Equipment: Radio Shack PRO-79 handheld scanner, Radio Shack VU-210XR with Radio Shack Archerotor at 28 feet (8 meters) above ground level for DX prior to July 23, 2002; DX after that date was done with the antenna at 35 feet (10.6 meters) above ground level. All times CDT/CST.
July 3, 2002 (trop)
0207 KWN55 162.425 MHz Jamestown, MO Noted with weather forecast and conditions for Jefferson City, summary of weather conditions in Mid-Missouri and legal ID. Programming from NWS St. Louis, MO. Good over KXI79 and WXM49.
July 24, 2002 (trop)
0546 KZZ66 162.400 MHz Galesburg, IL Noted with legal ID and weather forecast for Galesburg. Programming from NWS Lincoln, IL. Good to fair over WXJ75.
0547 WXL61 162.475 MHz Cedar Rapids, IA Noted with legal ID and a summary of weather conditions throughout Iowa. Programming from NWS Quad Cities, IL/IA. Fair over WXK82, WXJ71.
August 3, 2002 (trop)
0547 WXM39 162.500 MHz Clinton, MO Noted with legal ID and a summary of weather conditions in west central Missouri. Good signal. (The NWS list still has this listed as KZZ39; WXM39 was listed on 162.525 MHz in La Plata, MO, near Kirksville. Both stations supposedly swapped calls; they program from NWS Pleasant Hill, MO, near Kansas City.)