KXI56: NOAA Weather Radio for Gonzales, Texas
KXI56 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Gonzales, broadcasting on 162.525 MHz at 1000 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio office's broadcast and covers 5 counties, each listed below with the SAME code an alert radio needs to wake for that county and stay quiet for the rest.
| Callsign | KXI56 |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 162.525 MHz |
| Transmitter | Gonzales, Texas |
| Power | 1000 watts |
| Forecast office | NWS Austin/San Antonio |
| Status | Normal (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 KXI56 covers
| County | State | SAME code |
|---|---|---|
| Caldwell | Texas | 048055 |
| DeWitt | Texas | 048123 |
| Gonzales | Texas | 048177 |
| Guadalupe | Texas | 048187 |
| Lavaca | Texas | 048285 |
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 KXI56
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 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.