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WNG595: NOAA Weather Radio for Conway Summit, California

WNG595 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Conway Summit (transmitter at Bridgeport), broadcasting on 162.525 MHz at 300 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Reno office's broadcast and covers 1 county, each listed below with the SAME code an alert radio needs to wake for that county and stay quiet for the rest.

CallsignWNG595
Frequency162.525 MHz
TransmitterConway Summit (transmitter at Bridgeport), California
Power300 watts
Forecast officeNWS Reno
StatusNormal (NWS data, July 2026)

Marine radios often label 162.525 MHz as WX7, but WX channel numbers vary by brand - go by the frequency.

Counties WNG595 covers

CountyStateSAME code
MonoCalifornia006051

Program the six-digit code into your radio's SAME location list - the SAME code guide walks through it, and how alert radios work explains what the radio does with it.

Hearing WNG595

Any receiver that tunes 162.525 MHz FM can listen: scanners, VHF ham radios, marine sets, or a software-defined receiver. What those do not do is wake you at 3 a.m. - for that you want a dedicated radio with SAME alerting, covered in the buyer's guide.

Every California transmitter, county and SAME code: NOAA Weather Radio in California. Or look any county up with the finder.

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