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KDO95: NOAA Weather Radio for Falmouth, Maine

KDO95 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Falmouth (transmitter at Blackstrap Hill), broadcasting on 162.550 MHz at 500 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Gray/Portland office's broadcast and covers 4 counties, each listed below with the SAME code an alert radio needs to wake for that county and stay quiet for the rest.

CallsignKDO95
Frequency162.550 MHz
TransmitterFalmouth (transmitter at Blackstrap Hill), Maine
Power500 watts
Forecast officeNWS Gray/Portland
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 KDO95 covers

CountyStateSAME codeNote
AndroscogginMaine023001SOUTHERN 1/2
CumberlandMaine023005
SagadahocMaine023023
YorkMaine023031

A county marked with a note (for example partial coverage) is served for that portion only. 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 KDO95

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 Maine transmitter, county and SAME code: NOAA Weather Radio in Maine. Or look any county up with the finder.

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