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WXJ30: NOAA Weather Radio for Americus, Georgia

WXJ30 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Americus, broadcasting on 162.425 MHz at 1000 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Peachtree City office's broadcast and covers 12 counties, each listed below with the SAME code an alert radio needs to wake for that county and stay quiet for the rest.

CallsignWXJ30
Frequency162.425 MHz
TransmitterAmericus, Georgia
Power1000 watts
Forecast officeNWS Peachtree City
StatusNormal (NWS data, July 2026)

Marine radios often label 162.425 MHz as WX4, but WX channel numbers vary by brand - go by the frequency.

Counties WXJ30 covers

CountyStateSAME code
CrispGeorgia013081
DoolyGeorgia013093
LeeGeorgia013177
MaconGeorgia013193
MarionGeorgia013197
RandolphGeorgia013243
SchleyGeorgia013249
StewartGeorgia013259
SumterGeorgia013261
TaylorGeorgia013269
TerrellGeorgia013273
WebsterGeorgia013307

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 WXJ30

Any receiver that tunes 162.425 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.

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