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F O R Y O U R I N F O R M A T I O N :
The RCMA Journal is published by members of the RADIO COMMUNICATION MONITORS
ASSOCIATION, Inc., Post Office Box 542, Silverado, CA 92676. Membership dues as of
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P U B L I C S A F E T Y
The following columns are for reporting Public Safety and Special Emergency
frequency information, radio system details, radio codes, dispatch areas, unit
numbering systems, etc. for police, sheriff, fire, forestry (except USFS), fish and
game, highway patrol, state police, prisons, prisoner work camps. local government,
highway and street maintenance, port authority/bridge maintenance, animal control,
ambulances, paramedics, hospitals, life guards, ski patrol, search & rescue, flood
control, civil defense and disaster organizations. Send input and questions for
these columns to the appropriate state Associate Editor or to the proper regional
Public Safety Editor.
Associated Public Safety Communications Offics, Inc.
OFFICIAL TEN SIGNAL LISTS
APCO states that the numbering, sequence, words or word phrasing of the
below-listed signals may not be altered nor may the reserved signals be otherwise
implemented except by APCO. Any user may employ signal numbers upward, beginning
with 10-40, as needed for local dispatching. RCMA publishes this listing in support
of APCO and their uniform dispatch code efforts. We will print other dispatch
codes, different from the OFFICIAL APCO listing, only to assist our membership in
furthering their monitoring hobby. We hope you find this listing useful.
10-1 Signal weak
10-2 Signal good
10-3 Stop transmitting
10-4 Affirmative (OK)
10-5 Relay (to)
10-6 Busy
10-7 Out of service
10-8 In service
10-9 Say again
10-10 Negative
10-11 ( ) on duty
10-12 Stand by (stop)
10-13 Existing conditions
10-14 Message/Information
10-15 Message delivered
10-16 Reply to message
10-17 Enroute
10-18 Urgent
10-18 (In) contact
10-20 Location
10-21 Call ( ) by phone
10-22 Disregard
10-23 Arrived at scene
10-24 Assignment completed
10-25 Report to (Meet)
10-26 Estimated time of arrival
10-27 License/Permit Info
10-28 Ownership Information
10-29 Records check
10-30 Danger/Caution
10-31 Pick up
10-32 ( ) units needed (Specify)
10-33 Help me quick
10-34 Time
10-35 - 10-39 reserved for future assignment by ACPO; user option 10-40 up
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PUBLIC SAFETY - SOUTH EAST
Robert K. Cooke ù GEnie R.COOKE5
Public Safety and Special Emergency frequencies, radio system details, and
questions as follows: Florida,Georgia, N. Carolina,S. Carolina, Virginia and W.
Virginia:
Welcome to the September edition of Public Safety Southeast. The material from our
members has slowed down a bit. I still have some survey material to present for
this month. I would like to hear of any frequencies that you monitored in your
travels this summer.
FLORIDA
AE: Randy Kerr
From: Anonymous Contributor
Daytona Beach Police Dept. Signals & Codes
Signals Incident/Activity
00.00 Armed
01.00 DWI 01.10 Breathylyzer
02.00 Drunkeness 02.10 Liquor Law
03.00 Accident (hit/run) 03.01 Accident (H & R w/Inj)
04.00 Accident (Vehicular) 04.01 Accident (Veh w/ Inj)
04.10 Accident (Non Veh) 04.20 Accident (Pedistrian)
04.21 Accident (Ped w/ Inj) 05.00 Homicide
06.00 Escaped Prisoner 07.00 Accidental Death
07.10 Natural Death 08.00 Missing Person
10.00 Auto Theft 10.20 Auto Theft (Recovered)
11.00 Misc Aband'd Vehicle 12.00 Traffic (Reckless Driving)
13.00 Suspicious Vehicle 13.10 Suspicious Incident
13.20 Suspicious Person 14.00 Police Infomation
15.00 Special Detail 15.10 Delivering Prisoners
16.00 Traf. (Destruct/D & V) 20.00 Sick Person (Mental)
21.00 B & E (Attempt) 21.10 B & E (Business)
21.20 B & E (Residence) 21.30 B & E (Motel)
21.40 B & E (School) 21.50 B & E (Church)
21.60 B & E (Safe ) 22.00 Disturbance
22.10 Disorderly Conduct 22.20 Off Against Family
22.30 Off Against Children 23.00 Ck Hitchiker/Ped/Sleeper
24.00 Robbery 24.10 Robbery (Strong Arm)
24.20 Robbery (Attempt) 24.30 Larceny (Purse Snatch)
25.00 Fire 25.10 Fire/Brush
25.20 Fire/Vehicle 25.30 Fire/Business
25.40 Fire/Other 25.50 Arson
27.00 Prowler 27.10 Trespassing
30.00 Misc(Bomb Threat) 31.00 Narcotics
32.00 Fraud (All Other) 32.10 Fraud (Worthless Checks)
32.20 Fraud Flim Flam 32.30 Forgery
32.40 Blackmail 32.50 Embezzlement
32.60 Extortion 33.00 Assault & Battery
33.10 A & B (Firearm) 33.20 A & B (Knife/Cut Instrum)
33.30 A & B (Oth. Danger Weap) 33.40 A & B (Hands/Feet)
34.00 Rape 34.10 Sex Offense
34.20 Prostitution 35.00 Larceny (Car Break)
36.00 Weapons Complaint 37.00 Suicide
37.100 Suicide Attempt 38.00 Gambling
39.00 Juvenille Complaint 40.00 Vandalism
40.10 Destr of City Prop 41.00 Obscene Phone Call
41.10 Misc (Threats) 42.00 Civil Complaint
43.00 Grand Larceny (Other) 43.10 Petty Larceny (Other)
43.20 Larceny (Auto Acc.) 43.30 Larceny (Bicycle)
43.40 Larceny (Boat/Boat Part.)43.50 Larceny (Fr Vend Mach.)
43.60 Larceny (Jewelry) 43.70 Larceny (Pocketpicking)
43.80 Larceny (Shoplifting) 43.90 Failure to Pay (All)
44.00 Kidnapping 45.00 Phone Call (All)
46.00 Meals 46.10 Rest Stop
46.20 Report Writing 46.30 Follow Up Invest.
46.40 Surveillance 47.00 At Station
47.10 Gassing 48.00 City Yards
48.10 Firing Range 48.20 K-9 Training
48.30 Training 49.00 Pick up Partner
50.00 Traffic/Stops 50.40 Traffic/All Others
70.00 Traffic (Signal Out/Off) 72.00 Traffic (Ill. Parking)
73.00 Traffic (Post/Dir Traffic74.00 Traffic/Radar
75.00 Bus Ck/Routine excpt Bars75.10 Res Ck/ Routine
75.20 Bar Ck/Routine 75.30 Ven. Ck/ Routine
75.50 Ck Abandoned Bldg. 76.00 Misc (Escort)
80.00 Towed Vehicle 81.00 Misc(Alarm Sounding)
81.10 Alarm Ck/Routine 83.00 Public Relations
83.10 Flag Down 83.20 Assist Elderly
84.00 Court 84.10 Assist legal Process
85.00 Found Property 85.10 Found Animal
85.20 Found Bicycle 85.30 Found Jewelry
86.00 Lost Property 86.10 Lost Animal
86.20 Lost Jewelry 87.00 Lost Child
87.10 Found Child 88.00 Noise Complaint
90.00 Animal Complaint 91.00 Animal Bite
92.00 Sick Person 93.00 Emergency Message
94.00 Pick Up 95.00 Solo (Person)
95.10 Solo (Vehicle) 96.00 Misc(Aircraft)
98.00 Dangerous Situation 99.00 Misc (Open Door)
99.90 Misc(All Other)
GEORGIA
AE: Steve Giovanis
Steve has not received any contributions but has answered numerous queries from out
of state members. Please send him any info that you might have learned while
travelling throught Georgia.
NORTH CAROLINA
AE: Randy Whaley,
From: Jeff (NC-101)
Charlotte-Mecklenburg 800 Radio Frequencies and Their Use
856.2375 Phone Interconnect Only
857.2375 Phone Interconnect; Overload for Public Safety
858.2375 Public Safety
859.2375 Public Safety
860.2375 Public Safety
855.4875 Phone Interconnect Only
856.4875 Overload for Public Safety
857.4875 Overload for Public Safety
858.4875 Intermittent Carrier
859.4875 Public Safety Communications
860.4875 Unused
855.7375 Unused
856.7375 Overload for Public Safety
857.7375 Overload for Public Safety
858.7375 Used for "Control"
859.7375 Public Safety Communications
860.7375 Unused
855.9875 Overload for Public Safety communications
856.9875 Phone Interconnect
857.9875 Public Safety Comm Control
858.9875 Public Safety Communications
859.9875 Unused ; Interference from neighboring system
860.9875 Unused
Charlotte Police Department 453 mhz frequencies:
453.300 Channel 1
453.500 Channel 2
453.700 Channel 3 These Channels simulcast
453.800 Channel 4 dispath modes on the
453.900 Channel 5 "800" system
453.950 Channel 6
Mecklenburg County Police 453 mhz frequencies :
453.450 Channel 7 Data Transmisssion on freq.
453.750 Channel 8 now being used by coliseum sec.
453.850 Channel 9 freq is now quiet
Charlotte Fire Department 460 mhz Frequencies :
460.525 Channel 1 Used enroute to call
460.625 Channel 2 Used enroute to call
460.550 Channel 3 Used enroute to call
460.600 Channel 4 Used enroute to call
460.575 Channel 5 Fire Dispatch
465.625 Channel 6 Low power Fireground
Some or possibly all of the communications on these channels are being simulcast
on 800 mhz.
Mecklenburg County Volunteer Fire Department frequencies:
156.165 Channel 1 Fire Dispatch
153.815 ? Repeater input to 156.165
154.280 Channel 3 Talk-around ; Mutual Aid
Some of these transmissions are being simulcast on the 800 mhz system.
SOUTH CAROLINA
AE: Billy Estes
No material was received but several inquiries, including some from our Canadian
members, were received and answered.
