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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.400 MHz to hear WXJ42, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Meriden area of Connecticut. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
The National Weather Service office in New York, NY programs the station and issues the warnings it airs. The transmitter site is listed as West Peak. It transmits with 500 watts of power.
The station's coverage area takes in 10 counties in Connecticut and New York; the full list is in the table 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield County | CT | 009001 |
Except sw |
| Hartford County | CT | 009003 |
Central/s |
| Litchfield County | CT | 009005 |
Entire area |
| Middlesex County | CT | 009007 |
Entire area |
| New Haven County | CT | 009009 |
Entire area |
| New London County | CT | 009011 |
West part |
| Tolland County | CT | 009013 |
Southwest part |
| Windham County | CT | 009015 |
Entire area |
| Nassau County | NY | 036059 |
North part |
| Suffolk County | NY | 036103 |
Northwest part |
Station details
- Call sign
- WXJ42
- Frequency
- 162.400 MHz
- Transmitter
- Meriden, CT
- Transmitter site
- West Peak
- Power
- 500 watts
- NWS office
- New York, NY
- Office address
- 175 Brookhaven Ave, Upton, NY 11973
- Office phone
- 631-924-0517
- Coverage
- 10 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
- TV market
- Hartford-New Haven, CT
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