21 not 2:21
@steva7159
@steva7159 6 жыл бұрын
Koji je to radio u Americi na Hrvatskom jeziku?
@Barisic122
@Barisic122 6 жыл бұрын
Steva Мађија e neznam ni sam ali mislim da prepoznajem glas i mislim da je to mario anduš sa HRT-a
@Dac_DT_MKD
@Dac_DT_MKD 5 жыл бұрын
It's nice to hear Balkan language on an American radio station. Pozdrav iz Makedonije.
@Barisic122
@Barisic122 4 жыл бұрын
@northmountainfilms Official Account 2 ye it's croatian. You can't tell me i don't recognise my own language
@twocvbloke
@twocvbloke 6 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of a little pocket radio I used have many years ago, dunno what happened to it, just one of those things that just "disappeared", can't even recall what brand it was now... :\
@drmarioschannel
@drmarioschannel 6 жыл бұрын
What's the best mini am/fm/noaa/sw for distance?
@vwestlife
@vwestlife 6 жыл бұрын
The CC Radio series is pretty good, but expensive.
@ericariley1696
@ericariley1696 6 жыл бұрын
How are you able to pick up Canadian radio stations? Which part of NJ are you from?
@vwestlife
@vwestlife 6 жыл бұрын
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skywave
@ericariley1696
@ericariley1696 6 жыл бұрын
VWestlife Thanks for the information. Very useful.
@Dac_DT_MKD
@Dac_DT_MKD 6 жыл бұрын
3:26 You have Serbian radio stations in the USA?
@DrsDapperTopper
@DrsDapperTopper 6 жыл бұрын
It's actually French-Canadian station..
@TheWoodpecker1
@TheWoodpecker1 6 жыл бұрын
Awesome video! Cute little radio, I really like the hiss of AM radio. DAB radio sucks! :D
@namesurname4666
@namesurname4666 6 жыл бұрын
What is noaa?
@blue387
@blue387 6 жыл бұрын
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
@jeffking4176
@jeffking4176 6 жыл бұрын
Name Surname N.O.A.A. runs radio stations in almost every community, continuously broadcasting weather information for each individual area. It is automated system (and voice). But the info is fed into a computer. Most areas also have an alert system, whereby a tone is broadcast ,which triggers radios and turns them on automatically in an emergency. (Depending on the radio).
@zelja.
@zelja. 6 жыл бұрын
WTF?! At 3:21 you can hear the prime minister of Croatia! What station is it? Croatia stopped broadcasting in AM in 2014., but even if it didn't it shouldn't be possible to hear it so far. This is probably some US station rebroadcasting?
@vwestlife
@vwestlife 6 жыл бұрын
That was on FM, not AM.
@zelja.
@zelja. 6 жыл бұрын
Yes, my mistake. But, wow, at the moment you scaned the frequencies I heard prime minister loud and clear, which confused me because I actually listened to the news moments before and he was speaking about something else. I was confused how come he speaks about some stuff that happened few weeks ago :)
@coondogtheman
@coondogtheman 6 жыл бұрын
I have a NOAA weather cube from Radio Shack and in my area I can get 2 maybe three weather stations and I can faintly pick up the country music station who's tower is not far from my house. It's garbled though. I have a wind up radio where while on the weather band I can pick up pager traffic on it. I'm going to get an SDR dongle and listen to more.
@outisaudio5838
@outisaudio5838 6 жыл бұрын
Jealous of how well you can pick up WQXR (105.9). Gave me a start to hear them trying to sell memberships on KZbin.
@ethanoreilly2002
@ethanoreilly2002 6 жыл бұрын
Have a very similar radio I bought in Portugal and it's a tiny little autoscan FM radio!
@kylehungerford7746
@kylehungerford7746 6 жыл бұрын
I used to have one of those radios but lost it
@sexycavetroll2788
@sexycavetroll2788 6 жыл бұрын
Those weather voices always come off a bit scary to me. I guess it reminds me of being a kid and hearing it during really bad storms normally followed by black outs. Good old days in Philly
@jeffking4176
@jeffking4176 6 жыл бұрын
myke E the fact that it’s a computer generated voice adds to its eerieness.
@sexycavetroll2788
@sexycavetroll2788 6 жыл бұрын
Jeff King yeah exactly. It give off this end of the world vibe like a message set to play continuously because the station has been abandoned
@HBC101TVStudios
@HBC101TVStudios 6 жыл бұрын
3:22 is a Hebrew-speaking station?
