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WXJ69: NOAA Weather Radio for San Juan, Puerto Rico

WXJ69 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at San Juan (transmitter at Aguas Buenas), broadcasting on 162.400 MHz at 1000 watts. It carries the National Weather Service San Juan office's broadcast and covers 39 counties, each listed below with the SAME code an alert radio needs to wake for that county and stay quiet for the rest.

CallsignWXJ69
Frequency162.400 MHz
TransmitterSan Juan (transmitter at Aguas Buenas), Puerto Rico
Power1000 watts
Forecast officeNWS San Juan
StatusNormal (NWS data, July 2026)

Marine radios often label 162.400 MHz as WX2, but WX channel numbers vary by brand - go by the frequency.

Counties WXJ69 covers

CountyStateSAME codeNote
Aguas BuenasPuerto Rico072007
AibonitoPuerto Rico072009
ArroyoPuerto Rico072015ALL
BarcelonetaPuerto Rico072017
BarranquitasPuerto Rico072019
BayamonPuerto Rico072021
CaguasPuerto Rico072025
CanovanasPuerto Rico072029
CarolinaPuerto Rico072031
CatanoPuerto Rico072033
CayeyPuerto Rico072035
CidraPuerto Rico072041
ComerioPuerto Rico072045
CorozalPuerto Rico072047
DoradoPuerto Rico072051
GuayamaPuerto Rico072057ALL
GuaynaboPuerto Rico072061
GuraboPuerto Rico072063ALL
HumacaoPuerto Rico072069
JuncosPuerto Rico072077ALL
Las PiedrasPuerto Rico072085ALL
LoizaPuerto Rico072087
LuquilloPuerto Rico072089NORTH AND WEST
ManatiPuerto Rico072091SOUTH EAST
MaunaboPuerto Rico072095ALL
MorovisPuerto Rico072101
NaguaboPuerto Rico072103SOUTH
NaranjitoPuerto Rico072105
OrocovisPuerto Rico072107ALL
PatillasPuerto Rico072109ALL
Rio GrandePuerto Rico072119ALL
San JuanPuerto Rico072127
San LorenzoPuerto Rico072129
Toa AltaPuerto Rico072135
Toa BajaPuerto Rico072137
Trujillo AltoPuerto Rico072139
Vega AltaPuerto Rico072143
Vega BajaPuerto Rico072145
YabucoaPuerto Rico072151ALL

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 WXJ69

Any receiver that tunes 162.400 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 Puerto Rico transmitter, county and SAME code: NOAA Weather Radio in Puerto Rico. Or look any county up with the finder.

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