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WNG575: NOAA Weather Radio for Pack Monadnock, New Hampshire

WNG575 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Pack Monadnock (transmitter at Peterborough), broadcasting on 162.525 MHz at 300 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Gray/Portland office's broadcast and covers 9 counties, each listed below with the SAME code an alert radio needs to wake for that county and stay quiet for the rest.

CallsignWNG575
Frequency162.525 MHz
TransmitterPack Monadnock (transmitter at Peterborough), 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 WNG575 covers

CountyStateSAME code
EssexMassachusetts025009
MiddlesexMassachusetts025017
WorcesterMassachusetts025027
CheshireNew Hampshire033005
HillsboroughNew Hampshire033011
MerrimackNew Hampshire033013
RockinghamNew Hampshire033015
SullivanNew Hampshire033019
WindhamVermont050025

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 WNG575

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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