MIDLAND WR300 Weather Radio | 
| Brand: Midland
List Price: $79.99
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Rating:  417 reviews
Sales Rank: 283
Media: Electronics
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Number Of Items: 1
Batteries: 4
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.2
Dimensions (in): 7 x 5.5 x 2.3
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: WR-300
Model: WR-300
UPC: 046014743007
EAN: 0046014743007
ASIN: B00009V2YV
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Receives All NOAA Weather Channels | | • | S.A.M.E. Technology | | • | AM/FM Radio with Clock and Alarm | | • | Memory system for 30 Counties | | • | Ability to Add & Remove Alerts |
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Product Description
Midland WR-300 Weather Radio with Civil Emergency Monitor. Get local weather reports when you need them most: Digital PLL tuning for clear reception; S.A.M.E. localized reception; 30 programmable county codes so you can receive alerts about one county or many counties... from your home, to your cabin and where your kids go to college; Full function alarm clock; Built-in AM / FM radio; 10 memory alerts... easily add, edit and remove unwanted ads Powered by included AC wall adapter and 4 AA batteries (not included). Order Now! Midland WR-300 Weather Radio with Civil Emergency Monitor
Amazon.com Product Description
Stay alert to conditions that affect you with Midland's WR-300 weather/all-hazard radio. The unit offers S.A.M.E. technology (Specific Area Message Encoding), which preprograms the device to receive only those warnings that apply to your local area--you can choose state, county, and/or nearby counties. The single-speaker radio offers 30 programmable county codes, AM/FM tuning, date, time, alarm functions, and even auto switch from AM/FM to pertinent all-hazard alerts. For tuning, the radio employs drift-free PLL (phase-lock loop) technology and an easy-to-read blue, backlit LCD. You get a convenient, 10-alert memory, and you can add, edit, and remove unwanted alerts at any time. The radio uses the supplied AC power adapter or four AA Batteries (not included). What's in the Box
Radio, AC power adapter, and a user's manual.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 412 more reviews...
 Good Weather Radio - one incredibly annoying problem.. December 5, 2004
R. Clark (Lexington, KY USA)
314 out of 351 found this review helpful
Okay, as far as a basic weather radio, this unit is working fine. SAME technology helps me to avoid the miles-away-irreleveant alerts. The unit is easy to set up and use. Good reception and nice appearance.
One thing to keep in mind is that I had intended to use this thing as both a weather radio and a 'clock radio' for my bedside. Then the faults really emerge.
First, that #@!$% keyboard beep. Every time you press a key, it beeps - loudly - and you cannot turn it off. To do simple things, such as make the LCD backlight come-on, the thing beeps more than a George Carlin video being shown at prayer meetin'.
So forget touching the thing if someone is beeping...er.. sleeping in the room. So if you just want to turn on the clock light, for example, by pressing a key... it goes "BEEP!!!!" So forget using this as a 'clock radio' for your bed unless you sleep alone. And if you need to do something basic, like program a radio station, etc. get ready for a long series of "beep, beep, beep, beep, beep....aggghhh...beep beep" while you hit keys. Same goes if you want to scan radio stations.
Did anyone ever think about this during design?
 A weather radio saved our lives. August 17, 2004
Michele (Roanoke, IL USA)
251 out of 256 found this review helpful
I purchased 2 of these to replace the Midlands I lost in a tornado on July 13, 2004. The old radio saved the lives of myself, our 5 yr old and 3 of our grandchildren. If the radio had not been gone off, we would likely be dead. I never would have looked out the back door in time to get us all in the basement before an F4 hit our home. We live in the country and I have always had a weather radio. I tell everyone I know to get weather radio .
This is a nice model and I like the AM/FM feature. The problem I continually have had with every radio is that we live in the middle of the coverage areas and don't get the best signal at times. I have solved this by putting a Chore Boy stainless steel scrub pad on the antenna. It definitely improves the reception and seems to do better that foil. Other than that I think this is the best one I have had.