VIRGINIA
AE: Alan Cole GEnie Mail: A.COLE1
Via Modem: ScanVirginia BBS 804-796-6828
Alas, we have no input again, but will give you a Hanover County profile with
permission from the Virginia Monitoring Digest (VMD). For more information about
VMD, write: John McColman,
POB 34832,
Richmond, VA 23234-0832.
HANOVER COUNTY, VA
155.4300 [CSQ] Sheriff F1
156.0300 [CSQ] Sheriff F2
158.7600R [CSQ] Fire/Rescue F1
154.0100M [CSQ] Fire/Rescue F2
154.2950M [203.5] Fire Mutual Aid w/Henrico County
453.6000M [203.5] County jail
155.0100 [203.5] Ashland Town Police
155.8800 [203.5] Ashland Town Gov't
HANOVER FIRE STATIONS
1 Ashland
2 Beaverdam
3 East Hanover
4 Doswell
5 Hanover Courthouse
6 Henry
7 Mechanicsville
8 Montpelier
9 (Rockville?)
10 Ledbetter (Hanover Airport)
11 Farrington
12 Black Creek
Rescue squads are mentioned as 'pager numbers' when toned out.
Dispatch was recently moved from 155.43 (Sheriff) to 158.76 (Fire).
Each of the four squads also has a unique series of unit numbers.
Agency frequencies are generally for squad business, and calls are
not toned out here.
SQUAD PAGER# UNIT #'s AGENCY FREQ
Ashland 212 120's 155.295 [151.4]
Ashcake 215 130's 155.265 [127.3]
East Hanover 234 140's 155.265 [123.0]
West Hanover 252 150's possibly same as Ashland
Most if not all Sheriff's units are numbered below 100, with 100-
119(?) being the Ashland PD. Also, the County is in the process
of building a six tower 800 MHz GE trunked system. They expect to
be online by the end of 1991. The frequencies are 856-860.4625 and
856-860.7125. Below are some counties in the area immediately west
of Hanover.
39.4600 [103.5] Louisa Co Sheriff dispatch
39.2800 [103.5] Louisa Co Sheriff (old)
39.3600 Louisa Co (nothing heard)
39.5000 Louisa Co (nothing heard)
39.5400 Louisa Co Sheriff (SIRS)
458.4000M [103.5] Louisa Co Sheriff (extenders)
155.8050R [173.8] Louisa Co Fire/Rescue F1 - dispatch
155.9550R [167.9] Louisa Co Fire/Rescue F2 - UVA MedComm
154.1150 [173.8] Louisa Co (school maintenance)
159.0900R [131.8] Fluvanna Co Sheriff dispatch (new)
155.8500M [131.8] Fluvanna Co Sheriff car/car (nothing heard)
39.2800 [103.5] Fluvanna Co Sheriff (old)
39.5000 Fluvanna Co (nothing heard)
39.5400 Fluvanna Co Sheriff (SIRS)
155.7450R [167.9] Fluvanna Co Fire/Rescue F1
155.9550R [167.9] Fluvanna Co Fire/Rescue (UVA MedComm)
39.7400 [100.0] Orange Co Sheriff dispatch
39.4200 [100.0] Orange Co Sheriff (old)
39.5000 nothing heard
39.5400 Orange Co Sheriff (SIRS)
33.8200 [CSQ] Orange Co Fire dispatch
152.0075P [123.0] Orange Co Rescue Squad
155.2350 [123.0] Orange Co Rescue Squad F2
158.7750R [192.8] Orange Co County gov't
155.3700R Orange Co Sheriff F1 (future)
155.6850R Orange Co Sheriff F2 (future)
155.8950R [192.8] Orange Co Fire F1 (future)
155.0550R [192.8] Orange Co Fire F2 (future)
39.7400 [100.0] Orange Town Police
453.4000R Town of Orange (not confirmed)
39.7400 [100.0] Gordonsville Town Police
158.7300R [203.5] Greene Co Sheriff
39.1800 [114.8] Greene Co Fire dispatch
155.9250R [203.5] Greene Co Rescue Squad dispatch
155.9550R [167.9] Greene Co Rescue Squad (UVA MedComm)
154.1000R [162.2] Goochland Co Sheriff
39.5400 Goochland Co Sheriff (SIRS)
155.9400R [110.9] Goochland Co Fire/Rescue dispatch
In lieu of no input, the following news item is offered for you cellular phone
listeners. As I write this column on June 19th, the FBI has advised a Virginia
Republican Party official that his presence may be required at a federal grand jury
hearing in Norfolk on the 21st. At issue is a taped cellular phone conversation of
Gov. Douglas Wilder, monitored in the Hampton Roads area in 1988 as the then-
Lieutanant Governor was riding in the back of a State Police car, gloating to a
crony about negative publicity surrounding US Senator Charles Robb.
Robb had admitted that his office was in posession of the tape for over two years,
but that he had neither listened to it nor divulged its contents. (a transcript had
been mysteriously leaked to and printed by the Washington Post) Robb insists that
the tape was made by a hobbyist and sent to him anonymously.
Not only is the Federal Government investigating, but the State Attorney General
has expressed an interest in prosecuting the tape's originator under Virginia's
wiretap law, which makes the interception of telephone calls a Class 6 Felony i.e.
up to 5 years in prison.
Robb's staff destroyed the tape before he publicly admitted possessing it, and no
known copies exist. See you next month.
WEST VIRGINIA
AE: Neil McKinney (OH-250)
From: James (WV-027)
155.4150 Barboursville Pol F-2 155.3850 Mason Cty E.M.S.
154.8450 Barboursville Pol F-1 155.9800 Mason Cty Intersystem
159.1500 Charleston P.D. 039.9600 Mason Cty Sheriff
046.0400 Elkins E.M.S. 039.5000 Pt Pleasant PD & FD
046.1000 Elkins Fire Dept. 039.9600 Randlolph Cty Sheriff
155.1300 Elkins Police 039.9800 Randolph Cty Intersys
155.3400 H.E.A.R. 155.7300 S. Charleston Police
045.2400 Huntington E.M.S. 155.0250 St Albans P.D.
154.2500 Huntington Fire Dept. 042.1000 WV St Police (Base)
155.2500 Huntington Police Dept. 042.2600 WV St Police (mobile)
155.2650 Kanawha Cty E.M.S. 155.4300 WV St Police (T-pike)
155.1450 Kanawha Cty Fire Dept. 046.1000 Wood Cty Fire Dept.
155.6250 Kanawha Cty Sheriff 154.2200 Wood Cty Fire Dept.
155.2050 Mason Cty E.M.S. 039.9200 Wood Cty Sheriff
Well, this wraps up another edition of PSSE. We will be finishing up the survey
material in the next two issues. I'm really pleased with the response from our
members.
Best of Monitoring
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PUBLIC SAFETY - NORTH EAST
Gary Saffer
Public Safety and Special Emergency frequencies, radio system details, and
questions as follows: New England States, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Maine, Maryland, Delaware, and District of Columbia:
Hello, and welcome to PSNE for September. We once again are lucky enough to have
a whole pile of information this month and so I will not take up too much space
here. I would just like to say that I will be finishing up the member surveys over
the next couple of months since there are not too many left.
CONNECTICUT
AE: Stephen Repetto
From Pete (CT-073) a list of CTCSS tones for police agencies in the State of
Connecticut. To be able to include all of the tones I will not list the frequencies
except when different frequencies have different tones.
Amtrak 146.2 Ansonia 131.8
Avon 114.8 Bloomfield 162.2
Branford 186.2 Bridgeport 107.2
Brookfield 203.5 Cheshire 155.310 110.9
Cheshire 460.475 136.5 Clinton 77.0
Connecticut State of
151.355 114.8
154.6425 203.5
154.6575 203.5
154.665 141.3
154.6875 203.5
154.695 141.3
154.7025 203.5
154.8300 141.3
154.860 114.8
156.210R 141.3
159.150 141.3
453.400R 167.9
Coventry 45.140 141.3
Coventry 453.5625 127.3 Danbury 110.9
East Hampton 162.2 East Hartford 114.8
East Haven 192.8 East Windsor 114.8
Enfield 114.8 Fairfield 179.9
Farmington 151.4 Granby 114.8
Greenwich 107.2 Groton (City) 156.7
Groton (Town) 151.4 Guilford 110.9
Hamden 114.8 Hartford 114.8
Ledyard 127.3 Madison 110.9
Manchester 114.8 Meriden 103.5
Middletown 114.8 Milford 179.9
New Haven 110.9 New London 151.4
New Milford 167.9 Newington 114.8
North Branford 151.4 North Haven 94.8
Norwalk 110.9 Norwich (Low Band) 156.7
Norwich 155.550 136.5 Old Saybrook 179.9
Plainfield 103.5 Putnam 141.3
Rocky Hill 453.925 114.8 Rocky Hill 453.750 118.8
Stonington 45.980 118.8 Stratford 114.8
Tolland 156.7 Vernon 100.0
Wallingford 110.9 Waterbury 114.8
Waterford 151.4 West Haven 141.3
Wethersfield 114.8 Willimantic 162.2
Winchester 162.2 Windsor Locks 179.9
Windsor 114.8 Yale University 173.8
Area Hotline
Eastern Ct 45.860 123.0 Hartford Area 45.860 136.5
RAFS 1 Hotline 460.075 114.8 RAFS 2 Hotline 460.175 114.8
SCAN Hotline 460.150 110.9 Fairfield County154.10 151.4
That's all the room for this month. Next month the Hartford Police codes and, if
there is room, the Middletown/Cromwell Police 10 codes.
DELAWARE
AE: Joseph Buday
Delaware's three counties all use the same fire frequency as F-1, the dispatch
frequency of 33.780. The following list does not list Fire Co. names unless they
also use other frequencies for paging or relay.
