Weather radio in Alaska

KZZ86: NOAA Weather Radio, Althorp Peak

162.425 MHz · 5 W · Degraded

KZZ86 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.425 MHz (WX4 on most receivers) from Althorp Peak, Alaska, at 5 W. The National Weather Service office in Juneau, AK programs it. It covers 3 counties. NWS lists it as degraded now.

The transmitter and its neighbors

KZZ86 (the largest dot) and the transmitters within 100 miles, colored by their status now.

  • On the air
  • Degraded
  • Off the air

The transmitter

Call sign
KZZ86
Frequency
162.425 MHz (WX4)
Power
5 W
Status
Degraded
Station
Althorp Peak
State
Alaska
NWS office
Juneau, AK
Location
58.0932, -136.4146

Counties covered

Program a SAME receiver with the code of your county. Coverage is NWS’s note of the part of a county the signal reaches.

CountyStateSAME codeCoverage
Hoonah-AngoonAlaska002105Whole county
JuneauAlaska002110Whole county
SitkaAlaska002220Whole county

Nearby transmitters

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Sources

Transmitters, status and county coverage from the National Weather Service’s NOAA Weather Radio county coverage listing (data). Public domain. Read September 26, 2026 at 6:48 AM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.