TIDRADIO H8 Gen 2 problem(s)

[WSGJ590]

Complete noob here, trying to set up my first radio. Apologies if this isn’t the right forum for this.

I’ll start here: I cannot get any of the NOAA radio transmissions.  NOAA tells me the right freq for Tucson is 162.4.  I plug this into my radio and nothing.  Same with a few higher frequencies. I doubt NOAA is at fault.  Their outage page doesn’t list my area. 

I’ve tried going outside. No joy?

Gotta be something simple. Any ideas?

 

Thanks, Rich WSGJ590

 

 

 

[SteveShannon]

4 minutes ago, WSGJ590 said:

Complete noob here, trying to set up my first radio. Apologies if this isn’t the right forum for this.

I’ll start here: I cannot get any of the NOAA radio transmissions.  NOAA tells me the right freq for Tucson is 162.4.  I plug this into my radio and nothing.  Same with a few higher frequencies. I doubt NOAA is at fault.  Their outage page doesn’t list my area. 

I’ve tried going outside. No joy?

Gotta be something simple. Any ideas?

 

Thanks, Rich WSGJ590

 

 

 

Make sure you don’t have any CTCSS or DCS codes set for that channel. 

[WSAM454]

The Arizona NOAA site shows another Tucson station, KXI24 (Safford) on 162.475.   If you do not have any CTCSS or DCS tones enabled on receive, as Steve mentions, you should be able to hear it.  Might the .475 transmitter be closer to you?