NEW CASTLE COUNTY KENT COUNTY
33.780 F-1 Statewide Dsp 33.780 F-1 Statewide Dsp
33.940 F-2 Fireground 33.820 F-2 Fireground
33.680 F-3 Fireground SUSSEX COUNTY
(also Fire Marls) 33.780 F-1 Statewide Dispatch
33.580 F-4 Fireground 33.860 F-2 Fire Ground
OTHER FREQUENCIES USED
154.340 Port Penn Fire Co. 154.370, 154.445 Robbins Hose Co.
154.400, 154.430 Blades Fire Co. 453.250 Rehoboth rebroadcst of 33.78
453.300, 453.650 Rehoboth tac 453.900 Elsmere Fire Company
460.575 Cranston Hgts Fire Co. 460.625 Cranston Hgts Fire Company
460.600 Talleyville 154.965 Wilmington Fire Company
Proposed New Castle County Fire Frequencies: 856-860.4375
Next month I will continue Delaware Fire with a listing of Fire Station numbers.
Keep those cards and letters coming. Come on gang, I know we have only 20 some odd
members in Delaware, but I'm sure people in Southeastern PA, South Jersey, and
Maryland listen to DE. We have friends in different fire companies and so on who
can give us information. Please, this is your column, send input. To date I have
only received information from a member in Wisconsin. I have a rather extensive DE
listing, but some of it is old or little used frequencies that I don't catch on my
travels. Therefore I am not sure that they are in use. I need your help.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
AE: Ken Fowler
From a member frequency survey.
495.4375 DC Parking Enfor. F-1 495.4625 DC Parking Enfor. F-2
497.3375 DC Parking Enfor. F-3 497.9625 DC Parking Enfo. F-4
451.075 Pepco Power Company 154.515 Washington Post Secrty
156.850 DC Police Marine Patrol
DC Police boats have marine channels with the call sign of KUF- 703. DC Fire boats
use the VHF channels as well as the new DC EMS 800 MHZ system.
MAINE AE Position Open
MARYLAND
AE: WilIiam Staubs
From John (MD-??) a profile of Cecil County.
North East, Perryville, Rising Sun and Chesapeake City have police departments that
are dispatched by both Maryland State Police in North East and the Cecil County
Sheriff Office.
Sheriff Department Local Government
39.460 39.90 Common
39.900 F-2 Secondary shared
with county government
39.940 F-1 Dispatch 46.540 Civil Defense
154.815 Mobiles County Fire & Rescue
453.150 County Detention Ctr 46.180 F-1 Dispatch
Sheriff units ID with 43xx prefix 46.240
Elkton
46.400 F-3 Fireground
154.830 F-2 PD Secondary 46.540 F-2 Tone Alert
155.790 F-3 Loc Govt PD Tac. 153.830 Fire Police
155.790 F-1 Police Dsp 462/467.975 MED Call 2
453.450 Housing Authority 463/468.100 Paramedics w Union Hosp
F-2 & F-1 are often simulcast
North East
37.100 Local Government
Rising Sun
39.740 Local Government
Perry Point V.A. Hospital
164.350 Security, Fire
Chesapeake & Delaware Cnl State Highway Administration
156.650 47.140 F-4 Elkton, Nottingham,
163.00 Cecilton
Maryland Toll Facilities
151.040 Kennedy Highway 47.320 F-1 State wide
156.045 Kennedy Hwy Maint. State Police
453.975 Hatam Memorial Bridge 39.100 F-1 Statewide
State Agencies
39.240 F-8 Perryville, Barrack M
31.340 F-1 Fish and Game (repeated on 151.040 and 156.045)
31.460 F-2 Fish and Game 39.260 F-2 Mutual Aid
31.580 Game Commission 39.400 F-12 North East, Barrack F
31.860 Game Commission 39.840 Licensed to Conowingo,
39.220 Marine Police - Perryville, and North East
151.205R Dept of Natural Res. 44.740 Medevac Helicopter Dispatch
151.355 DNR Forestry 47.660 Medevac Helicopter Medical
151.415 DNR Parks 155.190 Mobiles
155.775 Dist Court Elkton 155.730 High Band Repeater
44.90 852.8125, 852.8625, 852.9625, 853.0375
159.240 Game Wardens 853.2375, 853.3125, 853.4625, 853.5625
159.450 853.6625, 853.7375, 853.8625, 853.9125
463.175 Rising Sun 854.0375, 854.1125, 854.3375, 854.4625
854.5625, 854.6625, 854.7125
County Fire Stations
1 Cecilton 5 Charlestown 11 Perry Pt VA Hosp
2 Chesapeake City 6 Perryville 13 Elkton, Newark R
3 (closed) 7 Port Deposit 14 Kenmore
4 North East 8 Rising Sun
Station 3 will be rebuilt at Pulaski Highway and White Hall Road in Elkton. There
is a station 9 in Hacks Point but I have never heard it dispatched.
Station 11 is dispatched on 164.350
Cecil County operates 3 ALS Medic units, numbered Medic 1, Medic 2, and Medic 3.
Medic 1 is housed in Colora and Medic 3 is housed at the sheriff HQ in Elkton.
Thanks for the information John.
MASSACHUSETTS
AE: Gary Saffer
As of July 1st Brewster Ambulance Service has taken over the dispatch of Boston Med
Flight. Although most dispatch is done by a combination of pager and telephone they
may be heard on the Brewster Ambulance Dispatch frequency of 155.175 tone 91.8.
Brewster has left the 800 Mhz trunked system that they had been using for the past
few years. Problems with coverage of the system reportedly lead to the change. The
new transmitter is reported to be located on a building in downtown Boston and has
a great signal well down into Rhode Island and up to parts of New Hampshire.
Brewster also provides the ground transport from landing sites to the hospitals for
Med Flight within the Boston area.
NEW BEDFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT
FREQUENCIES
482.5875 Ch 1 Main Dispatch
482.9125 Ch 2 Alternate Dispatch, Car to Car
482.3875S Ch 3 Bristol County Regional Simplex
Tone for all is 203.5
UNITS
10-19 Downtown MC xx Motor Cycles
20-29 South End DX xx Detectives
30-39 North End Route xx Walking Beats (Days Only)
Medic 1 Downtown South End (7:00 to 19:00 only)
Medic 2 Downtown South End
Medic 3 North End
Paramedic 1 St Lukes Hospital ALS
PSxx Parking Supervisors
Units 10,20,30 are Sergeants
Medic Units are Ambulances with either EMT-A or EMT-I staffing. NBEMS is a separate
system dispatched by the PD on PD frequencies.
Paramedic 1 is an ALS non-transporting unit which responds in and around New
Bedford. Dispatched on 462.950, but is often heard on NBPD Ch. 1.
CODES
Dispatch Disposition
4507 Out of Service 4601 Report
4510 Fight in Progress 4602 Arrest No Report
4514 Prowler 4603 Arrest and Report
4515 Disturbance (Type) 4604 Assisted
4516 Domestic 4605 Suppressed
4517 Meet Complainant 4605 Further Investigation
4518 Stolen Auto 4607 Civil Case
4519 Report to Station 4608 Gone on Arrival
4520 Location 4609 Unfounded
4521 Call Station 4610 Settled Between Operators
4523 Arrived 4611 False Alarm (Not Fire)
4531 Crime in Progress 4612 False Fire Alarm (Report)
4533 Emergency 4613 Warned
4543 Information Wanted 4614 Delivered
4546 Assist/Check Motorist 4615 Unable to Deliver
4550 Motor Vehicle Accident 4616 In Service Available
4551 Send Wrecker 4617 Valid Alarm
4552 Send/Assist Ambulance 4618 Directed Patrol Ended
4555 Drunk Driver OTHER CODES
4556 Drunk Disturbing 10-4 Okay
4564 Deliver Message 10-100 All Units Message
4570 Fire Alarm Code 1 Emergency Clear the Air
4578 Need Assistance Code 2 Return to Normal
4580 Investigate Break Code 3 Officer in Trouble
4590 Burglary Alarm Code 4 Use Caut Subject may be armed
4595 Bomb Scare
4599 Send Wagon
NEW HAMPSHIRE
AE: John R. Bolduc
Twin State Fire Mutual Aid
Twin State Fire Mutual Aid consists of several towns in Grafton County N.H., and
a few towns in the Vermont counties of Calendonia and Orange. The dispatch
frequency is 154.400 with a P/L of 136.5. Littleton FD uses a repeater on 453.05
for operations after dispatch on high band. An unconfirmed and seldom referenced
fireground channel may exist on 154.295.
The Twin State signal can be heard in deep southern N.H. more often than not on a
outside antenna. This allows for some home base info gathering. Certain details
were obtained while vacationing in the area. A scanner and a VOX recorder allowed
me to scan the area without annoying my wife Debbie. However, since I can't hear
everything from here, nor vacation as often as I please, I would greatly appreciate
updates, and corrections. Data from northern N.H., including Conway would be
appreciated.
Town St T# Town St T#
Bath NH 1 Landaff NH 4
Lisbon NH 5 Sugar Hill NH 6
Monroe NH 7 Groton/Ryegate VT 8
Newbury VT 9 Piermont NH 10
Littleton NH 11 Franconia NH 13
Easton NH 14 Haverhill NH 40
N Haverhill VilNH 50 Woodsville Vil NH 60
Barnet VT ? Bradford VT ?
Carroll/Twin Mtn.NH ? Peacham VT ?
NEW JERSEY
AE: Richard D. Prail
"Unsolved Mystery" At 18:00 hours daily I am now monitoring what appears to be a
test of the Harrison Fire Department on 46.480. My listings of Harrison for N.J.
and N.Y. do not include 46.480. 46.480 is the frequency of the volunteer fire
service in Parsippany NJ. Does anyone have any information on this matter?
NEW YORK CITY
AE: Phil Caruama
As promised last month, here is the member profile for Yonkers, New York from Jack
(NY-359)
YONKERS POLICE DEPARTMENT
FREQ. CH. # USE
453.475 F-1 Inquiry
453.275 F-2 Dispatch
453.925 F-3
155.310 County Hot Line
155.370 Statewide Intersystem
159.150 New License mobile only
IDs ASSIGNMENTS
Cars 10-70 Supervisors, Narcotics, Youth Services etc.
100 series 4th Precinct
200 series 3rd Precinct
300 series ???
