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To contact the NWS by telephone:
1.
Phone 1-888-NWR-SAME (1-888-697-7263).
2.
Follow prompts through a simple voice menu.
To obtain NWS radio channels and SAME codes on
the internet:
1.
Locate www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/indexnw.htm
2.
Click the State for which information is needed.
For example, clicking on “Montana” will give a list of
information relevant to the State of Montana including
the names of counties, SAME codes, NWR transmitter
locations, the frequency of the transmitter, the strength
of the signal in WATTS, and any remarks as applicable.
Example of the first 10 county radio channels and
SAME codes for Montana:
Many counties have been subdivided into as
many as 9 smaller subsections. The numbers 1 to 9 in the
far left column of the SAME code identifies specific
subsections of a county. If a county has not been
subdivided, the first digit of the county code will be zero.
ST. County
SAME
NWR
Freq.
Call
Watts
Remarks
#
Transmitter MHZ
MT Beaverhead 030001
Butte MT
162.550
WXL 100
79
MT
Big Horn
030003
Billings MT
162.550
WXL 400
27
MT
Blaine
030005
Havre MT
162.400
WXL 300
53
MT
Broadwater 030007
Helena MT
162.400
WXK 300
66
MT
Carbon
030009
Billings MT
162.550
WXL 400
27
MT
Carter
030011
-No NWR
coverage-
MT
Cascade
030013
Great Falls
162.550
WXJ 300
MT
43
MT
Choteau
030015
Havre MT
162.400
WXL 300
53
MT
Choteau
030015
Great Falls
162.550
WXJ 300
MT
43
MT
Custer
030017
Miles City
162.400
WXL 300
MT
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