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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.425 MHz to hear KZZ86, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Althorp Peak area of Alaska. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
The National Weather Service office in Juneau, AK programs the station and issues the warnings it airs. Its listed transmitter power is 5 watts.
Its signal is meant to serve 3 boroughs and census areas: Hoonah-Angoon, Juneau and Sitka. 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.
| Area | State | SAME code | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoonah-Angoon | AK | 002105 |
Entire area |
| Juneau | AK | 002110 |
Entire area |
| Sitka | AK | 002220 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- KZZ86
- Frequency
- 162.425 MHz
- Transmitter
- Althorp Peak, AK
- Power
- 5 watts
- NWS office
- Juneau, AK
- Office address
- 8500 Mendenhall Loop Rd, Juneau, AK 99801
- Office phone
- 907-790-6800
- Coverage
- 3 boroughs and census areas
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
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Location
KZZ86 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.425 MHz
- Transmitter
- Althorp Peak, AK
- NWS office
- Juneau, AK
- Covers
- 3 counties
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