KXI81: NOAA Weather Radio for Clayton, Georgia
KXI81 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Clayton (transmitter at Clayton-Tiger), broadcasting on 162.450 MHz at 300 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg 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 | KXI81 |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 162.450 MHz |
| Transmitter | Clayton (transmitter at Clayton-Tiger), Georgia |
| Power | 300 watts |
| Forecast office | NWS Greenville-Spartanburg |
| Status | Normal (NWS data, July 2026) |
Marine radios often label 162.450 MHz as WX5, but WX channel numbers vary by brand - go by the frequency.
Counties KXI81 covers
| County | State | SAME code |
|---|---|---|
| Banks | Georgia | 013011 |
| Habersham | Georgia | 013137 |
| Hall | Georgia | 013139 |
| Rabun | Georgia | 013241 |
| Towns | Georgia | 013281 |
| White | Georgia | 013311 |
| Macon | North Carolina | 037113 |
| Oconee | South Carolina | 045073 |
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 KXI81
Any receiver that tunes 162.450 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 Georgia transmitter, county and SAME code: NOAA Weather Radio in Georgia. 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.