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 ====== Weather Radio (WX) ====== ====== Weather Radio (WX) ======
  
-> “One, two, three, four, is it snowing where you are Mr. Thiessen? If it is, would you telegraph back to me?”+> “One, two, three, four... Is it snowing where you are Mr. Thiessen? If it is, would you telegraph back to me?”
  
 **Weather reports** have been an important part of radio usage since Day One. They now play a hand in guiding travel patterns, agriculture and global commerce. Nowadays there are all sorts of ways to get weather updates and alerts off of radio waves, including with a television and your cell phone. Even much of the weather data you read on the internet, only reaches it after first traversing through radio waves. **Big Weather doesn't want you to know this, but with //simple VHF technology//, you can get this lucrative data //anonymously & for free!//** **Weather reports** have been an important part of radio usage since Day One. They now play a hand in guiding travel patterns, agriculture and global commerce. Nowadays there are all sorts of ways to get weather updates and alerts off of radio waves, including with a television and your cell phone. Even much of the weather data you read on the internet, only reaches it after first traversing through radio waves. **Big Weather doesn't want you to know this, but with //simple VHF technology//, you can get this lucrative data //anonymously & for free!//**
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 ==== Encoded Data on NOAA Channels ==== ==== Encoded Data on NOAA Channels ====
  
-NOAA weather alerts on these channels are preceded by audible imposing tones. These are tones for [[wp>Specific Area Message Encoding]], or **SAME**. Some (not all) NOAA-compatible weather radios have the option for the listener to set the county and type of alert they want to hear alerts for, and squelch out the rest. These tones contain the metadata for the alert, such as the relevant county, which the SAME-equipped radio interprets. If you're using [[gear:sdr|SDR]] on your computer, you can [[https://www.rtl-sdr.com/tag/same/|decode these strings]] yourself.+NOAA weather alerts on these channels are preceded by audible imposing tones. These are tones for [[wp>Specific Area Message Encoding]], or **SAME**. Some (not all) NOAA-compatible weather radios have the option for the listener to set the county and type of alert they want to hear alerts for, and squelch out the rest. These tones contain the metadata for the alert, such as the relevant county, which the SAME-equipped radio interprets. If you're using [[radio:sdr|SDR]] on your computer, you can [[https://www.rtl-sdr.com/tag/same/|decode these strings]] yourself.
  
   * [[https://www.weather.gov/fwd/sameweatherradios|SAME explanation at Weather.gov]]   * [[https://www.weather.gov/fwd/sameweatherradios|SAME explanation at Weather.gov]]
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