Chaos... glad you caught my mistake... the NOAA WX freq range
162.400
162.425
162.450
162.475
162.500
162.525
162.550 MHz

I have two dedicated WX alert radios... after Martin said he had problems with his Midland W300, I though I had the same problem, but it was my error, as I had programmed a local repeater, and not the main station in Riverview, Fla...the repeater went down, I thought the radio had crashed, and didn't notice the freq change until after I purchased a Reecom R1630 without the AM/FM ability...the Midland works best with the antenna horizontal, the Reecom vertical...