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Overview
WZ2540 is the NOAA Weather Radio station for North Kohala, Hawaii, on 162.500 MHz. Like every station in the network, it airs continuous weather information and emergency alerts from the National Weather Service.
Forecasts and warnings on WZ2540 are produced by the National Weather Service office in Honolulu, HI. The transmitter itself stands at Kamuela. It transmits with 300 watts of power.
Its signal is meant to serve 1 county: Hawaii County. A weather radio with SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding) only sounds an alert for the areas you program, so enter the six-digit SAME code for your county from the table below.
| County | State | SAME code | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii County | HI | 015001 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WZ2540
- Frequency
- 162.500 MHz
- Transmitter
- North Kohala, HI
- Transmitter site
- Kamuela
- Power
- 300 watts
- NWS office
- Honolulu, HI
- Office address
- 2525 Correa Rd # 250, Honolulu, HI 96822
- Office phone
- 808-973-5286
- Coverage
- 1 county
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
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Location
WZ2540 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.500 MHz
- Transmitter
- North Kohala, HI
- NWS office
- Honolulu, HI
- Covers
- 1 county
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