Connext Weather Alerts?

[fraserjr]

Does anyone know if the Connext will do a visible or audible weather alert via the weather band? My cheapo VHF handheld does it and I was hoping the Connext would as well. I am heading out to Long Island Sound this coming week and the weather can turn things messy, quick.

 

[Julian]

I'm not aware of any weather alert or weather radio capability in the Connext system.

 

[fraserjr]

I'm not aware of any weather alert or weather radio capability in the Connext system.

I know it has a weather band (at least I am pretty sure I have tried it) I was just hoping that it would have an alert system that you could turn on to alert you even if you weren't listening to the weather band. I believe the weather bands broadcast this info but maybe its only on the VHF frequency and not FM. Either way, it would be a helpful feature to have.

 

[Julian]

Huh....never noticed a weather band....keep us posted on what you uncover. This is the first time this topic has come up.

 

[fraserjr]

Huh....never noticed a weather band....keep us posted on what you uncover. This is the first time this topic has come up.

I just checked the online version of the manual and it does confirm the weather band (at least I know I am not crazy) but doesn't say any anything about alerts - So I guess that settles it. I would be a nice feature to add as a flash update if the radios can in fact received the alerts, but I won't count on it.