400 series Crime Prevention
500 series 1st Precinct
600 series 2nd Precinct
800 series Traffic Division and Parking Enforcement
900 series Emergency Services
David Detectives
Sam Sergeants
Lincoln Lieutenant
Medic 1 (nontransporting) and Ambulances 1, 2, 3
Note: Some of these may have changed since a new Police Commissioner has been
hired.
CLEARING CODES 10 CODES
01 Offense/Incident Report 10-1 Call your command
02 Accident Report Taken 10-2 Proceed to your command
03 No Report needed 10-3 Call Dispatcher
04 Advice Given 10-4 OK
05 Assisted 10-5 Repeat Message
06 Canceled by Radio 10-6 Out of Service (Location)
07 Turned over to _______ 10-7 Out of Service on Assignment
08 Complied w/resumed Ptrl 10-8 Resuming Patrol
09 Gone on Arrival 10-9 See Complainant
11 Unfounded 10-10 Assist Patrol
12 Unable to Locate 10-11 Alarm of Fire
13 False Burglary Alarm 10-12 Motor Vehicle Accident No PI
14 Arst Mde/No Offnse Rpt 10-13 Motor Vehicle Accident PI
15 Court Action Advised 10-14A DOA
16 Refused to Prosecute 10-14B Mental Patient
17 Summons Issued 10-15 Reported Entry
18 Auto Towed 10-16 Stolen Car Rptd or Recovered
19 Information Recorded 10-17 Disorder
20 Notification Made 10-18 Alarm Ringing
21 Other 10-19 Traffic Violation
10-20 Report of Felony
10-21 Arrest for Felony Occupants of
Auto Dangerous - Use Caution
10-22 Investigate Occupants of Car
10-23 Situation Under Control
10-24 Bomb Threat
10-25 Unit on Scene
10-26 Money Escort/Detail
10-27 Meal
10-30 Warrant or Info Request
A) Felony Warrant on File
B) Misc. Warrant on File
C) Mtr Vehicle Warrnt on File
NEW YORK STATE
AE: Joe Nooney
From Mark - NY ??, some information on the new Nassua County 800 MHZ Trunked
system. The system seems to have been paid for by the Federal Government under a
program to update county local government communications. The system is not fully
operational yet, but the current frequency plan appears to be as follows.
866.3375, 866.5875, 866.9125, 868.4250, 868.5625
Agencies that are now on the system include. County Executive, Board of
Supervisors, Department of Public Works, Department of General Services,
Metropolitan Suburban Bus Authority, Fire Commission (Fire Marshal and HazMat),
Department of Health. The Sheriff's Department, Correctional Center, and County
Medical Center are on 866.8375 and 867.1625. Low powered repeaters are in use on
these two frequencies. Control channels are currently 866.1875 and 867.1125. It is
expected that other county agencies will join the system including Department of
Recreation and Parks. It is also probable that as more Departments join the system
more channels will be activated.
Also in Nassua County several of the volunteer fire departments have equipped their
Chief (00) and/or First Deputy Chief (01) vehicles with Cellular Phones, primarily
for Emergency Management Communications. Some departments have also equipped their
01 and 02 vehicles with 153.830 "fireground".
PENNSYLVANIA
AE: Otto Schellin Jr
A member profile from Michael (PA-???) for the Horsham, PA Police Department.
HORSHAM POLICE DEPARTMENT 506.3125
CODES
10-4 OK 10-28 Vehicle Information
10-7 Out of Service 10-29 Records Check
10-8 In Service 10-36 Time
10-9 Repeat 10-38 Vehicle Stop
10-10 Fight 10-46 Disabled Vehicle
10-11 Loose Dog 10-50 Accident
10-16 Domestic 10-55 Drunk Driver
10-17 Meet _______ 10-59 Transport
10-20 Location 10-70 Fire
10-21 Phone 10-86 Bomb Threat
10-22 Cancel 10-90 Alarm
10-23 On Location 10-99 Warrants
10-24 Assignmnt Compltd 6308 Underage Drinking
10-25 Meet 05 Burglary
10-27 Driver Information 03 Homicide
Other Area Frequencies of Interest
154.310 E. Montgomery Cty FD 500.9375 Hatboro PD
460.050 Upper Moreland PD 460.025 Abington PD
501.7125 Warminster PD 460.550 Upper Dublin PD
46.040 Montgomery Cty Amb 155.610 Montgomery PD
46.100 Bucks Cty Fire & Amb 453.750 Philadelphia Co-wide Pol.
453.950 N.E. Philadelphia Police Dsp
RHODE ISLAND
AE: George Zabel III
Newport County area Public Safety Frequencies
177.730R Newport PD Ch 1 154.845 Portsmouth Police
155.685R Co. Police Network 155.415R Tiverton/Ltle Compton PDs
46.480 Newport Fire Ch 2 155.070 Jamestown Police
155.790 Middletown Police 153.950 Jamestown Fire
46.06 Nwprt Cty Fire League 46.10 Middletown Fire
46.200 Tiverton Fire
VERMONT
AE: Dan Gilman
No Input this month.
Well, that's all the room we have; see you next month.
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PUBLIC SAFETY -GREAT LAKES
Ron Kosinski (IL-310)
Public Safety and Special Emergency frequencies, radio system details, and
questions as follows - Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Kentucky, and Ohio:
Welcome to this month's column. Labor Day weekend is at hand time for those last
summer trips before Fall. Be sure to keep your scanner tuned to those state and
county PD frequencies. They will be busy! Now, on to this month's offerings.
OHIO
AE: Neil McKinney
Thanks to Jim, OH-237, who was the only Ohio member who had time to send us a scoop
this month.
155.730 Fostoria PD (part time scrambling)
155.100 Seneca County Sheriff
151.955 Heidelberg College security
460.575 Fostoria Fire department
Let's hear from some Ohio members!!
INDIANA
AE: David Nugent
Input for the column has been as scarce as the raindrops. Indiana State Police's
800 trunked system should come on line next in the Terre Haute area. It was placed
up for bidding on May 3, 1991 and bidders have 30 days to reply. Word is that GE
and Motorola are submitting bids for the project. Part of the funding for this
system will be provided by Uncle Sam. The Newport Army facility located in the
district required some new communications equipment so it appears that ISP,
Vermillion County and Parke County will join the Army in this endeavor.
Vigo County Sheriff's Department has installed 2 new Motorola Centra Comm II
consoles. Frequencies are 155.565 output and 158.910 input.
That's all for this month from Indiana.
ILLINOIS
AE: Ted Moran
Here's an update on the Chicago PD's citywide frequencies from our member "on the
inside":
460.125 citywide 1: Major auto accident and traffic details, Lincoln units, Public
housing and transportation, special events and special Summer mobile units, Central
detention and gang crimes, mail room, communication units and Municipal
investigations. PL = 6a
460.175 citywide 2: Detectives and Canine units, Deputies, labor detail, community
service, mounted police units, Central auto theft, Internal Affairs, Vice control,
Narcotics, crime lab, Intelligence, training division. Pl = 3z
460.275 citywide 3: Emergency "wanted" messages, film unit, maintenance requests,
repairs and Admin. messages. PL = 4a
460.325 citywide 4: Human Relations, school units, Inspectors, Youth division,
Marine units. PL = 7a
460.350 citywide 5: Emergencies, Subway "L" units. PL = ZB
460.250 citywide 6: Emergencies, Surveillance. PL = 5b
460.300 citywide 7: Command channel, Phone patch, pagers and beepers. Future
district to district coordination. PL = 3b
460.525 citywide 8: Car to car tactical channel, low power
A local member has notified us that those fine fellows who "install" the Denver
boot on vehicles belonging to those with no respect for Chicago parking regulations
can be heard on 453.825, pl unknown.
MICHIGAN No input this month
AE: Paul Stachowiak
KENTUCKY no input this month
AE: William Gourley
WISCONSIN
AE: Scott Miller
County profile for this month: Barron County
Sheriff's radio plan
155.775 88.5 F1? repeater 155.370 cs F3? pt to pt
155.775 88.5 F2? talkaround 155.475 cs F4? WISPERN
Fire radio plan
151.235 118.8 F1 Rice Lake 154.310 141.3 F5 fireground
151.235 141.3 F2 Barron rptr 154.205 118.8 F6 Rusk Co fire
151.235 91.5 F3 Prairie Farm 155.100 151.4 F7 Washburn Co
154.295 cs F4 Firecom 155.340 91.5 F8 EMS
Other freqs
033.020 cs Lakeland PW 155.145 146.2 Chetek
033.060 cs Almena PW 155.145 ? Vance Creek
033.100 cs Maple Plain PW 155.175 Chetek Rescue
154.040 Barron 155.880 Rice Lake DPW
154.070 Bear Lake fire 156.195 088.5 Oak Grove DPW
154.160 Turtle Lake fd 158.820 Turtle Lake LG
154.115 Rice Lake PW 158.120 Highway repeater
154.785 118.8 Rice Lake PD 159.615 School Districts
155.145 Prairie Farm 453.875 D125 Dovre DPW
Thanks to all the Wisconsin members who contributed!
Here's an updated listing for Milwaukee PD from WI-12 & WI-46:
460.075 141.3 F1 dist 2,5
460.225 141.3 F2 dist 4,7
460.350 141.3 F3 dist 3,6
460.450 141.3 F4 dist 2,4,6
460.150 141.3 F5 Sp events/tac
460.025 141.3 F6 towing desk
460.375 179.9 F7 Detectives
460.475 179.9 F8 Detectives
460.175 179.9 F9 car to car
460.300 179.9 F10 car to car
460.425 179.9 F11 car to car
460.200 141.3 F12 Sp events
460.275 103.5 C I D
155.640 127.3 Tactical
155.805 Radio Techs
453.400 cs paging
156.135 Tac portables
156.150 portables
158.850 Youth Aid
158.910 Vice
159.150 Youth Aid*
460.500 131.8 Vice
*There are plans for this frequency for fire department operations in the future.
More on this later.
SEE YOU NEXT MONTH IN WISCONSIN!!
Well, that's all folks! Input was scarce this month. I'm sure most of you have
heard a new frequency or can verify one or two that you've already seen in print.
