Beginning in January 2001, the hobby of DXing the NOAA Weather Radio Stations, put on the air by the National Weather Service, a service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), was added at this QTH. All are new stations. The local station in St. Louis is KDO89 on 162.550 MHz. At this QTH, KXI70 is also heard on a regular basis. It is on 162.450 MHz in Jerseyville, IL.
Equipment: Radio Shack PRO-79 handheld scanner, Radio Shack VU-210XR with RS Archerotor at 28 feet (8 meters) above ground level.
All times Central U.S. time. Central Daylight and Eastern Standard time are the same. To convert CDT to EDT and CST to EST, add one hour. To convert CST to UTC, add six hours. To convert CDT to UTC, add five hours.
(Originating NWS offices for programming are in boldface italics.)
January 6, 2001 (trop)
0155 KXI49 162.475 Salem, IL-noted with weather information for Southern Illinois. Fair signal. (St. Louis, MO)
0156 WXJ75 162.400 Springfield, IL-noted with weather information for Central Illinois. Fair signal. (Lincoln, IL)
0157 WXM49 162.425 Marion, IL-noted with weather information for Southern Illinois. Good signal. (Paducah, KY)
0210 WWF75 162.525 Bourbon, MO-noted with weather information for South Central Missouri. Good signal. (St. Louis, MO)
0211 WXL45 162.400 Columbia, MO-noted with weather information for Central Missouri. Fair signal, WXJ75 nulled. (St. Louis, MO)
0450 WXJ71 162.475 Peoria, IL-noted with weather information for the Peoria area. Fair signal, KXI49 nulled. (Lincoln, IL)
0455 WWG49 162.500 Fredericktown, MO-noted with weather information for Southeast Missouri. Fair signal. (St. Louis, MO)
0458 WXJ92 162.500 Macomb, IL-noted with weather information, forecast for Macomb. Fair signal, WWG49 nulled. (Quad Cities, IL/IA)
January 9, 2001 (trop)
1950 WXK82 162.475 Hannibal, MO-noted with weather information for the Hannibal/Quincy area. Fair signal, KXI49 and WXJ71 also in. (St. Louis, MO)
January 11, 2001 (trop)
0500 WXK72 162.400 Putnamville, IN-noted with weather for the Terre Haute area. Fair to poor with WXJ75. (Indianapolis, IN)
January 12, 2001 (trop)
2300 KXI48 162.450 Newton, IL-noted with weather information for Southeast Illinois and current conditions at Mattoon. Fair with semi-local KXI70 nulled. (Lincoln, IL)
January 22, 2001 (trop)
2020 KXI66 162.425 Piedmont, MO-weather conditions for the foothills of the Ozark Mountains. Fair signal, WXM49 nulled. (Paducah, KY)
2030 KXI79 162.425 Hillsboro, IL-noted with legal ID, into forecast for Central, IL. Fair to poor w/KXI66, WXM49 nulled. (St. Louis, MO)
May 22, 2001 (trop)
0515 WXM90 162.525 Jacksonville, IL-noted with weather information and forecast for West Central Illinois. Fair to poor over WWF75. (Lincoln, IL)
May 29, 2001 (trop)
0713 KIH45 162.400 Bowling Green, KY-noted with weather information for South Central Kentucky. Fair over WXJ75. (Louisville, KY)
0719 WXJ91 162.525 Madisonville, KY-noted with weather information for Western Kentucky. Fair signal. (Paducah, KY)
0721 KXI46 162.500 Shelbyville, IL-noted with weather information for Central Illinois, current conditions at Decatur, IL. Good to fair signal. (Lincoln, IL)
0735 KXI52 162.400 McLeansboro, IL-noted with weather information for Southeast Illinois. Fair signal with WXJ75 nulled. (Paducah, KY)
June 11, 2001 (trop)
0755 KZZ39 162.500 Clinton, MO-noted with weather information for Clinton and Sedalia, current conditions at Whiteman Air Force Base. Good signal. (Pleasant Hill, MO)
0817 WWF76 162.475 Summersville, MO-noted with weather information for South Central Missouri and current conditions at West Plains, MO. Fair to poor with KXI49 nulled. (Springfield, MO)
June 16, 2001 (trop)
0650 KXI42 162.450 Chester, IL-noted with weather forecast for Southwest Illinois. Fair to poor in KXI70 null. (St. Louis, MO)
June 17, 2001 (trop)
0650 WXJ90 162.550 Camdenton, MO-noted with weather information for Central Missouri. Poor under KDO89. (Springfield, MO)
June 18, 2001 (trop)
0842 WXJ76 162.550 Champaign, IL-noted with weather information for Central Illinois. Fair to poor through KDO89. (Lincoln, IL)
July 13, 2001 (trop)
0155 WXL47 162.400 Dexter, MO-noted with weather information and conditions for Southeast Missouri. Fair signal. (Paducah, KY)
August 4, 2001 (trop)
0231 WXN83 162.525 Burlington, IA-noted with legal ID. Fair to poor with WWF75 nulled. (Quad Cities, IL/IA)
0737 WXM39 162.525 LaPlata, MO-noted with legal ID, Missouri weather, current conditions for Kirksville, MO. Fair with WWF75 nulled. (Pleasant Hill, MO)
August 14, 2001 (trop)
0615 WWH30 162.500 Dyersburg, TN-noted with weather conditions for Tennessee and Arkansas, forecast for the Dyersburg area. Fair signal. (Memphis, TN)
0628 KIH46 162.475 Mayfield, KY-noted with weather conditions for Southern Illinois, Southeast Missouri, Western Kentucky and Northwest Tennessee, and legal ID. Fair with KXI49. (Paducah, KY)
November 10, 2001 (trop)
0108 KIH20 162.400 Huntsville, AL-noted with weather conditions for the Southeastern United States, weather forecast for Northern Alabama and CST time check. Fair over WXJ75. (Birmingham, AL)
November 12, 2001 (trop)
0350 WWF53 162.525 Winfield, AL-noted with weather conditions for the Southeastern United States, weather forecast for the Winfield area, and CST time check. Fair over WWF75. (Birmingham, AL)
0355 KIH53 162.400 Booneville, MS-noted with weather forecast for Tupelo, conditions in the Mid-South, and CST time check. Fair over WXJ75. (Memphis, TN)
December 11, 2002 (trop)
0030 KZZ65 162.525 Bloomington, IL-noted with legal ID and central Illinois weather. Simulcasts WXJ71 Peoria, IL and KZZ66 Galesburg, IL. Good to fair over WWF75. (Lincoln, IL)