NOAA weather radio glitch

"Transmitter Backup On" Transmitted from Astoria. relayed to nehakanie, tillamook, and mt hebo.

[@mikewolf5367]

This happens from time to time, that's why there are backups in place, as indicated by the video. Usually commercially available weather radios aren't programmed to activate on these SAME tones, but can be manually enabled in the settings. Generally these are picked up by monitoring equipment which notifies the weather office of a problem, which is why there is no voice announcement, just tones.

[@Mr357Sig]

Mike Wolf thank you. I was just about to come to this video and explain this! 😂 Thanks! And god bless your life. 🙂

[@CSW994]

This doesn't happen at all.

[@tubbunny]

Proof? ​@@CSW994

[@DrayCrouse]

Sounds like the slowest phone dialer before the SAME Tones at end.

[@markquiswest6607]

The 2nd Weather Aleart Radio, sounds like a police car siren!

[@statecollegewx4060]

That’s a RadioShack 12-519

[@fairfieldcountyeas]

You can tell that those tones aren’t valid CRS tones, interesting sequence though

[@EKHL21]

CRS Alert tones have a giant bump at the start of every tone

[@ItzYaBoyJesse]

I'm pretty sure you don't get transmitter backup/carrier alerts like this anymore these days.

[@ItzYaBoyJesse]

Ok now I figured it out, the alert was fake the whole time.

[@AA-777-]

@@ItzYaBoyJesse dang

[@dreideldude]

Slightly nerdy answer: These are “DTMF Tones” said tones are usually & mostly used on phone lines, if you’ve ever used an analog phone or some newer phones, you’ll hear these tones whilst calling or dialling somebody, they are also used on modems. Somebody mentioned in the comments that this is a “Transmitter Carrier” tone, witch is partially true but also partially untrue, these tones are transmitted through NWR when the main frequency transmitter fails/turns off for some unexplained reason (or so I believe), this doesn’t happen much because of well, how powerful the NWS is, hope this clears stuff up on a 12 year old video 😂

[@FairPlay137]

Great catch! Normally I don't think those tones were supposed to be heard over the air, unless something went horribly wrong.

[@spicoliravioli]

I HEARD THIS BEFORE BUT NO WARNING - i posted a vid about it

[@Metrobolt49]

This video was done with illegal transmission of EAS tones.

[@ElevatorWasher5000]

@@Metrobolt49?

[@notkitkatto]

@@Metrobolt49it wasnt.

[@ThunderboltFan2000]

It was a malfunction with the broadcast equipment

[@zimtheailen1919]

If I remember correctly, it’s just noises use to verify the transmitter is working then within 15 minutes the weather station should be back, or even shorter (as demonstrated in the video)

[@Mr.Speedcat]

And my grandma and grandpa are from netarts bay Oregon And I picked up a lot of alerts from there

[@NickTheEASFan]

@yoshi9891 No it means his NOAA weather radio station is having problems and backup is on

[@TheManHimself78]

I didnt know tom knew those tones!

[@geggy310]

Whos Tom?

[@ItzYaBoyJesse]

@@geggy310 the old voice narrator

[@user-ni6zu3tq6w]

YOU STOLE MY COLOR COMMENT!!

[@scaprod558]

he spittin fax tho 😳😳

[@emmaus397]

@@user-ni6zu3tq6w no if sombody create a prolife like that went you create a account

[@NickTheEASFan]

Nice!

[@jackgame281]

That would hurt my ears would hurt after a while.

[@SPCvergennes2190]

@TSSIone the radio shown at 0:06

[@lollipop7ification]

Hey isn't this the same Derek that has the Sage Endec? Because his other account isn't working...

[@eddiespaghetti9154]

That's the same derek with the endec

[@SATOTEHDOOD]

1:48 Noaa weather observ-

[@spcbuffalo-wh4vt]

this is not a glitch, it is the back up transmitter tones

[@ItzYaBoyJesse]

No, it's fake the whole time.

[@deadchannelpleaseleave]

@@ItzYaBoyJesse 💀💀

[@TheGamerWithMore]

Now Dialing..... ALL NWS WEATHER RADIOS....... DIAL FAILED.