'Wasn't too long ago folks were saying PSGL was one of the best columns in the
Journal. Let's not let that slip away!! Till next month . . .
H A P P Y M O N I T O R I N G ! !
Ron K. Il 310
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PUBLIC SAFETY - SOUTH CENTRAL
Send Public Safety and Special Emergency frequencies, radio system details and
questions for Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas and
Tennessee to the appropriate State Editor or to:
Ed Lentz ù GEnie - ELENTZ ù
ALABAMA
AE: David Beck
Not much to report from the state of Alabama this month. I need to hear from you
Alabama members. Look over your local frequency lists and send me a copy. From AL-?
comes the following:
151.010 State Hwy Construction (Flagging)
151.050 State Highway Dept. (Main Freq.)
151.160 Center Point Fire & Rescue
151.235 Adamsville Police
151.430 State Parks
151.370 City of Fultondale (Use Unknown)
154.585 Stakeout (Unknown agency)
159.060 Birmingham Street Dept.
159.105 Birmingham Traffic Engr. Dept
453.150 Birmingham Airport Authority
453.8125 State Dept. of Corrections
143.210 Stakeout (Unknown agency Birmingham Area)
(Nope, this is the correct frequency)
Hope to see everyone in Knoxville in October.
ARKANSAS
AE: Peter Laws
EXTRA! EXTRA! NW Arkansas gets EMS Helicopter! Springdale Memorial Hospital is host
to a Medical helicopter owned by a Missouri firm. The company, Air Evac, of West
Plains, MO, plans to offer subscriptions to local area residents. Non-subscribers
would be billed for the service as with a ground Ambulance. The copter will be
staffed with a Paramedic and a Nurse, as well as a pilot. The company also has
aircraft in West Plains and Cape Girardeau, MO. Sorry, no freqs yet!
Back to school already!! Hope everybody had a good Summer. By the time you read
this I expect that ASP Troop L will be on the 800 MHz system. I can hear occasional
tests as I write this (June 30). Harrison's barracks seem to be using the system
all the time. Data is always on 860.xxxx, voice on 859.xxxx, and phone patch on
858.xxxx. I believe this is similar Statewide.
The various transmitter sites are connected to Little Rock via microwave links in
the 1.8 to 2.2 GHz range. The same frequencies are being looked at by several large
electronics firms, Apple Computer among them, for use by a new generation of
cellular-type phones. The band is currently reserved for Public Safety use. The FCC
is studying the proposal, and our State Police, as well as Sen. Dale Bumpers
(D-Ark.), plan to oppose the reallocation. The state estimates added costs of up
to $100 million (!!) if the change goes through.
This month's list has information from Larry AR-033, and a member who wished to
remain anonymous. J.B., AR-032's submission will be in next month's issue.
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Ten Codes
CODE MEANING
10- 1 Receiving Poorly
10- 2 Receiving Well
10- 3 Stop Transmitting
10- 4 OK
10- 5 Relay
10- 6 Busy
10- 7 Out Of Service
10- 8 In Service
10- 9 Repeat
10-10 Out Of Service Subject to call
10-11 Dispatching Too Rapidly
10-12 Officials/Visitors Present
10-13 Weather Conditions
10-14 Convoy/Escort
10-15 Prisoner
10-16 Package
10-17 Papers/Letters
10-19 Destination
10-20 Location
10-21 Call by Telephone
10-22 Disregard/Cancel
10-23 Stand By
10-25 Contact...
10-28 Check Registration
10-29 Check Wanted
10-30 Doesn't Conform to Rules/Regs
10-33 EMERGENCY Traffic
10-35 Confidential Info
10-36 Correct Time
10-37 Who is Operator on Duty
10-42 Home
10-49 Traffic Check
10-50 No Traffic
10-63 Net Directed
10-64 Net Clear
10-88 Time and Phone # Where...Can be Called
10-97 Arrived @ Scene
10-98 Finished w/last Assignment
10-99 Can't rec. your Signal
(ED: Since it works out better with the size of the Journal, I've moved the
frequency list to the end of the column.)
MISSISSIPPI
AE: Will McGilvray
Mississippi monitors were in the slow scan mode this month. Frequencies and
questions were sent to the Commercial Communications editor concerning the 800 MHz
band.
OKLAHOMA no input this month
AE: Jay D. Kruckenberg
TENNESSEE
AE: Curtis Harbin
Received a nice long frequency list from Frank TN-067 for the Memphis Tennessee
area. Thanks for keeping things current Frank. Since it seems to work better, I'm
putting the list at the end of the column.
TEXAS
AE: Robert Barker
Received a nice list of frequencies from Billy TX-266 for the Fort Worth/Dallas
area several months ago. Finally have a chance to use them. The Metroplex is a
large area and we get very few contributions from that area and can use all we get.
LOUISIANA
AE: Position Open
STATE OF: ARKANSAS
COUNTY OF: ??
City Agency/User Base/Mobile Comments
Arch St. VFD 154.3550/
Shannon Hills FD 154.1600/
Shannon Hills PD 453.8750/
County: Faulkner
Conway PD 154.8750/
Conway PD 155.4900/
County Fire 154.3250/ "West"
County VFD 154.3850/
Jacksonville FD 154.4000/
Jacksonville PD 155.3700/
Little Rock Baptist Med. Ctr.ALL MED.CH.
Little Rock Emer. Svcs 453.8750/
Little Rock M.E.M.S. 462.9750/467.9750
Little Rock M.E.M.S. 462.9500/467.9500
Little Rock PD 453.1500/458.1500 primary
Little Rock PD 453.2000/458.2000 secondary
Little Rock PD 453.3000/458.3000 Vice
Little Rock PD 453.4000/ talk-around
N.Little Rock PD 453.2250/
County: Saline
Benton PD 155.0500/ TalkAround
Benton PD 155.6400/ TalkAround
County SO 37.3600/
County: State
All Hospital Net 155.2350/
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Agency City CH RPT Out RPT In Used By/For
STATE OF: ARKANSAS
COUNTY OF: Crittenden
EMS West Memphis 155.1000/
Fire Dept West Memphis 154.1750/
Police Dept West Memphis 154.6500/
Police Dept West Memphis 155.5500/
STATE OF: MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF: Desoto
Burger King Southaven 457.5500/
EMS Southaven 460.6000/
Fire Dept Horn Lake 154.4450/
Fire Dept Southaven 465.5750/
Mc Donalds Southaven 35.0200/
Police Dept Horn Lake 155.3100/
Police Dept Southaven 153.7550/
Police Dept Southaven 154.0850/
Police Dept Southaven 155.4750/
COUNTY OF: State
Law Enforcement 155.4900/ St-wide Pol Net
STATE OF: TEXAS
COUNTY OF: Collin
Police Dept Allen 154.8300
Police Dept Mc Kinney 154.8300
Police Dept Plano 1, 2 453.2750
COUNTY OF: Dallas
Careflight Dallas 131.4500
Careflight Dallas 131.6750
Police Dept Dallas 1 460.3250 465.3250 Ctrl & East Ptrl
Police Dept Dallas 2 460.3750 465.3750 North East Ptrl
Police Dept Dallas 3 460.5000 465.5000 South East Ptrl
Police Dept Dallas 4 460.4250 465.4250 Southwest Ptrl
Police Dept Dallas 5 460.0750 465.0750 Northwest Ptrl
Police Dept Dallas 6 460.1750 465.1750 North Cntrl Ptrl
Police Dept Dallas 7 460.2750 465.2750 Traffic
Police Dept Dallas 8 460.1250 465.1250 Tactical
Police Dept Dallas 9 460.0250 465.0250 NCIC Checks
Police Dept Dallas 10 460.2250 460.2250 Car To Car
Police Dept Dallas 11 460.4750 465.4750 CID/investig
Police Dept Dallas 12 460.4000 465.4000 Special Ops
Police Dept Farmers Branch 453.9500
Police Dept Grand Praire 155.9100
Police Dept Rowlette 154.0550
Police Dept Seagoville 155.4900
COUNTY OF: Denton
Skywarn County 146.9200
COUNTY OF: Hunt
Police Dept Greenville 155.4900
COUNTY OF: Johnson
EMS County 854.2125
Police Dept Burleson 1 453.1000
Police Dept Burleson 2 453.2750
Police Dept Burleson 3 451.2750
Police Dept Keene 154.0550
COUNTY OF: Tarrant
Carswell AFB Ft Worth 150.2250 Military Police
Carswell AFB Ft Worth 163.5850 Security Police
EMS Fort Worth 45.9600 Goldstar
EMS Fort Worth 46.0400 Goldstar
EMS Fort Worth 155.3400 Daniels
EMS Fort Worth 460.9250 Medstar Dsp
Fire Dept Fort Worth A1 460.6750 465.6750Paging
Fire Dept Fort Worth A2 460.5500 465.5500
Fire Dept Fort Worth A3 460.6000 465.6000Alarm Sec Ops
Fire Dept Fort Worth A4 460.6250 465.6250Paging
Fire Dept Fort Worth B1 856.4375 811.4375Dispatch
Fire Dept Fort Worth B2 857.4375 812.4375
Fire Dept Fort Worth B3 858.4375 813.4375
Fire Dept Fort Worth B4 859.4375 814.4375Admin.
