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KIH63: NOAA Weather Radio for Orlando, Florida

KIH63 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Orlando, broadcasting on 162.475 MHz at 1000 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Melbourne 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.

CallsignKIH63
Frequency162.475 MHz
TransmitterOrlando, Florida
Power1000 watts
Forecast officeNWS Melbourne
StatusNormal (NWS data, July 2026)

Marine radios often label 162.475 MHz as WX3, but WX channel numbers vary by brand - go by the frequency.

Counties KIH63 covers

CountyStateSAME code
BrevardFlorida012009
LakeFlorida012069
OrangeFlorida012095
OsceolaFlorida012097
PolkFlorida012105
SeminoleFlorida012117
VolusiaFlorida012127

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 KIH63

Any receiver that tunes 162.475 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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