I keep a solar panel (with a USB port) in my emergency kit (box) and a USB charger that can charge all the different types of cells I use. I can even charge from the USB generator I mounted on my road bike. I even built one of those pedal- powered generators college kids talk about! Any kind of radio with AM, FM, and WB will really help you in an emergency.
Just a note: Forget NOAA bands as as a plus. Unfortunately more than half the broadcast towers have been shut down, with most people now getting their NOAA info on line. A shame for off gridders, but there it is.
Basic NOAA reports is enough for a person prepared for whatever you might get in your area, like tornadoes in OK, or hurricanes in FL. S.A.M.E. is fine, but adds cost to the radio.
I have that exact radio I got it off the Wish app for seven bucks Canadian at that the trick is to put it in your cart and then take it out don't buy it at the person cuz the next day it'll pop up with a deal originally it was $27 I put it in my part and then removed it it was advertised at $27 the next day it was down to $7 thank you very much wish
My advice is to buy a quality AM radio receiver. It`s extremely important in my region of Louisiana because hurricanes destroy cell phone service, home phone lines, and local radio antennas. Get a Sangean PR-D4W. It`s a top notch AM receiver with clock and NOAA weather band with alert function. CCrane also has great (but more expensive) AM/FM receivers like the EP PRO. They have a new emergency radio as well, an update to their outdated one. My favorite emergency radio is the Kaito Voyager KA500 because it works well and includes shortwave. But get a dedicated high quality AM receiver for emergencies. During power outages they can pick up daytime stations over 200 miles away to get news and other important information. But there are ways to make a simple long wire antenna (try 100 or more feet of wire stretched out over the bushes, lower tree limbs, etc) with a simple 7 turn coil (like a coil of rope 6 or 7 inches in diameter held together with tape) in the wire itself that you place near your average AM radio to greatly boost reception. Buy a 4 ft ground rod and connect the coil end of the wire to it with an alligator clip. BAM, you now have a powerful inductive AM antenna that works like magic. Use at least 100 feet of wire. 200 or 300 is even better.
Thanks Russell. Great information. I have the Eton. Still need to learn how to set the alarm and the S.A.M.E. stuff. I really like the Bluetooth feature so we can hear ebooks while we are traveling. Our old truck doesn't let us play through the radio speakers and we are kind of hard of hearing.
Thank you for this valuable information. I love how you give us one thing at a time to work on. It makes all the gathering doable instead of overwhelming.
Hi Lee, Thanks for watching my video. For my situation I like the Alert system Idea once the emergency has started. I actually like the Kaito KA500 more. it is the same as the KA500L only you have the option to use AA batteries with it. which are easier to find if the lithium battery goes bad in the KA500L. Here is a link if you would like to check it out. amzn.to/3tfxKOA. Have a great day!
May I ask you something, Dose noaa weather band work in the uk, ie Scotland 🏴?? Kind regards James Fae (from) Scotland 🏴 part of the UK 🇬🇧 🙂 👍
When "the Grid" has completed failed, you won't have any cell phone service, cable TV or Internet access, so all you have is radio, and the gubmint(s) will always have radio stations operating- especially the communists. Emergency services and Ham operators can function without mains power as well. You can even make an AM "crystal" radio that doesn't need batteries.
The radios I have found have shoty batteries and when you store them they will not hold charge after a year or so. I recharge then every 3 months and they ALL fail. Any suggestions?
Some noaas have a setting where you can set to have the radio constantly scouting for weather alert emergency signals. Mine you can turn on and off. If you leave it on, it’ll drain the battery fairly quick. It could be your radios wb is active.
