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( votes)This Midland WR120/WR120EZ Weather Alert is a public certified emergency radio, which is capable of receiving seven National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) and Environment Canada channels each of, will forecast emergency advisories on tornadoes, cyclones, thunderstorms, ice storms and other civil danger warnings. The radio has the feature to tune up with supporting 3 languages (English, Spanish and French) and safeguard the people live in high-risk weather areas – Southeast and Midwest.
Features
- Memory System
It has 25-county memory system in which the system has 90 dB siren, voice alert and flashing LED-warning systems
- SAME Programming
The trending technique of the SAME programming helps to alarm the radio to create alert signals to only the counties that are in expected-danger. It helps to lock the county’s NOAA weather radio signal with less user programming
- Multiple Warning System
This model of emergency radio helps choosing the voice, display and tone alerts to deliver the warnings correctly
- Personalized Warning
The system has the feature to program up to 25 different counties and can optimize the alert sound signal to receive for each county and the built-in alarm clock can be able to customize
Pros
- The radio WR-120EZ has the feature of Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) technology
- The clock has alarm & snooze button, emergency power backup to keep the radio to execute when running out of supplying power and at outdoor usage
- External antenna for signal receiving facility and alert jacks
- It has continuously backlit option to keep the LCD on whenever required
- It has 10 reviewable alerts, 7 pre-programmed weather channels
Cons
- It requires 3 AA alkaline batteries wherein stand-by packet is must for outdoor usage and travel
- The pack comes with only 1-year warranty
Bottom line
This model of Midland WR120/WR120EZ NOAA Weather Alert Radio helps significantly for featuring the updates on latest weather information, hazards and civil emergency. The siren helps greatly by alarming the household of big size even when it requires none to sit nearby the radio all the time.
