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WNG546: NOAA Weather Radio for Hanover, New Hampshire

WNG546 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Hanover (transmitter at Moose Mtn.), broadcasting on 162.525 MHz at 300 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Gray/Portland 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.

CallsignWNG546
Frequency162.525 MHz
TransmitterHanover (transmitter at Moose Mtn.), New Hampshire
Power300 watts
Forecast officeNWS Gray/Portland
StatusNormal (NWS data, July 2026)

Marine radios often label 162.525 MHz as WX7, but WX channel numbers vary by brand - go by the frequency.

Counties WNG546 covers

CountyStateSAME code
BelknapNew Hampshire033001
CarrollNew Hampshire033003
GraftonNew Hampshire033009
MerrimackNew Hampshire033013
SullivanNew Hampshire033019
OrangeVermont050017
WindsorVermont050027

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 WNG546

Any receiver that tunes 162.525 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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