{"id":28909,"date":"2017-10-26T07:12:55","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T11:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=28909"},"modified":"2017-10-26T07:12:55","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T11:12:55","slug":"weather-radio-review-grant-recommends-the-reecom-r-1650","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/weather-radio-review-grant-recommends-the-reecom-r-1650\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather Radio Review: Grant recommends the Reecom R-1650"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post<\/em>\u00a0contributor,\u00a0Grant, who comments\u00a0on our recent post about weather radios<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been pretty happy with the Reecom\u00a0<\/a>R-1650<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve had it over 10 years and it\u2019s been a solid performer. It has a long battery backup on 4 AA\u2019s. It also does AM\/FM, has alarm out, antenna in, audio out etc.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s fairly smart and doesn\u2019t alert me when the Wednesday tests are happening but does light up during the test so it\u2019s easy to see that it\u2019s working and receiving alerts as it should. Getting through the programming menu is a little weird (as it is with most weather radios) but I can usually figure it out with having to hunt down the manual even though I haven\u2019t been in the menu in years.<\/p>\n

With the advent of the cell phone, where no one thinks they need a radio anymore for anything, the best deal in weather radios is often found at Goodwill or your local thrift shop. You can often find models with S.A.M.E for $2-3.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thank you for the recommendation, Grant! I was not familiar with Reecom weather products. I’m especially impressed with the 185 hour backup time from a set of four AA cells! Impressive. I doubt other models can claim that amount of backup power time–a full week.<\/p>\n

Even eHam<\/a> has positive reviews of Reecom dating back to 2006.<\/p>\n

It appears Reecom only distributes their products through Amazon.com<\/a>, but I discovered a load of Reecom radios on eBay, many at prices well below $30 shipped.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n