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KHB39: NOAA Weather Radio for Jacksonville, Florida

KHB39 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Jacksonville, broadcasting on 162.550 MHz at 1000 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Jacksonville office's broadcast and covers 7 counties, each listed below with the SAME code an alert radio needs to wake for that county and stay quiet for the rest.

CallsignKHB39
Frequency162.550 MHz
TransmitterJacksonville, Florida
Power1000 watts
Forecast officeNWS Jacksonville
StatusNormal (NWS data, July 2026)

Marine radios often label 162.550 MHz as WX1, but WX channel numbers vary by brand - go by the frequency.

Counties KHB39 covers

CountyStateSAME code
BakerFlorida012003
ClayFlorida012019
DuvalFlorida012031
NassauFlorida012089
St. JohnsFlorida012109
CamdenGeorgia013039
CharltonGeorgia013049

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 KHB39

Any receiver that tunes 162.550 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 Florida transmitter, county and SAME code: NOAA Weather Radio in Florida. Or look any county up with the finder.

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