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Weather Station Hardware => Weather Radios => Topic started by: tmabell on April 09, 2018, 03:14:09 PM

Title: Do you own a Midland WR400?
Post by: tmabell on April 09, 2018, 03:14:09 PM

I just received my new WR400 radio manufactured by Midland and would like to hear from other owners of this radio.  Is there a noticeable "hiss" from the speaker with the radio set to a very low volume in your radio?  Mine has this and it can't be normal for a new device.

Title: Re: Do you own a Midland WR400?
Post by: PaulKTF on April 09, 2018, 03:18:34 PM

Could it simply be an issue with the reception and not a hardware fault? Just a thought.

Title: Re: Do you own a Midland WR400?
Post by: tmabell on April 09, 2018, 03:23:21 PM

No, this is on all stations, WX/AM/FM. strong and week signals alike.  I also notice that the volume won't go completely silent with the control all the way down.

Title: Re: Do you own a Midland WR400?
Post by: PaulKTF on April 09, 2018, 03:27:31 PM

Okay. The volume issue might be by design but the hissing issue could be a hardware fault. My WR400 is in storage so I can't pull it out to check how mine sounds.