Emergency Radios

[DadScout]

This could also go under Emergency Prep.
Does anyone have experience (positive or negative) with Emergency Radios? The type that have the standard AM/FM with NOAA or SW that can run on alternate power sources like hand crank or solar. My son is working on a go kit for the family and was going to use a plain old portable radio and I'd like to see if we can do a little better. I think Grundig, Kaito, and a few others make them but I have no experience with them and would like to hear if anyone's used one.

Thanks

[Eamonn]

I love my little Grundig Yacht Boy.
It does a great job of pulling in the BBC World Service.
It is also handy for weather reports and shipping reports.
It is small and light enough to be carried in a backpack, when there are no purists on the hike!!
Many of the hand cranked radios are kinda heavy and some have built in flashlights that add even more weight.
Still if your Lad is building a radio, more power to him.

[riverwalk]

I don't know any technical stuff....but if anyone can help the Emergency Services with communication problems, please let me know, haha.

[deweylure]

I have used a commercially available radio that signals if a severe weather alert .
If you want a kit try looking it on the computer. Unfortunately the kits I used as a child were not reliable.

Dewey

[FrankJ]

I believe you mean to go into your EP kit, not a kit radio. Just try it before you really need it. Some of the radios are impossible to tune. The hand crank is nice because the batteries seem to die just when you need it.

[616kayak]

Durring our hurricanes we use a bettery powered one. it works just fine.

[pipestone1991]

L.L. Bean makes a fine crank NOAA Am/Fm radio. 1 minute cranking=1 hour playing