I have never had this radio operate as stated. I wanted it for early warning during bad weather at night. I cannot get any reception in my house with it. I downloaded the frequencies for my county as well as 2 other local counties for it to monitor from the NOAA website. It has missed every tornado and severe weather alert issued for my area. I have e-mailed Amazon and Oregon Scientific regarding this issue without response. Since it has been over 30 days, looks like I am stuck with this thing until I can go out locally to find something that works. I refuse waste my money on any more Oregon Scientific products.