The WX-167 First Alert Public Alert Radio with Calendar Clock receives audio and digitally encoded NOAA civil and weather emergency radio broadcasts. The WX-167 also has an integral digital quartz clock with calendar. The NOAA text messages and warnings can be displayed in English or Spanish in the radio's LCD panel. When not displaying a message or warning, the LCD panel shows the time, weekday, month, date, and year.

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Here's how the WX-167 works. Upon reception, the WX-167 displays NOAA text messages in its LCD panel in user-selectable English or Spanish. The alert siren sounds at one of two user-selectable volume levels, and the radio automatically switches to the voice broadcast. Message types are identified by three color-coded LEDs located above the display. A yellow LED lights for advisories, an orange LED lights for watches, and a red LED lights for warnings. External accessories for the handicapped can be connected to the WX-167, and these are also triggered when a message is received.

The WX-167 stores up to 10 currently active alert messages in its memory. Alerts are automatically removed when the time for the event expires. You can select and replay any stored alerts.

To simplify programming, the WX-167 has an integral database of more than 3000 state and county locations. You can select up to 20 of these to which your radio will respond. Please be aware that you must select the correct weather channel to receive NOAA messages for the state and county locations that you program. Additional programming options let you select any of four alerting options and also let you block specific unwanted alerts, such as weekly tests.

The clock in the WX-167 is a digital quartz calendar clock that displays hour, minutes, day, month, date, and year. 

You'll be glad to know that the WX-167 is easy to program thanks to its Function (scroll) knob and informative menu displays in the LCD panel. The menu language is user-selectable for English or Spanish. Also, the User's Manual is well written and easy to read and understand and even includes an alert description table plus tips and troubleshooting information. Actually, two User's Manuals are included, one in English and one in Spanish. You also get Quick Start Guides in both English and Spanish.

The WX-167 can rest on a horizontal surface, or you can attach the included mounting bracket and hang it on a wall. When you use the radio on a horizontal surface, you can tilt the LCD panel upward for an optimum viewing angle. 

In your home, the WX-167 operates on 9Vac power supplied by an included adapter plugged into a standard 120Vac wall outlet. The radio also uses five AA batteries for backup power in case of an ac power failure. The batteries can be non-rechargeable alkaline, or they can be rechargeable nickel-cadmium (NiCad) or Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH). Do not mix battery types. Also, you must be absolutely sure to set the slide switch in the battery compartment for the battery type that you use. The settings are Alkaline and NiCad, and you use the NiCad setting for either NiCad or NiMH. The reason for the battery-type selection switch is that an integral charger in the WX-167 keeps NiCad or NiMH batteries charged up, but the charger cannot operate with alkaline batteries. Also, using the NiCad setting with alkaline batteries may cause leakage and present a fire hazard. The manual explains all of this in detail.

You can use the WX-167 in your car, truck, van, or SUV, but you must purchase the 12Vdc car adapter separately. You plug one end of the adapter cord into the 9VAC -or- 12VDC jack on the back of the radio (the same jack is used for both ac and car adapters) and the other end into the vehicle's cigarette lighter or accessory outlet.

This product is backed by a manufacturer's 90-day limited warranty.

Features:

• NOAA alert function: Radio automatically sounds an alerting siren tone and flashes the appropriate LED color when a weather or civil emergency broadcast is received from NOAA (Weather Band).
• Specific Area Message Encoding (S.A.M.E.): This allows you to store up to 20 different location codes in memory. Each code identifies a specific area, such as a county, defined by NOAA. Setting the S.A.M.E. location helps reduce unnecessary alerts.
• Alphanumeric display: LCD panel displays NOAA weather band, AM and FM frequencies, time, programming information, and alert/status descriptions. When radio is powered by the ac adapter or a 12Vdc source, the display is continuously backlit.
• Nonvolatile memory: Radio programming data is stored in nonvolatile memory that will not lose settings even when both ac and battery power are lost.
• Remote alert jack (3.5 mm): Provides a contact closure to activate special-need external accessory devices such as strobe lights, pillow vibrators, and remote sirens for the handicapped (handicapped accessories are not included).
• Alert audio out jack (6.2 mm, mono): Allows connection of the siren and audio signals to a public address system with amplifier and unamplified external speaker. The Volume knob controls the audio output level, and the radio speaker is disabled when this feature is active. (Note: The back of the radio's package says that this is a 7.6 mm jack and that the
• External antenna (F connector): Allows you to connect an optional external antenna (not included) for weather band only to improve reception in fringe or low-reception areas such as a shelter.
• Rear panel power jack: Connects to included 9Vac wall adapter or 12Vdc car accessory adapter (not included).
• Battery backup: Radio will operate on five AA non-rechargeable alkaline or rechargeable NiCad or NiMH batteries. Alkaline batteries provide up to 24 hours of operation, while NiCad or NiMH batteries provide 8 to 15 hours.

Specifications:

• Public Alert compliant per CEA 2009 
• Weather band channels:
  • Channel 1: 162.400 MHz
  • Channel 2: 162.425 MHz
  • Channel 3: 162.450 MHz
  • Channel 4: 162.475 MHz
  • Channel 5: 162.500 MHz
  • Channel 6: 162.525 MHz
  • Channel 7: 162.550 MHz
• Weather band antenna: 21-inch (53 cm) telescopic rod antenna
• External weather band antenna (not included): 50 ohms
• External weather band antenna connector: F-type jack
• Remote alert connector: 3.5 mm mono audio jack
• Remote alert output rating: 1.0A at 30Vdc
• Audio output power: 200 mW (maximum)
• Display: 
  • LCD panel with time and 15-character text and scrolling display. Display has LCD backlight.
  • LED status indicators: POWER, ADVISORY, WATCH, WARNING
• Siren: User-selectable alert level of 80 or 90 dBa at 1 meter
• Dimensions (without mounting bracket): 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 x 1-3/4 inches (140 x 210 x 44 mm)
• Weight (without batteries): 13.5 ounces (383 grams)
• LCD panel dimensions: 7/8 inch (22 mm) x 2-3/4 inches (70 mm) wide