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KZZ41: NOAA Weather Radio for Mt. Washington, New Hampshire

KZZ41 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Mt. Washington (transmitter at North Conway), broadcasting on 162.500 MHz at 100 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Gray/Portland office's broadcast and covers 15 counties, each listed below with the SAME code an alert radio needs to wake for that county and stay quiet for the rest.

CallsignKZZ41
Frequency162.500 MHz
TransmitterMt. Washington (transmitter at North Conway), New Hampshire
Power100 watts
Forecast officeNWS Gray/Portland
StatusNormal (NWS data, July 2026)

Marine radios often label 162.500 MHz as WX6, but WX channel numbers vary by brand - go by the frequency.

Counties KZZ41 covers

CountyStateSAME code
CumberlandMaine023005
FranklinMaine023007
OxfordMaine023017
SomersetMaine023025
YorkMaine023031
BelknapNew Hampshire033001
CarrollNew Hampshire033003
CoosNew Hampshire033007
GraftonNew Hampshire033009
MerrimackNew Hampshire033013
RockinghamNew Hampshire033015
StraffordNew Hampshire033017
CaledoniaVermont050005
EssexVermont050009
OrangeVermont050017

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 KZZ41

Any receiver that tunes 162.500 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 New Hampshire transmitter, county and SAME code: NOAA Weather Radio in New Hampshire. Or look any county up with the finder.

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