KWN37: NOAA Weather Radio for Sweetwater, Texas
KWN37 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Sweetwater, broadcasting on 162.425 MHz at 335 watts. It carries the National Weather Service San Angelo office's broadcast and covers 6 counties, each listed below with the SAME code an alert radio needs to wake for that county and stay quiet for the rest.
| Callsign | KWN37 |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 162.425 MHz |
| Transmitter | Sweetwater, Texas |
| Power | 335 watts |
| Forecast office | NWS San Angelo |
| Status | Normal (NWS data, July 2026) |
Marine radios often label 162.425 MHz as WX4, but WX channel numbers vary by brand - go by the frequency.
Counties KWN37 covers
| County | State | SAME code |
|---|---|---|
| Fisher | Texas | 048151 |
| Jones | Texas | 048253 |
| Mitchell | Texas | 048335 |
| Nolan | Texas | 048353 |
| Scurry | Texas | 048415 |
| Taylor | Texas | 048441 |
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 KWN37
Any receiver that tunes 162.425 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 Texas transmitter, county and SAME code: NOAA Weather Radio in Texas. Or look any county up with the finder.
Sources:
- “NWR County Coverage Listings”. weather.gov. Archived from the original on 2026-07-19. Retrieved 2026-07-16. Every figure on this page - frequency, transmitter site, power, operational status, and county SAME codes - is from this dataset. Transmitters move, change power, and go down for maintenance; verify locally before you rely on it.