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Overview
KPS509 is the NOAA Weather Radio station for Salmon, Idaho, on 162.500 MHz. Like every station in the network, it airs continuous weather information and emergency alerts from the National Weather Service.
The National Weather Service office in Missoula, MT programs the station and issues the warnings it airs. The transmitter itself stands at Mt Baldy. Its listed transmitter power is 100 watts.
The station's coverage area takes in 1 county: Lemhi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lemhi County | ID | 016059 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- KPS509
- Frequency
- 162.500 MHz
- Transmitter
- Salmon, ID
- Transmitter site
- Mt Baldy
- Power
- 100 watts
- NWS office
- Missoula, MT
- Office address
- 6633 Aviation Way, Missoula, MT 59808
- Office phone
- 406-329-4840
- Coverage
- 1 county
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
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Location
KPS509 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.500 MHz
- Transmitter
- Salmon, ID
- NWS office
- Missoula, MT
- Covers
- 1 county
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