@@YouJustGottaGetPrepared No. But it has SSB. Here are the specs: 2020 New Tecsun PL-330 Radio Receiver FM/MW/SW/LW all band portable radio Product Description: Modes: AM, FM, SSB, AM-Sync Plug Specifications:1 x BL-5C batteries( included) Power Supply:USB 5V DCCertificationCCC specificatlons: 1.Frequency range FM :( 87 - 108 MHz ) : Russian:64-108MHz Japan: 76-108MHz EU,USA : 87.5-108MHz LW: 153 - 513 kHz MW: 520- 1710 kHz (USA : 520-1710kHz) SW: 1711 - 29999 kHz 2.Sensitivity FM (S/N=30db):Less than 3 uV MW(S/N=26dB):Less than 1mV/mLW (S/N=26db) :Less than 10mV /m SW(S/N=26dB):Less than 10mV/m 3.Selectivity FM:>60dB (±150KHz) MW:>60dB (BW=3kHz,±9KHz)LM:>60dB (BW=3kHz,±9kHz) S W:>60dB (BW=3kHz,±5kHz) 4.FM Stereo crosstalk:greater than35 dB 5.Output(Distortion 10%):200mW Dimensions & Weight Dimensions:139 x 85 x 26 mm Weight:210gwithout battery installed My favourite radio right now is my Kaito KA1102 with AM/FM/SW with SSB. I like it so much that I bought two of them. Then I bought tough mil spec zipper cases to keep them in and protect them. I also have a great Sony ICF-2002 AM/FM/SW/SSB radio and it is still like brand new and works amazing well. U.S. intelligence services used to use it for foreign spying missions for their agents to receive coded messages in the field. Cuba one time caught a U.S. agent and he had one in his possession in his room. And one of the Bush presidents kept one in his house.
The answer is none of them. These so - called emergency radios are nothing but silly toys. With the ridiculous cranks, solar cells, sirens and lights all of which are almost useless . With all the junk they put in them theres no room for a good size set of batteries like D-cells which gives you hundreds of hours of operation instead of multiple ineffective options. The cranks break off and dont give you any real recharge time (your going to crank while driving or boarding up your house??) The solar cells wont run the radio and take hours to recharge tiny batteries. The multiple power options (a selling gimac) are what make these radios almost worthless. If they didnt do that you could fit 3 D-cells which will power a radio with no digital displays for 250 hours. You also dont want digital displays or flashlights draining your small batteries even when the radio is off. You want a slide rule dial AM,FM, WB , 3 D cells, slide rule dial, big speaker , detachable ac cord and long telescoping antenna (the fad junkers have short ones) The Kaito KA-390 , Retekess TR-640 and Prunus J-05 are far better for emergency use than these junky fad so-called emergency radios. There just a bunch of useless features to make you think "YOUR PREPARED" It like a swiss army knife with a bunch of useless blades.
Dennis Kenney, Thanks for the constructive feedback, that was my eighth video on the channel. I'm working hard to get better. Hopefully you found the information helpful. If you want to give me another shot, I'm currently doing a series on the Sawyer Squeeze water filter. I think you might find them a bit more to the point. Have a great day.
@@YouJustGottaGetPrepared Might be helpful to add a timestamp or two. I found myself feeling the same way as the above but wouldn't have expressed it the way they did. Haha.
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I keep a solar panel (with a USB port) in my emergency kit (box) and a USB charger that can charge all the different types of cells I use. I can even charge from the USB generator I mounted on my road bike. I even built one of those pedal- powered generators college kids talk about!
Any kind of radio with AM, FM, and WB will really help you in an emergency.
Good stuff... However, just a suggestion ... lose the background music. It's distracting
Just a note: Forget NOAA bands as as a plus. Unfortunately more than half the broadcast towers have been shut down, with most people now getting their NOAA info on line. A shame for off gridders, but there it is.
I have one, and I've tinkered with it, but I'm looking to get another, more compact one that is easier to carry around.
I have a question does it matter if its analog or digital, just thinking about EMP etc
Basic NOAA reports is enough for a person prepared for whatever you might get in your area, like tornadoes in OK, or hurricanes in FL.
S.A.M.E. is fine, but adds cost to the radio.
I have that exact radio I got it off the Wish app for seven bucks Canadian at that the trick is to put it in your cart and then take it out don't buy it at the person cuz the next day it'll pop up with a deal originally it was $27 I put it in my part and then removed it it was advertised at $27 the next day it was down to $7 thank you very much wish
Dear sir , the background music is not easy to hear while u speak.
