WNG600: NOAA Weather Radio for D'Hanis, Texas
WNG600 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at D'Hanis, broadcasting on 162.525 MHz at 300 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio office's broadcast and covers 3 counties, each listed below with the SAME code an alert radio needs to wake for that county and stay quiet for the rest.
| Callsign | WNG600 |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 162.525 MHz |
| Transmitter | D'Hanis, Texas |
| Power | 300 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 WNG600 covers
| County | State | SAME code |
|---|---|---|
| Frio | Texas | 048163 |
| Medina | Texas | 048325 |
| Uvalde | Texas | 048463 |
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 WNG600
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.