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APPENDIX IV

UNITED STATES WEATHER STATIONS

Ketchikan

Wrangell

Petersburg

Juneau

Sitka

WXJ - 26

WXJ 83

wXJ - 82

WXJ - 25

WXJ - 80

162.55 HHz

162.40 MHz

162.55 MHz

162.55 MHz

162.55 MHz

Continuous VHF - ~ radio broadcasts are made on the above Weather 1 and

Weather 2 stations. These are line-of-sight transmissions which are usually

received 20 to 40 miles from the antenna site. ~~ere the antennae are on hills

or mountains the range is extended. Broadcasts are taped and periodically

up-dated.

Weather information i5 a150 available from push-button boxes at major

towns in Alaska.