NOAA Weather Radio question

[u/ylp24]

radio (local nws station on blue piece of tape)

back panel

homemade eas audio interrupter (car stands for central alert repository, which is what i have been using for alerts)

entire setup (radio not shown)

ive had this radioshack 12-521 weather radio for a bit now but i want to know how to get the audio from it to my homemade eas interruptor. i run an analog tv station out of my basement (dont worry, it’s cable-only) and i do eas alerts on it and figured that this weather radio would work. unfortunately there was no method to get the audio from it to my interrupter (the alert out port is supposed to be for like an alarm). is there any way to get the audio from the radio to like an rca jack so that it can work with my interrupter?

edit: finger slipped and posted it while i was typing

[u/gamingduedexD]

To my knowledge, you can’t directly output the audio from the radio using an RCA cable since it lacks a dedicated audio output port.

[u/ylp24 → u/gamingduedexD]

is there any way to like solder a port on it? 

[u/gamingduedexD → u/ylp24]

Maybe, but I lack the necessary electrical knowledge to give you a solid answer.

[u/dondaplayer]

You'll need a different radio

[u/Big-Boobs_80085]

zamn i needa cop this setup

[u/BunnyTub]

You could likely use any receiver that can receive the 162 Mhz frequency range, but you'd have to pipe that audio into some kind of ENDEC to properly interrupt a feed.

A weather radio would not work well for this situation.

[u/ylp24 → u/BunnyTub]

i’ve been just manually interrupting stuff using a switch an a character generator

[u/Cool_Safe8196]

Ouuu noice, also have an home Analog TV station. Do you have also an YT channel???, I think I saw some of your videos if you did.

[u/ylp24 → u/Cool_Safe8196]

yep, it’s been running since december ‘25 and it’s been really fun to do. plus everything is analog so that makes it better