Thank you for the video!
Thanks for this helpful info! I’ve been wanting to get a weather radio.
I appreciate you watching, thanks for commenting.
You’re welcome @@YouJustGottaGetPrepared!!
My advice is to buy a quality AM radio receiver. It`s extremely important in my region of Louisiana because hurricanes destroy cell phone service, home phone lines, and local radio antennas. Get a Sangean PR-D4W. It`s a top notch AM receiver with clock and NOAA weather band with alert function. CCrane also has great (but more expensive) AM/FM receivers like the EP PRO. They have a new emergency radio as well, an update to their outdated one. My favorite emergency radio is the Kaito Voyager KA500 because it works well and includes shortwave. But get a dedicated high quality AM receiver for emergencies.
During power outages they can pick up daytime stations over 200 miles away to get news and other important information. But there are ways to make a simple long wire antenna (try 100 or more feet of wire stretched out over the bushes, lower tree limbs, etc) with a simple 7 turn coil (like a coil of rope 6 or 7 inches in diameter held together with tape) in the wire itself that you place near your average AM radio to greatly boost reception. Buy a 4 ft ground rod and connect the coil end of the wire to it with an alligator clip. BAM, you now have a powerful inductive AM antenna that works like magic. Use at least 100 feet of wire. 200 or 300 is even better.
Thanks Russell. Great information. I have the Eton. Still need to learn how to set the alarm and the S.A.M.E. stuff. I really like the Bluetooth feature so we can hear ebooks while we are traveling. Our old truck doesn't let us play through the radio speakers and we are kind of hard of hearing.
Mom, I'm glad you like it, I'll have to show you which button to push. thanks for watching.
So which radio do i buy your title is best radio 2021. i appreciate the info tho
Thank you for this valuable information. I love how you give us one thing at a time to work on. It makes all the gathering doable instead of overwhelming.
Thanks Sandra, I appreciate that feed back.
I bought a handcrank radio and I lost the charging cord do you know what cord I can buy it came with cord and I lost it I need to replace please help.
which do you prefer the SAME or the Alert system? Either the Eton of rht Kaito KA500L?
Hi Lee, Thanks for watching my video. For my situation I like the Alert system Idea once the emergency has started. I actually like the Kaito KA500 more. it is the same as the KA500L only you have the option to use AA batteries with it. which are easier to find if the lithium battery goes bad in the KA500L. Here is a link if you would like to check it out. amzn.to/3tfxKOA. Have a great day!
I want a radio with solar panels able to reproduce Mp3 music from USB memory and it is imposible to find one...
May I ask you something,
Dose noaa weather band work in the uk, ie Scotland 🏴??
Kind regards
James
Fae (from) Scotland 🏴 part of the UK 🇬🇧 🙂 👍
radio is the first thing you need to get information for the news if everything it out
When "the Grid" has completed failed, you won't have any cell phone service, cable TV or Internet access, so all you have is radio, and the gubmint(s) will always have radio stations operating- especially the communists. Emergency services and Ham operators can function without mains power as well.
You can even make an AM "crystal" radio that doesn't need batteries.
Thank you so much for this very helpful video.
You are welcome. Thanks for watching.
great review!!!!!
The radios I have found have shoty batteries and when you store them they will not hold charge after a year or so. I recharge then every 3 months and they ALL fail. Any suggestions?
Some noaas have a setting where you can set to have the radio constantly scouting for weather alert emergency signals. Mine you can turn on and off. If you leave it on, it’ll drain the battery fairly quick. It could be your radios wb is active.
Thank you great information
Glad it was helpful!
Yet another super informative presentation from Rusty!! Thank you!
No Problem! thanks for watching Curtis
Australia needs weather alert systems like this. We have fires, floods, cyclones. We need weather band too.
Thanks for watching.
Does Australia have any sort of notification system?
@@YouJustGottaGetPrepared only sms
thanks! didn't know about SAME.
