Known as the “Voice of NOAA’s National Weather Service”, NWR is provided as public service by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), part of the Department of Commerce. NWR includes 1000 transmitters, covering all 50 states, adjacent coastal waters, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the U.S. Pacific Territories. NWR requires a special radio receiver or scanner capable of picking up the signal. Broadcasts are found in the VHF public service band at these seven frequencies.
Public Service Band Frequencies (MHz)
162.400 | 162.425 |
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162.450 | 162.475 |
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162.500 | 162.525 |
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162.550 |
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The channel position 8 on all RM Series radios with channel selector knob is configured at the factory as a NOAA Weather Radio.
The NOAA Weather Radio feature can be disabled or configured to any of the other available channel positions via the Customer Programming Software (CPS) or in Advanced Configuration Mode. When a channel that has the NOAA Weather Radio is selected, the RM radio generates an audible voice announcement indicating the channel and weather frequency number. (E.g.: “Channel 8: Weather 1”). The weather frequency number announced is one of the 7 NOAA national frequencies that is currently tuned in the weather radio. The weather frequency can be changed while in the Weather Channel Programming mode by pressing the SB2 button to enter Weather menu and then using the SB1 button to toggle up or SB2 button to toggle down. The PTT button acts as the menu
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