Nope - you don't need to be home, and you already have a long-term recorder in your house right now.
Take your VCR, and set it to record from the external video and audio jacks. Stick a tape in it - any tape will give you at least 2 hours, extended play mode up to 6. Program the VCR to record from an hour before to an hour behind. On one of my machines I had to loop the video from video out to video in before the unit would record - it apparently needed the video sync before it would record - even from the audio input. Strange. Anyway then dub the important part from the VCR to a cassette or into your sound card for archiving. Then you can play either over and over and over.... when you wear out the cassette you can dub a new one. And when a storm rolls through you can put use the VCR recorder again to get more alerts. Mike WA6ILQ At 06:46 PM 6/7/04 +0000, you wrote: >Thanks for the input, I think I am going to try the recording thing, >that should work. Then I can inject it with the SM. One question, >the unit would have to be open squelch to hear it correct. SO have >it some on as before my scheduled time and record for awhile. > >Mathew > > >--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Dave Schmidt ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > An idea that just poped into my head ... if one would record with >their > > computer the Wednesday noon S.A.M.E. test braodcast message through >a > > scanner or radio that has a discriminator audio output, one could > > inject that audio went played from their computer into the mixer > > circuit of another radio, and transmit that into a dummy load... to >be > > legal about it ;-) > > > > That way you can test and test and test till you get your S.A.M.E. >WX > > alert system just right without having to wait till Wednesday or the > > next storm to roll through. > > > > This also would be way easier than trying to emmulate the actual > > S.A.M.E datastream. Have you seen the technical data on the >S.A.M.E. > > data? You would have to build your own TNC or modify something just >to > > get it to have the right baud and tone frequencies. Nothing off the > > shelf will work. > > > > Just an idea. > > > > Dave / N9NLU > > > > > > > > > > --- mch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You need to send data in the correct format. This is like asking >of a > > > SM > > > (or a SG) can generate packet. No, none that I know of can by > > > themselves. I'm sure there is a way to use the external modulation > > > port > > > (if it has one) to inject the SAME datastream onto the signal, >but I > > > don't know of anyone who has such a generator for the datastream. > > > > > > As was mentioned, try the Wednesday test. In my area, it's between > > > 11:00 > > > and 11:30 AM, but your area may vary. Regardless it should have a > > > test. > > > BUT, depending on how you are interfacing the unit, and the unit >you > > > have, it may not help. My home unit displays TEST on the screen, >and > > > unmutes the audio for a few minutes, but does not light any of the > > > WATCH > > > or WARNING lamps. > > > > > > Joe M. > > > > > > Mathew Quaife wrote: > > > > > > > > What about a singal generator, think that would send them? > > > > > > > > Mathew > > > > > > > > > On all the units that I have, they either respond to the 1050 >Hz > > > tone, > > > > > or SAME, but not both. The SAME units ONLY respond to SAME >codes. > > > The > > > > > tone units only respond to tone. > > > > > > > > > > This won't help you, but there is a code to program the SAME > > > receivers > > > > > with so they will respond to ANY alert, but they still use the > > > SAME data > > > > > - they just ignore the FIPS (area) code. > > > > > > > > > > To guess your next question, I am not aware > > > > > of any SMs that generate SAME coding. > > > > > > > > > > Joe M. > > > > > > > > > > Mathew Quaife wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks Mike, if the same codes were not put into the weather > > > radio, it > > > > > > should not require the same codes to be sent is what I am > > > thinking. I > > > > sent > > > > > > a 1050 Hz tone from the service monitor, that did not open >the > > > receiver. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
