WXL28: NOAA Weather Radio, Elko

162.550 MHz · 100 W · On the air

WXL28 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.550 MHz (WX1 on most receivers) from Elko, with the transmitter at West Twin Peak, Nevada, at 100 W. The National Weather Service office in Elko, NV programs it. It covers 2 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

WXL28 (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: WXL28
Frequency: 162.550 MHz (WX1)
Power: 100 W
Status: On the air
Station: Elko
Transmitter site: West Twin Peak
State: Nevada
NWS office: Elko, NV
Location: 40.9153, -115.8192

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.

County	State	SAME code	Coverage
Elko	Nevada	032007	Whole county
Eureka	Nevada	032011	Whole county

Nearby transmitters

Weather radio in Nevada Every transmitter The forecast here Alerts in force in Nevada

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 9:25 AM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.