Fire Dept Fort Worth B5 860.4375 815.4375 EMS
Fire Dept White Settle. 45.6200
Police Dept Azle 154.0550
Police Dept Bedford 1 154.5450
Police Dept Benbrook 453.4000
Police Dept Euless 855.2375 Dispatch
Police Dept Euless 855.4875
Police Dept Everman 1 453.4000
Police Dept Everman 2 453.9000
Police Dept Flower Mound 154.0550
Police Dept Fort Worth 1 460.0500 465.0500
Police Dept Fort Worth 2 460.1000 465.1000 Eastside
Police Dept Fort Worth 3 460.1500 465.1500 Southside
Police Dept Fort Worth 4 460.2000 465.2000 Southwest
Police Dept Fort Worth 5 460.2500 465.2500 Northside
Police Dept Fort Worth 6 460.3000 465.3000 Tactical
Police Dept H.E.B. 453.5750 Hurst/Euless/Bedford
Police Dept Keller 453.1000
Police Dept Lake Worth 154.7850
Police Dept Lake Worth 453.3750
Police Dept Lakeside 453.3750
Police Dept White Settlemen154.1150
Police/Fire Arlington 856.4875 811.4875 All City Depts
Police/Fire Arlington 856.7125 811.7125 All City Depts
Police/Fire Arlington 857.4875 812.4875 All City Depts
Police/Fire Arlington 857.7125 812.7125 All City Depts
Police/Fire Arlington 858.4875 813.4875 All City Depts
Police/Fire Arlington 858.7125 813.7125 All City Depts
Police/Fire Arlington 859.4875 814.4875 All City Depts
Police/Fire Arlington 859.7125 814.7125 All City Depts
Police/Fire Arlington 860.4875 815.4875 All City Depts
Police/Fire Arlington 860.7125 815.7125 All City Depts
Police/FD Crowley 482.0875
Police/FD Crowley 482.9875
Skywarn County 146.9400
STATE OF: TENNESSEE
COUNTY OF: Shelby
Airport Memphis 155.7150/ Security
Baptist Hosp Memphis 155.2800/ Wing I/Wing II
Helicopter
Baptist Hosp Memphis 453.0750/ Paging
Bldg Inspect County 453.2000/
Bldg Inspect Memphis 453.9000/
Cablevision Memphis 461.5000/
Civil Defense Memphis 45.3600/
Civil Defense Memphis 153.9200/
Civil Defense Memphis 154.9950/
Civil Defense Memphis 155.8950/
Fire Dept Millington 155.0700/
Fire Dept/ Bartlett 1 154.3400/ Fire and EMS
Fire Dept/ Bartlett 2 153.7700/ Fire and EMS
Fire Dept/ Collierville 1 154.4150/
Fire Dept/ Germantown 154.0100/ Fire/EMS
Fire Dept/ Memphis 1 453.7500/458.7500 Ambulance
Fire Dept/ Memphis 2 453.5000/458.5000 Air Crash
Fire Dept/ Memphis 3 453.6000/458.6000 Ambulance Dsp
Fire Dept/ Memphis 4 453.8500/458.8500 Fire Ground
Fire Dept/ Memphis 5 453.9500/458.9500 Fire Dispatch
Fire Dept/ Memphis 6 453.8500/453.8500 Fireground
Indepndnt Sch Memphis 158.8950/
Local Govt County 155.1450/ Animal Cntrl
Local Govt County 155.9250/ CJC Security
Local Govt County 159.2100/ Atty General
Local Govt Memphis 154.1000/ Housing Auth
Local Govt Memphis 159.1800/ Strm Sew Dept
Local Govt Memphis 453.1000/ Street Dept
Local Govt Memphis 453.2500/ Animal Cntrl
Local Govt Memphis 453.5500/ Electric Dept
Local Govt Memphis 453.6500/ Sewer Dept.
Local Govt Memphis 453.7000/ Sani/Dead Anl
Medic Amb Memphis 155.2200/
Cty Schools Memphis 453.0500/ Security
Memph Intntl Memphis 460.8500/ Baggage
Memph Intntl Memphis 461.4125/ Ticket
Memph Intntl Memphis 461.5875/ Fuel Trucks
M. Light/Ga Memphis 158.8350/
M. Light/Ga Memphis 451.0500/ Elec Service
M. Light/Ga Memphis 451.0750/ Gas Service
M. Light/Ga Memphis 451.1000/ Customer Serv
M. Light/Ga Memphis 451.1250/ Water Service
M. Light/Ga Memphis 451.1500/ Electric Serv
M. Light/Ga Memphis 451.2500/ Gas Service
M. Light/Ga Memphis 451.6750/ Customer Serv
M. Med-com Memphis 155.2050/
M. Med-com Memphis 155.3400/ Amb/Hosp
Memphis St U Memphis 154.8600/ Security
Meth Hosp Memphis 461.4250/ Maintenance
Mid So EMS Memphis 155.3400/
Park Com Memphis 45.6000/
Police Dept Bartlett 1 154.7250/154.7250
Police Dept Collierville 460.0500/
Police Dept Memphis 1 460.1750/465.1750 North Side
Police Dept Memphis 2 460.3000/465.3000 South Side
Police Dept Memphis 3 460.3250/465.3250 East Side
Police Dept Memphis 4 460.0250/465.0250 West Side
Police Dept Memphis 5 460.3500/465.3500 Central
Police Dept Memphis 6 460.2500/465.2500 Administrative
Police Dept Memphis 7 460.1250/465.1250 Administrative
Police Dept Memphis 8 460.2250/465.2250 Traffic/Detect
ives/DWI Unit
Police Dept Memphis 9 460.4000/465.4000 Mutl Aid Ch 9
Police Dept Memphis 10 460.5000/465.5000Mutl Aid Ch 10
Police Dept Memphis 13 460.0750/465.0750Station B Info
Police Dept Millington 1 154.8750/154.8750
Radisson Htl Memphis 461.3125/
Radisson Htl Memphis 461.3375/
Red Cross Memphis 47.4200/
Sheriffs Dept County 154.8000/ Narcotics
Sheriffs Dept County 155.0700/ Administration
Sheriffs Dept County 155.8500/ Narcotics
Sheriffs Dept County 156.0300/ Narcotics
Sheriffs Dept County 453.7750/ Rescue
Sheriffs Dept County 1 155.7900/ Fugitive/Civil
Sheriffs Dept County 2 155.2500/ Info/Tactical
Sheriffs Dept County 3 155.6400/ Dispatch
TV - 3 Memphis 450.3500/
TV - 5 Memphis 450.0500/
TV - 5 Memphis 450.1500/ Engr
TV - 5 Memphis 455.0500/
TN Hwy County 158.7300/ Memphis Area
Transit Auth Memphis 453.2250/
Transit Auth Memphis 453.2750/
Transit Auth Memphis 453.3250/
Transit Auth Memphis 453.3750/
Transit Auth Memphis 453.7250/
Trauma Ctr Memphis 462.9500/
U of Tenn Memphis 453.8750/ Security
WMC 79 Memphis 450.2500/ Air Watch
Weather Net Memphis 146.8800/
COUNTY OF: State
Sheriffs Net 155.3700/
State Parks 151.1600/
Tennessee Wildli 159.2400/
West Tennessee P 155.9100/
West Tennessee P 158.7750/
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PUBLIC SAFETY - NORTH CENTRAL
Michael Redman
Public Safety and Special Emergency frequencies, radio system details & questions
for Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North and South Dakota to:
Greetings, folks hope it's not too hot to monitor! Hope you have been taking that
scanner along on those weekend outings and trips and will let us know what you have
heard.
The column originally intended for July appeared in August because of a mishap in
transmission on the California end of things. My apologies for the absence of your
favorite (?) column a couple of months ago. We all enjoy the RCMA Journal but few
really know how much hard work, most without paid salary, goes into the best
monitor1ng publication there is. We're human, we make mlstakes, and we're sorry for
the inconvenience
As some of you go back to school, either as students, teachers, or other school
employees, remember that many school districts use radio to communicate from school
to school and between maintenance personnel. Most districts with school buses use
radio, and with a little in-vestigation, you can locate the frequencies in your
school district. They can make for some interesting listenlng and, of course, our
readers would like to know what you hear. Some of them use unique ten-codes
and some sound very unconventional. Look in the business bands and on the VHF
"special emergency" channels between 155.160 and 155.400 Mhz. In the St. Louis
area, they are everywhere, from 31.00 Mhz. to UHF business band to 800 Mhz. Check
those PL tones, too!
IOWA
AE: Chuck Gysi
KENT (CA-OR-422) is planning a trip to Iowa, and Chuck has provided this
information that may be of interest to the rest of us . . .
155.565R Iowa State Patrol, Southeast Iowa
155.655R Iowa State Patrol, Johnson County & Iowa City
155.700R Iowa State Patrol, L.E.A. repeater, SE Iowa
155.685R Iowa State Patrol, L.E.A., Iowa City area
155.430 Iowa State Patrol, car to car
155.505 Iowa State Patrol, radar patrols
155.475 Iowa State Patrol, Mutual Aid
155.445 Iowa State Patrol, investigations
453.625 Iowa State Patrol, mobile repeaters
458.625 Iowa State Patrol, mobile repeater handhelds
154.370 Washington City/County fire
154.695, 154.72S, 155.250 Washington City/County police
155.850, 155/910 Washington City/County police mobiles
154.130 Dubuque fire
460.375R, 460.425R, 460.450R Dubuque police
154.175 Dubuque County fire
154.860, 155.310 Dubuque County Sheriff
155.850, 155.910 Dubuque County Sheriff mobiles
Another member who prefers to remain anonymous submits this information:
154.400 Benton County Fire
155.190 Benton County Sheriff
453.325 Benton County Highway Department
154.370 Blackhawk County Fire
154.875 Blackhawk County Sheriff
45.800 Blackhawk County Highway Department
154.340 Bremer County Fire
155.070 Bremer County Sheriff
154.195(?) Bremer County Highway Department
154.190 Buchanan County Fire
154.965 Buchanan County Sheriff
151.070 Buchanan County Highway Department
154.340 Butler County Fire
158.790 Butler county Sheriff
156.165 Butler County Highway Department
154.145 Cedar Falls Fire
155.130 Cedar Falls Police
154.235 Cerro Gordo County Fire
154.740 Cerro Gordo County Sheriff
151.070 Cerro Gordo County Highway Department
154.310 Ch1ckasaw County Fire
154.860 Chickasaw County Sheriff
150.995 Chickasaw County Highway Department
154.280 Statewide Fire Mutual Aid
154.415 Floyd County Fire
155.190 Floyd County Sheriff
151.100 Floyd County Highway Department
154.235 Franklin County Fire
154.725 Franklin County Sheriff
151.010 Franklin County Highway Department
154.175 Grundy County Fire
154.085 Grundy County Sheriff
453.650 Erundy County Highway Department
154.355 Hardin County Fire
155.745 Hardin County Sheriff
151.055 Hardin County Highway Department
154.725 Iowa Falls Police gepartment
155.565 Iowa State Patrol, Cedar Falls base
155.700 Iowa State Patrol, LEA, Cedar Falls Base
155.640 Iowa State Patrol, Des Moines base
155.790 Iowa State Patrol, LEA, Des Moines base
154.385 Marshall County Fire
154.830 Marshall County Sheriff
151.070 Marshall County Hwy Dept
154.430 Marshalltown Fire
156.000 Marshalltown PD
154.130 Mason City Fire
154.890 Mason City Police Department
155.475 Statewide Mutual Aid
155.370 Statewide Police Intersystem
154.205 Taaa County Fire
154.830 Tama County Sheriff
156.120 Tama County Highway Department
154.250 Waterloo Fire
460.025 Waterloo Police Department
KANSAS
AE: Steve Jester
More information on Wichita and Sedgwick County:
155.745 Derby Police
155.130 Wichita PD Fl, West Side
155.430 Wichita PD F2, East Side
156.090 Wichita PD F3, simplex car to car
155.190 Sedgwick County Sheriff Dispatch
154.875R Sedgwick County Sheriff F3
460.125R Haysville Police Dept.
