Weather radio in Oregon

KEC42: NOAA Weather Radio, Eugene

162.400 MHz · 114 W · On the air

KEC42 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.400 MHz (WX2 on most receivers) from Eugene, with the transmitter at Blanton Heights, Oregon, at 114 W. The National Weather Service office in Portland, OR programs it. It covers 3 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

KEC42 (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
KEC42
Frequency
162.400 MHz (WX2)
Power
114 W
Status
On the air
Station
Eugene
Transmitter site
Blanton Heights
State
Oregon
NWS office
Portland, OR
Location
44.0025, -123.1163

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
BentonOregon041003Whole county
LaneOregon041039Whole county
LinnOregon041043Whole 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 9:25 AM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.