@davidkgame
@davidkgame 6 жыл бұрын
He's in NJ and going on the towns identified in the NOAA broadcast not too far from the NY border. NY has stations in Russian, Hebrew, Cantonese,Spanish, English and a few others, especially on AM.
@Rich_123
@Rich_123 6 жыл бұрын
My eyes were watering during the out-of-phase portion of this video. I had to turn my head sideways. The tuning LED: steady blinking on some good stations, solid on others. I couldn't google up a manual for this but there has to be a reason.
@JonathanWJ
@JonathanWJ 6 жыл бұрын
I unfortunately live in one of the few areas in the country without access to NOAA weather radio! I live behind a mountain that blocks out the station that is supposed to reach my town. Oh well.
@markm0000
@markm0000 6 жыл бұрын
Get in contact with them and tell them about it!!!
@GROUPGALAXYEntertainment
@GROUPGALAXYEntertainment 6 жыл бұрын
It was like magic my cell phone without headsets couldn't hear anything except some static Plugged in my headsets sounded pretty good
@EvrenSen
@EvrenSen 6 жыл бұрын
I still love FM radios. By the way I'm still using Nokia N8-00. It has a FM receiver and a transmitter too :) Not much DAB freqs in Turkey and still listening FM radios...
@reginaldlawrence412
@reginaldlawrence412 6 жыл бұрын
nice little radio to have.
@infinitecanadian
@infinitecanadian 6 жыл бұрын
It's so weird how the East gets storms while the West is so far away that it is peaceful (although in danger of earthquakes). Hope you weather the storm!
@MichaelOKeefe2009
@MichaelOKeefe2009 6 жыл бұрын
Kaito? Oh you mean that Vocaloid due with the blue hair?
@kami-kun_va
@kami-kun_va Ай бұрын
thats what i thought ww
@GabrielMartinez-pe6ln
@GabrielMartinez-pe6ln 6 жыл бұрын
I have a weather radio from midland
@CommodoreFan64
@CommodoreFan64 6 жыл бұрын
A good weather radio is nice, but I also have an FM radio built into my cell phone, all I have to do is hook a 3.5mm speaker, or pair of headphones to it, and boom FM radio. I also keep several USB battery banks charged up ahead of a coming storm as I live in S. Carolina, and we have had winters with extreme ice knocking power out for some in my area for almost 2 weeks, and Hurricane season is no joke either. Always be prepared for bad weather with stored water, food that you know can't go bad quickly, and can be easily prepared. Edit: we also have a gas generator as well to keep our fridge running, maybe a heater on low if needed, and a single light at night.
@jeffking4176
@jeffking4176 6 жыл бұрын
Commodorefan64 What happens when a storm knocks out the transmitter towers ❓😐
@CommodoreFan64
@CommodoreFan64 6 жыл бұрын
You find another channel that's still broadcasting, as they are not all in the same place for that very reason. I also have a rechargeable shortwave radio with built in FM, and LED light as the backup to my cell phone.
@qwertykeyboard5901
@qwertykeyboard5901 7 ай бұрын
It's incredible how the "beacon of freedom and democracy" can't even manage cell phone coverage for many areas I visit. Long live analog radio!
@JOELwindows7
@JOELwindows7 6 жыл бұрын
7:07 You may hear nothing. Because of your stereo to mono converter on your smartphone. *Use purely Stereo audio!*
@RobbieStrike
@RobbieStrike 6 жыл бұрын
That is a old Floppy disk drive !
@jackg780
@jackg780 6 жыл бұрын
Sweet analogue radio
@Gubel1990
@Gubel1990 6 жыл бұрын
Can you upload short Samples (a few seconds cause of copyright) of music on some american FM Stations recorded via HiFi-Stereo-Tuner/Line-In? Would be interesting how they "sound". Here in Germany nearly all stations are very "tiny"-sounding because of heavy abuse of soundprocessing (very quitet, nearly zero dynamics, equalization and signal-exciting). In some our naighbour-countrys Radio sounds MUCH better!
@vwestlife
@vwestlife 6 жыл бұрын
Trust me, radio stations in the USA are much more heavily processed than the ones in Europe.
@johnsweda2999
@johnsweda2999 6 жыл бұрын
You seem to have a lot of power outage in your country, if you're living in an area where it has heavy snowfall and it's going to cause these problems with the main electricity Lines I don't understand why you don't bury them in the ground? Then you won't be having these power outages.
