[Scan-DC] Weather Radio Question

[Gary Chatters]

>
>Climbed a hill today in Gaithersburg with my handheld.  Got bored listening
>to police so I tuned to the weather bands.  I tuned into 162.500 MHz.  That
>station call letters were WXK97.  After research, i found out that this
>station broadcasts from a tower in Sudlersville MD.  This is on the Delmarva
>Penisula.  The station runs 1000 watts.
>

I tried tuning this in this morning in Gaithersburg.  This was using
an Icom 2M mobile radio in my car near Lake Forest Mall.  Copy was
good although I had a bit of trouble with intermod.

gc