If I drive about 5 miles east of here, I can pick up not only
    the weather radio from Kansas City (the transmitter is actually
    about 10 miles south of here) on 162.55, but I can also pick up the
    station in St. Joseph on 162.40 MHz.  That's not unusual, but I
    can also pick up the weather station in Topeka, Kansas on 162.475,
    another station near Springfield, MO, on 162.425, and a Springfield
    station on 162.40 (when I go over a hill), overriding the St. Joseph
    station on the same frequency.
    I'm using a PRO-51 and Radio Shack's all-band mobile magnetic mount.
    At times I can pick up 162.475 and 162.425 on the handheld using the
    rubber ducky antenna.  Of course the Kansas City and St. Joseph
    stations are audible all the time.
    Funny thing is, that night I could hear 5 different stations and we
    got five different forecasts for this area -- none of them right
    except for the one that called for a 30% chance of rain.  It didn't
    rain at all, so they were the closest.  The others said it was
    going to rain.
    I thought they all used the same information.  Go figure.
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