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WXJ88: NOAA Weather Radio for Menomonie, Wisconsin

WXJ88 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Menomonie (transmitter at Wheeler), broadcasting on 162.400 MHz at 1000 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen office's broadcast and covers 11 counties, each listed below with the SAME code an alert radio needs to wake for that county and stay quiet for the rest.

CallsignWXJ88
Frequency162.400 MHz
TransmitterMenomonie (transmitter at Wheeler), Wisconsin
Power1000 watts
Forecast officeNWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen
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 WXJ88 covers

CountyStateSAME code
BarronWisconsin055005
BuffaloWisconsin055011
ChippewaWisconsin055017
DunnWisconsin055033
Eau ClaireWisconsin055035
PepinWisconsin055091
PierceWisconsin055093
PolkWisconsin055095
RuskWisconsin055107
St. CroixWisconsin055109
TrempealeauWisconsin055121

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 WXJ88

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 Wisconsin transmitter, county and SAME code: NOAA Weather Radio in Wisconsin. Or look any county up with the finder.

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