Be notified when the news stations are notified... September 3, 2005
R. Reyes (Louisiana)
122 out of 123 found this review helpful
I purchased this unit 6 months ago with the fear of "tornado season" coming. I live in an area where a tornado is likely with almost every storm. In past years, Easter weekend has been ruined by the destruction of houses in the path of a tornado.
We hear the alarm and listen to the weather service warning BEFORE the news stations can announce the warning on t.v.
The WR-300 has been great. The alarm is clearly heard by everyone throughout the house and the display gives a read out of the alert while the alarm is sounding. You can hear the local weather service with the touch of a button or press the AM/FM button and listen to local radio stations of your choice. The use of this radio is very simple. My kids know how to turn off the siren and how to press the weather radio button to listen to the verbal warning from the National Weather Service. The alarm is a great asset to have during night time hours.
The radio can be plugged in for everyday use and then when power is out for whatever reason, the backup batteries take over so that you can hear announcements and further weather warnings.
Many people have complained about the beeping while pressing the buttons. Yes, there is a beep but it is not that annoying. We do not do very much button pushing in the middle of the night and it has not bothered us.
There is a weekly test that can be a little annoying if you are asleep during the day. My husband is military and his schedule changes regularly, sometimes causing him to work mid-shift. When he is sleeping during the daytime hours, the alarm sounding during the weekly test can be disturbing but it is a small price to pay for safety. On the other side, the weekly test is a nice option. Each week we are assured that the radio is working and the alert will come through during an emergency.
This is a great item and wonderful purchase to make for yourself or a loved one. You really can not put a price on safety.
 Nice SAME Technology Weatheradio April 21, 2005
miket (Palatine, IL USA)
79 out of 79 found this review helpful
After having tried just about every SAME technology weatheradio out there, I found the WR-300 to be one of the better ones, and definitely the best of the Midland weatheradios to date.
One of the best features it has is that it allows you to disable the audiable alerts for every watch/warning except life threatening ones like tornado warning, or biological hazard warning, etc. Other brands and models will only allow you to disable the most harmless events. I do not wish to be alerted at 3am because of a severe thunderstorm warning, or tornado watch. With the WR-300, I won't be alerted unless there is actually a tornado warning.
The blue LED backlit LCD display is pretty sharp looking, too! There is a menu feature that allows you to continuously keep the blue backlighting on, although I think it would be too bright in a bedroom at night, especially if the WR-300 is right next to the bed on a nightstand.
Some people have complained about the beeps for every keypress, and I did not find that to bother me. Maybe a softer "click" sound for every keypress would be better. Also, others have reported that their WR-300 leaked audio when the WX is muted. I did not have this problem at all; it worked fine for me.
Things I really liked about the WR-300:
1) Extensive audiable alert disable ability
2) Form factor and relatively small size
3) Blue backlit display
4) 4-AA battery backup (instead of 9v transistor batt)
5) Am/Fm/clock/alarm features
6) Menu flexibility (although not that intuitive)
I gave the WR-300 a 4 instead of 5 star rating because of the following minor issues:
1) No display of event(s) remaining time(s)
2) Menu navigation and master alert disable/enable operation was not intuitive.
3) No visual indication as to whether or not the master audible alert is enabled or disabled.
Versatile Radio February 7, 2007
RJL (Texas)
50 out of 51 found this review helpful
We bought this radio after the Tornadoes hit Florida in February in the middle of the night. That event was a serious reminder that a Hazards Radio can be as important to saving your life as a good smoke detector.
I looked at the WR-100 and the WR-300 and went with this unit. I believe the WR-300 is definitely worth the extra $$. Both have county-specific set-up which keeps you from getting woken up for alerts two counties away, but the WR-300 goes one step further and adds the capability to disable the audio alarm individually for some 30 or so specific alerts. For example, we diabled the Winter Weather items (since these are of little consequence in North Texas), as well as the Flood items since we live nowhere near a creak or other body of water. But we left the Tornado, Severe Thunderstorm, and Boil Water (?!) items audible-enabled.
This unit also has a Clock Radio with AM/FM (3 memory presets each) and a 9-minute snooze button.
These NOAA radios have come a long way, and this one is worth more than the price we paid for it.
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