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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.400 MHz to hear WXK29, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Abilene area of Texas. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
The National Weather Service office in San Angelo, TX programs the station and issues the warnings it airs. The transmitter itself stands at Clyde. Its listed transmitter power is 1,000 watts.
Its signal is meant to serve 9 counties across Texas, listed below. If your radio supports SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding), program the six-digit code for your county from the table below so it alerts only for warnings that affect you.
| County | State | SAME code | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Callahan County | TX | 048059 |
Entire area |
| Coleman County | TX | 048083 |
Entire area |
| Fisher County | TX | 048151 |
Entire area |
| Haskell County | TX | 048207 |
Entire area |
| Jones County | TX | 048253 |
Entire area |
| Nolan County | TX | 048353 |
Entire area |
| Runnels County | TX | 048399 |
Entire area |
| Shackelford County | TX | 048417 |
Entire area |
| Taylor County | TX | 048441 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WXK29
- Frequency
- 162.400 MHz
- Transmitter
- Abilene, TX
- Transmitter site
- Clyde
- Power
- 1,000 watts
- NWS office
- San Angelo, TX
- Office address
- 7654 Knickerbocker Rd, San Angelo, TX 76904
- Office phone
- 325-944-9445
- Coverage
- 9 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
- TV market
- Abilene-Sweetwater, TX
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Location
WXK29 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.400 MHz
- Transmitter
- Abilene, TX
- NWS office
- San Angelo, TX
- Covers
- 9 counties
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