154.190 Wichita Fire Dept. A, Simplex Fireground
154.415R Wichita Fire Dept. B, Dispatch
154.385 Sedgwick Fire Dept.
The trunked system below will eventually replece the above:
855.2375 Public Service autopatch
856.4625 EMS, Fire Dispatch 1
857.4625 Sedgwick County Sheriff, Fire Ground 1
858.4625 Narcotics, Fire Ground 2
859.4625 Vice, Jail
860.4625 Homicide, local hospital radio patch
An anonymous contributor indicates that the Shawnee County (Topeka) Sheriff's
Department is using an 800 Mhz. system with multiple sub-fleets and phone
interconnect. It is believed to be on a commercial shared network (SMR); any ideas?
Shawnee County also uses 39.680, 39.800, 39.460, and 39.580/39.700. Here are aome
additional channels:
460.475 Topeka PD Fl 453.850 Mission Twnshp FD
460.460 Topeka PD F2 154.340 Soldier Twnshp FD
460.350 Topeka PD F3 154.190 Topeka Twnshp FD
460.250 Topeka PD F4 158.745 Shawnee Co Civil Defense
461.625 Topeka Sch Sec 155.805 Douglas Co Civil Defense
154.430 Topeka FD 170.150 Statewide Disaster Ch
154.295 St-wide Fire Mutual Aid
NEBRASKA
AE: James Hoover
Here is a submission from Nebraska's newest member, ROD (NE-025):
155.055 Dawson Co Road Maint
453.6625 Lexington FD
39.820 Tri-County Hospital
453.7125 Lexington FD
152.0075 Tri-County Hosp Paging
453.7625 Lexington FD
463.175 Heartland Amb, Med 8
458.1125 Lexington FD
462.950 Heartland Ambulance, Med 9
462.975 Heartland Ambulance, Med 10
452.700 Johnson Lake EMS
39.980 Lexington FD
453.1125 Lexington FD
453.6125 Lexington FD
MINNESOTA
AE: Jerry Ensign
Anoka County has a new number and city code system. Can anyone fill us in on this
new system? 38 Baker, 35 Henry, 40 Zebra???
Blue Earth County:
Sheriff: 155.190, 155.760, 155.310
Fire: 154.310, 154.295, 153.830
Ambulance: 155.280, 461.075, 155.355, 155.385, 155.340
Butternut: 33.820 (F2)
Lake Crystal 155.955 (P2 and F2)
N. Mankato: 155.310 (Pol1ce), 155.880 (F2 and LG)
Brown County:
Sheriff: 155.490, 155.115
F1re: 154.445, 154.295
Ambulance: 155.355, 155.400, 155.340
Comfrey: 155.775 (LG & F)
New Ulm: 154.055 (P2)
Sleepy Eye: 453.525, 453.425 (LG & F)
Additions and corrections requested
SOUTH DAKOTA no input this month
AE: Steve Keller
NORTH DAKOTA
AE: Rob Schmeig
Let's have more input like the contribution last month from Duane (ND-007). We need
more input from the western part of the state.
MISSOURI:
AE: Michael Redman
Greetings and welcome to Missouri.
The St. Louis Major Case Squad is a highly elite team of police investigators who
respond from their multiple jurisdictions when a major crime occurs in a municipal
venue. The unit responds in a converted motor home stored at the Florissant Police
Departnent. Communications are primarily done on cellular phones and notification
is by pager, but they do have some VHF high band radios on these frequencies:
154.725 Co-ide Emergency
155.730 State Sheriff's Net
155.475 Mutual Aid
155.055 Illinois I.R.E.A.C.H
The unit also responds in Illinois.
JAMES (MO-134) provides these frequencies for the St. Charles City trunked system
(somehow missed in Police Call): 856.2625, 857.2625, 858.2625, 859.2625, 860.2625
This covers all city operations including fire, and they are adding "talkaround"
in the near future.
Send in your verifications, comments, frequencies, observations, etc. Your comments
are always welcomed, and please send a S.A.S.E. for a reply. See you next month!
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PUBLIC SAFETY WEST
Send Public Safety and Special Emergency frequencies, radio system details and
questions for Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New
Mexico, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming to:
Scott Reiff
Hello all RCMA members. Sorry we could not be with you, but this editor has just
been way too busy for everything I want to do and to have to do. Anyway, lets just
get right down to business. OK?
NO INPUT THIS MONTH
ALASKA AE: Dan Morisseau
COLORADO AE: George Hoggatt
IDAHO AE: George Wight
WYOMING AE: C D Smith
ARIZONA
AE: Bob Schmulian
Next month we will print an EXCELLENT map, very nice, very detailed, of the Arizona
Highway Patrol radio system. We don't have room to do it this month, but if anyone
is in a real hurry for it, send and SASE to the Silverado address -Ed]
HAWAII
AE: Darrell R. Meacham
Here is a list of Civil Defense Frequencies for Oahu:
148.150 C A P 47.500 Civil Defense
155.715 Civil Defense 155.865 Civil Defense
158.430 Civil Defense 158.250 Board of Water Supply
47.940 Gasco Net 151.985 Hawaiian Tel Net
153.650 Hawaii Elec Co Net 153.410
Hawaii Elec Co Net
155.955 Control Net 158.955 Control Net
158.865 Mobile Units 158.955 Control Net Mobiles
148.905 Military
NEVADA
AE: Fred McGowan
Washoe County Sheriff's Office
Washoe County, Nevada
Freqs
154.710, Consolidated Narcotics Unit (SO Washoe, PD Reno/Sparks)
154.950 " "
154.860 Washoe County Jail - Jail Control
460.050 " "
155.010 Detectives/Supervisors BLUE Channel
155.160 Search and Rescue ORANGE Channel
155.205 S A R, Hasty Team - auto extrications RED Channel
155.310 Incline Village Substation YELLOW Channel
156.090 " "
155.520 Dispatch GREEN Channel
156.210 " " Input
155.550 ? ?
155.985 Records Check and Car to Car WHITE Channel
Units
1030 - 1037 SGT's / Supervisors
3241 Gerlach
5153, 5154 Detectives
7251, 7253 Served a Process
9550 - 9552 Reno-Sparks Indian Colony Tribal Police
9152, 9153, 9150, 9157 Animal Control
Patrols: First 2 digits beat #: 11 - 18. Third digit is Shift: 1 - graveyard, 2 -
day, 3 - swing.
NEW MEXICO ** AE NEEDED **
MONTANA ** AE NEEDED **
OREGON ** AE NEEDED **
From the membership survey, we have a nice channel plan for CCSO from OR-089,
Gene:
Clackamas County Sheriff's Office
Clackamas County, Oregon
155.430 Ch 1 Dispatch
155.190 Ch 2 Traffic, Misc
155.760 Ch 3 Car to Car
155.610 Ch 4 Direct / 460.450 RX on cars
155.700 Ch 5 P D Gladstone
155.475 Ch 6 N L E E C - O P E N
155.595 Ch 7 P D Canby
154.935 Ch 8 O S P Ch 11 - Mt Hood
154.935 Ch 9 O S P Ch 10 - Goat Mtn
154.740 Ch 10 S O Marion Co
154.830 Ch 11 S O Wasco Co
155.010 Ch 12 S O Washington Co
155.280 Ch 13 S O Marion Co S A R
155.805 Ch 14 State S A R
155.805 Ch 15 State S A R with tone
155.910 Ch 16 O S P Salem
154.935 Ch 17 O S P Ch 9 - Portland
154.830 Ch 18 S O Wasco Co with tone
162.550 Ch 19 Weather
169.925 Ch 20 U S Forest Service 1 Bear Springs
170.525 Ch 21 U S F S 2 Ripple Brook
169.950 Ch 22 U S F S 3 Zig Zag
170.500 Ch 23 U S F S 4 Car to car/Field
169.950 Ch 24 U S F S 3 Direct
Units
B Boy P D Canby
C Charlie Corrections
D David S O Clackamas Co
H Henry P D Gladstone
N Nora P D Mallala
P Paul P D Oregon City
R Robert P D Sandy
Z Zebra Narcs and Det
S Sam P D Lake Oswego and West Linn
W Willie Death
i.e., "2 David 100" would be S O Clackamas Co Sheriff. First digit is shift, 1 -
gvyd 2 - day 3 - swing. Then Alpha character, then unit #.
331 Clackamas Co Jail
218 S O Clackamas
6012 P D Sandy
7414 C C S O substation... Fuller and Causey
7421 C C S O substation... Oakgrove and East
** Editor's note: Gene, send in your list of S O Marion Co!!
Also, I would like to get in touch with the RCMA member in Ontario, OR area. Please
Write!!
