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Russ Kiehne <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 22 Nov 2015 07:35:21 -0800
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Here are the wx channels as taken from the thf6a manual:

1 162.550 MHz/ FM/ WEATHER
2 162.400 MHz/ FM/ WEATHER
3 162.475 MHz/ FM/ WEATHER
4 162.425 MHz/ FM/ WEATHER
I-5 162.450 MHz/ FM/ WEATHER
6 162.500 MHz/ FM/ WEATHER
7 162.525 MHz/ FM/ WEATHER
8 161.650 MHz/ FM/ WEATHER
9 161.775 MHz/ FM/ WEATHER
10 163.275 MHz/ FM/ WEATHER

-----Original Message----- 
From: Dan B Dyer Jr\Danny
Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2015 2:50 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: O/T: NOAA WX Radio Channel program Order

Come to think of it, i know all ten wx channels on that scanner had signals 
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n them, but i had no sighted help so not sure of speciffic freqs.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 21, 2015, at 4:18 PM, Danny Dyer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> I've heard activity on the 161&163MHZ NOAA, WX channels only once,
> over one week-end, when in the early 90s, on a new to me handheld
> scanner with all ten wx channels; while I lived in Asheville NC, and
> the skip from coastal NC, SC, and GA, was really pouring into that
> area:  I realize that may be a stretch, but it did happen, although I
> think it's the only time I've ever heard those channels active.
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>> On 11/21/15, Mike Duke, K5XU <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> This "Inquiring mind" is curious.
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>> Is there a particular reason why the  NOAA WX Radio channel group in
>> Kenwood radios is programmed in what appears to me to be a random order?
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>> For instance, by default, 162.550 is in channel 1, and then it kind of
>> goes crazy with no apparent logical ordering sequence for the other 9
>> channels.
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>> In my area, even during band openings, I have never heard a signal on
>> the 161.x and 163.x channels, which were the last ones added for that
>> service several years ago.
>>=20
>> --
>> Mike Duke, K5XU
>>=20 

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