[@SimplexEAS2019]

i got that too way early in the morning

[@statecollegewx4060]

That’s crazy. What in the world happened?

[@CSW994]

I did a bit of reading. From what I found, the “transmitter” codes haven’t ever been used. Plus people are mentioning cords from the back of the radio. Idk. It’s an answer we most likely won’t get.

[@McPikeVHS]

@@CSW994Said cords are most likely power cords. If they were self activation cables, it would be hard to activate all 3 radios.

[@CSW994]

I take back that transmitter codes thing. Apparently there’s an office in KY I believe that relays them. When they relayed them, it was just the first three tones then instantly EOMs, then continuing the broadcast from the start. They did this three times.

[@setxeas]

​@@CSW994JKL?

[@CSW994]

@@setxeas Idfk. Probably

[@ZeldaACFan17]

0:23 That radio looks a bit like the one I have 😮

[@ElevatorWasher5000]

WR400

[@NewJerseyWX]

@@ElevatorWasher5000no it’s the WR300

[@shelbythibodeau5506]

That was random.

[@raymondwang3110]

Your weatheradio station is messed.....

[@NickTheEASFan]

@yoshi9891 :D

[@pjFrixMediaArchive]

79.

[@TheFurryBus]

W. H. A. T.

[@TheFurryBus]

W hy? H ow? wh A t? what T he heck?

[@Mr.Speedcat]

So your from Oregon? IM FROM OREGON TOO! my dad works at NWS Portland

[@SPCFranklinCounty373]

congrats now ask him to issue 294857082474839384756 TORs lol

[@Mr.Speedcat]

@@SPCFranklinCounty373 That was a joke.

[@tdeas2402]

Lucky

[@nws_of_cushing_ok7188]

What did it say

[@emmaus397]

Its says transmitter backup

[@TSSIone]

Which one had the siren tone?

[@MykEAS]

All of them ;-;

[@userunknown7028]

@@MykEAS, he likely means that as in police siren. And to answer his question, it was the RadioShack 12-519

[@zimtheailen1919]

If you want to buy one. Well. You better not mind it’s 100-500$

[@Kadencabs]

@@zimtheailen1919 it cant be i goti t for like 25 a year or more ago

[@jim3686]

Uhh.... wat?

[@DownersGroveEAS]

This is apparently fake as Astoria is on CH1 don’t transmit over NWR frequencies!!

[@Kirby7601]

lol

[@Kirby7601]

Ok now looking back at this this is terrifying

[@UNRECOGNIZED-WARNING]

0:22

[@nehemiahnumbers7567]

D8

[@NWStwisterman]

Baofeng

[@tubbunny]

The Baofeng UV-5R released in 2012. This video is from 2010.

[@tubbunny]

He probably used some other radio instead.

[@Metrobolt49]

This video was made using illegal transmission of EAS tones over the station. This alert is not real and the entire video is fake.

[@damienwolf07]

but how?

[@CSW994]

Explain how it’s “illegal”.

[@DanielBerzinskas]

this was illegally broadcasted

[@LegoWormNoah101]

@@CSW994 it is illegal to broadcast over the air using NOAA frequencies. Someone trying to self-activate their radios in this way will inadvertently activate ALL radios tuned into the station

[@CSW994]

@@LegoWormNoah101 I know that but I found nothing supporting that it was over the air for anyone else.

[@TheEASdude0825]

don't see that every day.

[@ItzYaBoyJesse]

They'll probably never be anymore alerts like this nowadays.

[@TheEASdude0825]

@@ItzYaBoyJesse awwww man :(

[@ItzYaBoyJesse]

@@TheEASdude0825 I know

[@Mr.Speedcat]

He did this illegally.

[@thespaz3656]

Thats not a glitch

[@DanielBerzinskas]

this was illegally broadcasted

[@emmaus397]

@@DanielBerzinskas the transmitter was off of technial diffusion

[@DanielBerzinskas]

@@emmaus397 this was illegally broadcasted

[@emmaus397]

@@DanielBerzinskas transmitter backup

[@DanielBerzinskas]

@@emmaus397 it was illegally broadcasted