If you’re having trouble hearing the NOAA Weather Radio transmiter in Fort Wayne (on 162.55 MHz), there’s a good reason. See the message below from the northern Indiana National Weather Service office:
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
315 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2013 /215 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013/
...FORT WAYNE WEATHER RADIO TRANSMITTER CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE
POWER ISSUES...
THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO TRANSMITTER AT FORT WAYNE...WXJ-58 AT 162.550
MHZ...WILL CONTINUE TO BROADCAST AT LOW POWER DUE TO EQUIPMENT
PROBLEMS AT THE SITE. THIS IS RESULTING IN A DEGRADED BROADCAST
SIGNAL FROM THE TRANSMITTER. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AND
PARTS ARE ON ORDER TO REPAIR THE EQUIPMENT PROBLEMS. THE EXPECTED
RETURN TO SERVICE IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME...BUT REPAIRS ARE HOPED
TO BE MADE BY END OF THE WEEK.
ALTERNATE NOAA RADIO BROADCASTS AROUND THE FORT WAYNE REGION ARE
AS FOLLOWS: WXM-98 FROM MARION AT 162.450...KXI-94 FROM ANGOLA AT
162.425 MHZ...WXJ-90 FROM CRIDERSVILLE AT 162.400 MHZ. WE
APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE. THIS STATEMENT
WILL BE UPDATED WHEN MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.