NOAA Weather Radio Service Areas in Northern Michigan
Frequently Asked Questions about SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding)
SAME Codes now available for the Great Lakes Open Waters and Nearshore Waters
COUNTY | SAME # | NWR TRANSMITTER | FREQ MHZ | CALL | WATTS |
Alcona | 026001 | Alpena MI | 162.550 | KIG83 | 500 |
Alpena | 026007 | Alpena MI | 162.550 | KIG83 | 500 |
Antrim | 026009 | Traverse City MI | 162.400 | KIH22 | 330 |
Arenac | 026011 | West Branch MI | 162.450 | KXI33 | 1000 |
Benzie | 026019 | Traverse City MI | 162.400 | KIH22 | 330 |
Charlevoix | 026029 | Traverse City MI | 162.400 | KIH22 | 330 |
Cheboygen | 026031 | --No NWR Coverage-- | |||
Chippewa | 026033 | Sault Ste. Marie MI | 162.550 | KIG74 | 1000 |
Crawford | 026039 | Gaylord MI | 162.500 | WWF70 | 100 |
Emmet | 026047 | --No NWR Coverage-- | |||
Gladwin | 026051 | West Branch MI | 162.450 | KXI33 | 1000 |
Grand Traverse | 026055 | Traverse City MI | 162.400 | KIH22 | 330 |
Iosco | 026069 | West Branch MI | 162.450 | KXI33 | 1000 |
Kalkaska | 026079 | Traverse City MI | 162.400 | KIH22 | 330 |
Leelanau | 026089 | Traverse City MI | 162.400 | KIH22 | 330 |
Mackinac | 026097 | Sault Ste. Marie MI | 162.550 | KIG74 | 1000 |
Manistee | 026101 | Traverse City MI | 162.400 | KIH22 | 330 |
Missaukee | 026113 | Traverse City MI | 162.400 | KIH22 | 330 |
Montmorency | 026119 | Alpena MI | 162.550 | KIG83 | 500 |
Ogemaw | 026129 | West Branch MI | 162.450 | KXI33 | 1000 |
Oscoda | 026135 | Alpena MI | 162.550 | KIG83 | 500 |
Otsego | 026137 | Gaylord MI | 162.500 | WWF70 | 100 |
Presque Isle | 026141 | Alpena MI | 162.550 | KIG83 | 500 |
Roscommon | 026143 | West Branch MI | 162.450 | KXI33 | 1000 |
Wexford | 026165 | Traverse City MI | 162.400 | KIH22 | 330 |
Nearshore Marine Areas | SAME # | NWR TRANSMITTER | FREQ MHZ | CALL | WATTS |
Whitefish
Bay |
91321 |
Sault Ste. Marie MI | 162.550 |
KIG74 | 1000 |
Saint
Marys River |
91322 |
Sault Ste. Marie MI | 162.550 |
KIG74 | 1000 |
St.
Ignace to False Detour
Channel |
93346 |
Sault Ste. Marie MI | 162.550 |
KIG74 | 1000 |
Straits
of Mackinac (including
Mackinac Island) |
93345 |
Sault Ste. Marie MI | 162.550 |
KIG74 | 1000 |
Seul
Choix Point to 5NM West of
the Mackinac Bridge |
92341 |
Sault Ste. Marie MI | 162.550 |
KIG74 | 1000 |
Manistee
to Sleeping Bear Point |
92345 |
Traverse City MI | 162.400 | KIH22 | 330 |
Sleeping
Bear Point to Grand
Traverse Light |
92344 |
Traverse City MI | 162.400 | KIH22 | 330 |
Norwood
to 5NM west of the
Mackinac Bridge (including Little Traverse Bay) |
92342 |
Traverse City MI | 162.400 | KIH22 | 330 |
Grand
Traverse Bay |
92323 |
Traverse City MI | 162.400 | KIH22 | 330 |
5
NM East of the Mackinac Bridge
to Presque Isle Light (including Bois Blanc Island) |
93347 |
Alpena MI | 162.550 | KIG83 | 500 |
Presque
Isle Light to Sturgeon
Point Light (including the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary) |
93348 |
Alpena
MI West Branch MI |
162.550 162.450 |
KIG83 KXI33 |
500 1000 |
Sturgeon
Point Light to Alabaster |
93349 |
West Branch MI | 162.450 | KXI33 | 1000 |
Open Lake Marine Areas | SAME # | NWR TRANSMITTER | FREQ MHZ | CALL | WATTS |
Northern
Lake Michigan (Lake Michigan, Grand Traverse Light MI to 5 nm West of Mackinac Bridge to Seul Choix beyond 5 nm offshore) |
92363 |
Traverse
City MI |
162.550 |
KIH22 |
330 |
Northern
Lake Huron (5 nm East of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isle Lt MI eastward
beyond 5 nm off shore to US-Canadian border) |
93361 |
Alpena MI | 162.550 |
KIG83 |
500 |
Northern
Lake Huron (Presque Isle Lt. to Alabaster MI eastward beyond 5 nm off
shore to US-Canadian border) |
93362 |
West Branch MI | 162.450 |
KXI33 |
1000 |