Re: [Repeater-Builder] WEATHER RELATED STATIC

[John J. Riddell]

Michael, I  read that as well,  and it was channel 2 that was indicated and of course you must be on an outside antenna. As I recall the tornado created quite an electro-magnetic field around 54 - 60 Mhz. (Ch 2)   73 John VE3AMZ ----- Original Message ----- From: Micheal Salem To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 8:49 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] WEATHER RELATED STATIC From tornado alley in Norman, Oklahoma: I remember reading many years ago about a technique of placing your television on an unused channel and darkening the television with the brightness.  A nearby tornado would be indicated if the screen brightened.  I probably should Google this before saying more. Obviously this does not work on cable.  Micheal Salem N5MS mch wrote: Are you sure it's not just causing some odd propagation and they are seeing a distant station? Joe M. Joe wrote: I've heard stories of people in the tornado areas watching an unused TV channel in their area. Tornados supposedly generate noise in the lower channels that you can see and identify as a tornado on TV. Joe ---- Dave VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hasn't tornado winds been documented to generate broadband RF noise primarily in the VHF region? 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/ 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 the Yahoo! Terms of Service.