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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.550 MHz to hear KEC73, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Bourne/Hyannis area of Massachusetts. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
Its broadcasts come from the National Weather Service forecast office in Boston/Norton, MA. The transmitter itself stands at Camp Edwards. Its listed transmitter power is 1,000 watts.
Its signal is meant to serve 5 counties: Barnstable County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Bristol County (central and south parts) and Plymouth County (central and south parts). SAME-capable weather radios filter alerts by county: program the six-digit SAME code listed below for each county you want alerts for.
| County | State | SAME code | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnstable County | MA | 025001 |
Entire area |
| Bristol County | MA | 025005 |
Central and south parts |
| Dukes County | MA | 025007 |
Entire area |
| Nantucket County | MA | 025019 |
Entire area |
| Plymouth County | MA | 025023 |
Central and south parts |
Station details
- Call sign
- KEC73
- Frequency
- 162.550 MHz
- Transmitter
- Bourne/Hyannis, MA
- Transmitter site
- Camp Edwards
- Power
- 1,000 watts
- NWS office
- Boston/Norton, MA
- Office address
- 46 Commerce Way, Norton, MA 02766
- Office phone
- 508-622-3250
- Coverage
- 5 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
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Location
KEC73 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.550 MHz
- Transmitter
- Bourne/Hyannis, MA
- NWS office
- Boston/Norton, MA
- Covers
- 5 counties
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