WWH33: NOAA Weather Radio for Cornwall, Connecticut
WWH33 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Cornwall (transmitter at Mohawk Mtn.), broadcasting on 162.500 MHz at 500 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Albany office's broadcast and covers 8 counties, each listed below with the SAME code an alert radio needs to wake for that county and stay quiet for the rest.
| Callsign | WWH33 |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 162.500 MHz |
| Transmitter | Cornwall (transmitter at Mohawk Mtn.), Connecticut |
| Power | 500 watts |
| Forecast office | NWS Albany |
| Status | Normal (NWS data, July 2026) |
Marine radios often label 162.500 MHz as WX6, but WX channel numbers vary by brand - go by the frequency.
Counties WWH33 covers
| County | State | SAME code |
|---|---|---|
| Fairfield | Connecticut | 009001 |
| Hartford | Connecticut | 009003 |
| Litchfield | Connecticut | 009005 |
| New Haven | Connecticut | 009009 |
| Berkshire | Massachusetts | 025003 |
| Hampden | Massachusetts | 025013 |
| Dutchess | New York | 036027 |
| Putnam | New York | 036079 |
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 WWH33
Any receiver that tunes 162.500 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 Connecticut transmitter, county and SAME code: NOAA Weather Radio in Connecticut. Or look any county up with the finder.
Sources:
- “NWR County Coverage Listings”. weather.gov. Archived from the original on 2026-07-19. Retrieved 2026-07-16. Every figure on this page - frequency, transmitter site, power, operational status, and county SAME codes - is from this dataset. Transmitters move, change power, and go down for maintenance; verify locally before you rely on it.