@vwestlife
@vwestlife 6 жыл бұрын
It costs about $1 million per mile to move the power lines underground -- that's why.
@gabrielgarza3707
@gabrielgarza3707 6 жыл бұрын
Analog radio is the best I wish analog radio don't get off the air like analog TV
@badge_bad3211
@badge_bad3211 6 жыл бұрын
You caught a Croatian Channel!
@slashtiger1
@slashtiger1 6 жыл бұрын
@06:42 “And if you’re listening to this in stereo, it’ll sound _rather weird_” Right you are, but “Rather weird” == out of phase. Juist as with stereo headphones. You see, headphones or speakers make no difference in this respect…
@Gubel1990
@Gubel1990 6 жыл бұрын
I know these out-of-phase wired Stereo-Outputs of simple Mono-radios from a more modern Grundig Music 50. I think it's to get a "pseudo-wide"-effect when connecting headphones. Not much worth to use such simpel radios as output-source for something different. If I need a FM Tuner-signal "on the go" I just use a Smartphone for that in good stereo-quality. (Samsung and Sony have very decent Stereo-tuners) Try to sample the output of such a radio with 192kHz-soundcard and look at the spectrum: You'll see the whole FM-side-bands including the Pilot-Signal (19kHz), the Stereo-difference (mid by 38kHz) and the RDS (76kHz). Everything completely unfiltered... Here in Europe we also have less Pre-Emphasis (50µs), in America it's 75µs. Less is better for modern music, since it needs less treble-limiting/-compression...
@FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY
@FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY 6 жыл бұрын
NOAA in the US, Taxi radio in Europe.
@nukley
@nukley 6 жыл бұрын
Hey, uh. I noticed that you collect older machines, i must inform you of something of importance. There is a program known as roblox, some older versions of this program from 2004-2009 are lost. If you ever come across an older machine with roblox on it, please inform me.
@Colddirector
@Colddirector 6 жыл бұрын
lol, 2004-2009 isn't considered old to folks like us.
@tony714keene
@tony714keene 6 жыл бұрын
I would like to have analog. Analog I would like to have back because it was clear crisp you knew what everyone is saying and there was no issue with video quality everybody across the board had high-quality video. I'd rather have analog because you get to experience the maker. I like analog because and number one there's no colors all over the map, you just get one thing clarity and today you get speaker blown sound, you get voice coils sound that's broken 2 today. you think what there saying is cussing, when reality is saying some positive words than a cuss word, because we are hearing wrong when reality analog we should have because it comes out correct.
@olik136
@olik136 6 жыл бұрын
So the power went down because of bad weather- and then you turned on the radio the know there is bad weather?!- I think you already knew that :) Jokes aside I am glad analog radio still is on these days- and I don't know why so many countries are pushing digital radio so much- analoge quality is mostly as good as any mp3 in modern cars (I only ever listen radio in my car)
@markm0000
@markm0000 6 жыл бұрын
Well it's good to have radio in case the weather gets really bad and you need to evacuate the area. If you don't have internet, TV, or landline.. how else would you know?
@taofanarchy96-renzomaracas14
@taofanarchy96-renzomaracas14 2 жыл бұрын
5:59 What’s better than Canadian Radio Night? FRENCH CANADIAN Radio Night with a discussion on constitutional matters. My fetish.
@raafmaat
@raafmaat 6 жыл бұрын
well shit.... i never thought about this but i actually dont own any radio receiver at all! but then again.... if i lose internet and TV, i can always just drive or walk into town, there are loads of free wifi spots there and even if those are out im sure i can get an update from the people there :D
@jeffking4176
@jeffking4176 6 жыл бұрын
raafmaat Until a storm knocks out the transmitter towers ❗️😐
@raafmaat
@raafmaat 6 жыл бұрын
im pretty sure that at least someone in town will have an update xD i guess this whole scenario doesnt really apply to people like me who live in walking distance of a quite busy town :) but i would be sure to get something like this if i lived in the country!
@jeffking4176
@jeffking4176 5 жыл бұрын
📻 Saturday, June 1st, is the first day of Hurricane Season, and NATIONAL YELLOW RADIO DAY ‼️📻 {google it 🙂}📻
@natejaxson7612
@natejaxson7612 6 жыл бұрын
Hey bro.
@joannmurray5201
@joannmurray5201 6 жыл бұрын
Is everyone excited for March madness soon?!
@Claro1993
@Claro1993 6 жыл бұрын
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