I was wandering thru Farm & Fleet (Actually there to buy food for the chickens) and I noticed in the small electrics dept that First Alert brand has NOAA WX radios with SAME- and they look to have the individual LED's for the different statuses. I would gather these would be modifiable for use with repeater controllers. There were two models:
WX-167 http://www.simaproducts.com/products/product_detail.php?product_id=599 WX-150 http://www.simaproducts.com/products/product_detail.php?product_id=598 Now- I believe the pricing was 39.99 for the 150 and 59.99 for the 167, but the website info does not correspond with that. I opened up the 150 and read thru the manual (d*mn shoppers) and it does not mention wether it runs on a 5 min timer when a message comes thru or if it shuts back down when the message is over. I noticed on the 167 there is already an external connector (F type) for an external antenna as well as an alert out jack (1/8") for external signaling devices, so if someone wanted an easy no frills accy for their repeater you could probably adapt that with no modification. I know some people were looking for options last time we discussed this so I figured I would pass this along. 73's Tom W9SRV
