Oregon Scientific WR103 User Manual page 8

To contact the NWS by telephone:
1. Phone 1-888-NWR-SAME (1-888-697-7263).
2. Follow prompts through a simple voice menu.
To obtain NWS radio channels and SAME codes on
the internet:
1. Locate www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/indexnw.htm
2. Click the State for which information is needed.
For example, clicking on "Montana" will give a list of
information relevant to the State of Montana including
the names of counties, SAME codes, NWR transmitter
locations, the frequency of the transmitter, the strength
of the signal in WATTS, and any remarks as applicable.
Example of the first 10 county radio channels and
SAME codes for Montana:
ST. County SAME NWR
# Transmitter MHZ
MT Beaverhead 030001 Butte MT
MT Big Horn 030003 Billings MT
MT Blaine 030005 Havre MT
MT Broadwater 030007 Helena MT
MT Carbon 030009 Billings MT
MT Carter 030011 -No NWR
coverage-
MT Cascade 030013 Great Falls
MT
MT Choteau 030015 Havre MT
MT Choteau 030015 Great Falls
MT
MT Custer 030017 Miles City
MT
NOTE Many counties have been subdivided into as
many as 9 smaller subsections. The numbers 1 to 9 in the
far left column of the SAME code identifies specific
subsections of a county. If a county has not been
subdivided, the first digit of the county code will be zero.
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Freq. Call Watts Remarks
162.550 WXL 100
79
162.550 WXL 400
27
162.400 WXL 300
53
162.400 WXK 300
66
162.550 WXL 400
27
162.550 WXJ 300
43
162.400 WXL 300
53
162.550 WXJ 300
43
162.400 WXL 300
54