S.A.M.E. is a great idea depending on where you live.
thanks for watching
I have 12 WX/WB radios 😅 they would sound like 100-120 dB
Edit: I have a etón radio. It sounds loud.
I’m getting a Tecsun PL330 with am/fm/shortwave and longwave.
Hey Robbert, just curious, does that radio have the ability to receive the NOAA weather band?
@@YouJustGottaGetPrepared No. But it has SSB. Here are the specs:
2020 New Tecsun PL-330 Radio Receiver FM/MW/SW/LW all band portable radio Product Description: Modes: AM, FM, SSB, AM-Sync Plug Specifications:1 x BL-5C batteries( included) Power Supply:USB 5V DCCertificationCCC specificatlons: 1.Frequency range FM :( 87 - 108 MHz ) : Russian:64-108MHz Japan: 76-108MHz EU,USA : 87.5-108MHz LW: 153 - 513 kHz MW: 520- 1710 kHz (USA : 520-1710kHz) SW: 1711 - 29999 kHz 2.Sensitivity FM (S/N=30db):Less than 3 uV MW(S/N=26dB):Less than 1mV/mLW (S/N=26db) :Less than 10mV /m SW(S/N=26dB):Less than 10mV/m 3.Selectivity FM:>60dB (±150KHz) MW:>60dB (BW=3kHz,±9KHz)LM:>60dB (BW=3kHz,±9kHz) S W:>60dB (BW=3kHz,±5kHz) 4.FM Stereo crosstalk:greater than35 dB 5.Output(Distortion 10%):200mW Dimensions & Weight Dimensions:139 x 85 x 26 mm Weight:210gwithout battery installed
My favourite radio right now is my Kaito KA1102 with AM/FM/SW with SSB. I like it so much that I bought two of them. Then I bought tough mil spec zipper cases to keep them in and protect them.
I also have a great Sony ICF-2002 AM/FM/SW/SSB radio and it is still like brand new and works amazing well. U.S. intelligence services used to use it for foreign spying missions for their agents to receive coded messages in the field. Cuba one time caught a U.S. agent and he had one in his possession in his room. And one of the Bush presidents kept one in his house.
@@robertwilliamson6121 looks like you are going to have a lot of fun, I'll have to check it out.
thanks for sharing.
actual video starts at 2:32
This put me to sleep
The answer is none of them. These so - called emergency radios are nothing but silly toys. With the
ridiculous cranks, solar cells, sirens and lights all of which are
almost useless . With all the junk they put in them theres no room for a
good size set of batteries like D-cells which gives you hundreds of
hours of operation instead of multiple ineffective options. The cranks
break off and dont give you any real recharge time (your going to crank
while driving or boarding up your house??) The solar cells wont run the
radio and take hours to recharge tiny batteries. The multiple power
options (a selling gimac) are what make these radios almost worthless.
If they didnt do that you could fit 3 D-cells which will power a radio
with no digital displays for 250 hours. You also dont want digital
displays or flashlights draining your small batteries even when the
radio is off. You want a slide rule dial AM,FM, WB , 3 D cells, slide
rule dial, big speaker , detachable ac cord and long telescoping antenna
(the fad junkers have short ones) The Kaito KA-390 , Retekess TR-640
and Prunus J-05 are far better for emergency use than these junky fad
so-called emergency radios. There just a bunch of useless features to
make you think "YOUR PREPARED" It like a swiss army knife with a bunch
of useless blades.
What's with that awful repetitive music???
Bla, Bla Bla. Cut out all the wasted intro and get to the point of the video.
Dennis Kenney, Thanks for the constructive feedback, that was my eighth video on the channel. I'm working hard to get better. Hopefully you found the information helpful. If you want to give me another shot, I'm currently doing a series on the Sawyer Squeeze water filter. I think you might find them a bit more to the point.
Have a great day.
@@YouJustGottaGetPrepared Might be helpful to add a timestamp or two.
I found myself feeling the same way as the above but wouldn't have expressed it the way they did. Haha.