UTAH ** AE NEEDED **
Utah County Sheriff's Office
Utah County, Utah
155.505 Ch 1 Utah state agencies
154.710 Ch 2 Secondary dispatch
158.970 Ch 3 Car to car
154.860 Ch 4 Dispatch
155.235 Search and Rescue
155.340 H E A R S
153.950 Fire/E M S Dispatch
154.100 18J & 5J Fire/E M S Dispatch (See codes)
153.905 9J Fire/E M S Dispatch (See codes)
Utah County Sheriff's Office also dispatches for the following city agencies in
addition to Utah County:
American Fork, 5J Mapelton, 10J Genola, 17J
Spanish Fork, 6J Santiquin, 14J Sundance, 21J
Lehi, 8J Salem, 15J Elk Ridge, 22J
Payson, 9J Goshen, 16J
Stations (including above):
1J, Utah County 4J, Springville 19J, Woodland Hills
2J, Provo 7J, Pleasant Grove 20J, Highland
3J, Orem 13J, Lindon
I D:
5J550 Amer. Fork EMS 14J514 Santiquin E M S
5J600 American Fork Fire 14J600
Santiquin Fire
6J560 Spanish Fork EMS 15J515
Salem E M S
6J600 Spanish Fork Fire 15J600
Salem Fire
8J580 Lehi E M S 16J600 Goshen Fire
8J600 Lehi Fire 17J600 Genola Fire
9J590 Payson E M S 18J600 Alpine Fire
9J600 Payson Fire 21J600 Sundance Fire
10J600 Mapleton Fire 22J600 Elk Ridge Fire
I D Breakdown:
First two Numerical/Alpha = What station
Following SO only:
Third Numerical = 1 - Deputy, 2 - Detective
Fourth Numerical = Team Number, 1 - Team 1, 2 - Team 2, etc
Fifth Numerical = 1 - Lieutenant, 2 - Sgt
1J101 - 1J199 = Sheriff
1J700 - 1J799 = Search and Rescue
1 - 99 = City Police (Example: 5J50)
70 = Animal Control Officer (Example: 5J70
1 = Typically Police Chief (Example: 5J1)
WASHINGTON
AE: Ken McLeod
From membership survey: Pullman, WA
155.640 Pullman PD 155.085 Whitman Co Shrf TAC
155.370 Pullman area LERN 155.970 WA
St Patrol - Pullman
155.340 H E A R S 155.940 Area Local Govt
154.385 Pullman Fire/E M S 155.865
Pullman Transit
156.210 Whitman Co Sheriff
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PUBLIC SAFETY - CALIFORNIA
Send Pubic Safety and Special Emergency frequencies, radio system details and
questions to:
Veryl J. Burt, Jr.
I hate to start the September column on such a sad note, but the day I was
preparing this a chopper that belonged to the LAPD was on routine patrol and at
around 11:22 in the morning went down due to engine failure.
There were three fatalities, two being officers, so I would like to dedicate this
column to all the officers who valiantly respond in the sky: the Air Support Units
of our nation's law enforcement agencies. (Just as a side-note: according to the
LAPD, a chopper can replace 200-300 officers on the ground.)
Here are the frequencies for the cities that were at the epicenter of the what is
now being called the Sierra Madre Earthquake.
Police
Pasadena 482.3375 Freq 1 (Pri Dsp)
482.4375 Freq 2 (Tactical)
482.5375 Freq 3 (Detectives)
153.845 Freq 8 (Loc Govt)
San Marino 156.330 (Main Dispatch)
Monrovia 158.730 (Primary)
Sierra Madre 158.730 (Pri-Shared)
Arcadia 507.0625 (Primary)
LA Co Sheriff 482.9875 (Dispatch -NE Pasadena)
Fire
San Marino 153.995 (Main)
154.175 (secondary)
Monrovia 154.370 (Units 10-19)
El Monte 154.370 (Units 20-29)
Fire
Sierra Madre 154.370 (Units 30-39)
Arcadia 154.370 (Units 40-49)
Pasadena Part of Verdugo Fire highlighted 8/91 column.
Office of Emergency Services
Disaster Services 153.755 R
Civil Defense Fire (LA County) 154.160 "O.E.S. 1 "
Civil Defense Fire (Orange Co.) 154.220 "O.E.S. 2 "
I would like to acknowledge Gene Hughes, and thank him for letting me use most of
the material from Police Call, Southern California Detail Edition, Copyright 1990.
I would also like to acknowledge Government Radio Systems, Sixth Edition, Copyright
1990 Mobile Radio Resources.
Usually I like to end the column on a funny note each month, but this month I will
diverge from that, We should be indebted to the people of the Police and Fire
Departments and Office of Emergency Services for their unfailing dedication to
their work so our lives can be a little safer in time of disaster. I think a real
word should be said about the Sierra Madre Fire Dept, they did just such a great
job and, if you can believe this, it is ALL-VOLUNTEER!!
Please keep monitoring and listening and send all Southern California contributions
to my address. Hopefully by the next column we will Have an Associate Editor For
Northern California.
So keep up the monitoring until our October column.
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RAILROADS
Gary L. Sturm and
Bill Farmer, Editors
Information about railroad frequencies and their uses, radio system details, and
related questions to:
Bill Farmer
Last month we reported on the new road channels that Southern Pacific is planning
to implement. Now we've received an unconfirmed report that the changeover has been
put on hold until further notice. We'll keep you informed as more information
becomes available. In the meantime, it would be a good idea to monitor the new road
channel that is proposed for your area and let us know if it becomes active.
Mike (NC-120) wrote again about the Camp Lejeune (NC) RR. He was able to catch up
with the train and noted that the locomotive was lettered "USMC 270092" so
apparently the trackage of the former Southern Railway subsidiary has been taken
over by the Marine Corps. Mike noted an 18-inch antenna but the crew didn't know
what frequency their radios operate on. In looking over maps of the area from
various years past, Mike noted different railroad names for the same stretches of
track at different times. The various names come about as a result of railroad
mergers, and we get questions about it from time to time, so let's go over the
histories of the two major systems in the southeast, starting with CSX
Transportation. CSX was formed by the merger of the Chessie System railroads
(Baltimore & Ohio and Chesapeake & Ohio) with Seaboard System Railroad. Earlier,
Seaboard System was formed by the merger of Seaboard Coast Line with Louisville &
Nasville, Georgia RR, Clinchfield RR, Atlanta & West Point, and Western Railway of
Alabama. Going back in time still further, to 1968, Seaboard Coast Line was formed
by the merger of Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line railroads. The other
major system in the southeast is Norfolk Southern, which was formed by the merger
of Southern Railway with Norfolk & Western. Actually these two railroads still
exist as subsidiaries of Norfolk Southern Corp., but their locomotives are being
repainted and lettered Norfolk Southern.
In another followup to last month's column, John (nonmember) reports that Kansas
Southwestern was using 160.680 (a Union Pacific yard channel) in May but by June
had its own frequency, 160.995. Switching has been heard on the latter but no
dispatching; they may have another channel for that.
Adding to Gary's report last June on Ft. Wayne IN, Norfolk Southern uses 160.515/
161.235 for its PBX (they call it ARN). Indiana Hi-Rail uses 160.695 for dispatcher
and road, and just started using 160.590 for switching.
Kevin (CA-SF-016) sent a newspaper article telling of the planned construction of
a track connection to link NJ Transit's Morris and Essex lines to Amtrak's
northeast corridor line. The connecting track, in Kearny NJ, will allow commuter
trains from Morris, Essex, Union, and Somerset Counties in New Jersey to operate
directly into Amtrak's Penn Station in New York City, eliminating the need for
passengers to change trains at Hoboken. The project is to be completed in 1995.
An anonymous contributor sent an article from the Boston Herald telling of an
incident on Amtrak's Colonial in which the engines uncoupled from the train near
New London CT. The train and engines stopped without injury and the cause was under
investigation.
AMTRAK AND METRO-NORTH ROAD CHANNELS
by CARL (NY-117) and RICK (IL-496)
Amtrak now uses Metro-North's road frequency between Poughkeepsie NY and CP 12
which is the new Empire Connection. [Ed Note: beginning April 7 all Amtrak trains
that had been using Grand Central Terminal in New York City switched to Penn
Station. They run over a rebuilt freight line between Penn Station and CP 12 at
Spuyten-Duyvil, where they enter and leave Metro-North trackage.] This means that
between Albany and New York City Amtrak trains use four frequencies. Leaving Albany
they are on Conrail 1 (160.800), south of milepost 130 (near Selkirk branch jct.)
they use Conrail 2 (161.070), from Poughkeepsie to CP 12 (Empire Connection) they
use Metro-North 1 (161.280) and from CP 12 to New York Penn Station they use Amtrak
1 (160.920).
Metro-North Commuter RR is planning to implement new channel assignments. [When?
-ed.] Presently, all three branches (Harlem, Hudson, and New Haven) are dispatched
on the same channel [161.280]. Dispatching is done remotely through local
transmitters from 42nd Street in Manhattan (near but not in Grand Central
Terminal). The dispatchers are covering each other's transmissions, so multiple
channels will be used.
160.950 Ch 1 Hudson Line road
161.280 Ch 2 Harlem Line road
160.545 Ch 3 New Haven Line road
160.410 Ch 4 Harlem and Hudson Lines maintenance of way
161.160 Ch 5 New Haven Line maintenance of way
160.770 Ch 6 "Shop Channel" chit-chat
Police radios will have a different configuration. Metro-North does have other
channels that are used for power, the shops, and Grand Central Terminal. At this
point it is unknown if these will change.
[Obviously the road channel changes will affect Amtrak, whose trains operate over
Metro-North's Hudson and New Haven lines. In our June column we reported that
Amtrak had changed to 160.920 between Boston MA and Providence RI. Rick says that
as of April 7 the change had not yet occurred. -ed.]
UNION PACIFIC - NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
by ROB (CA-ST-006)
A frequency list on the wall of the UP radio shop in Oakland CA in February 1990
showed the following channels for its 16-channel handheld radios:
160.740 Ch 1 Road east of Oroville
160.515 Ch 2 Road west of Oroville
160.290/161.520Ch 3 Admin. PBX
161.025 Ch 4 MW vehicle to vehicle
160.605/161.025Ch 5 MW PBX (blue)
160.680 Ch 6 Yard switchers
160.650 Ch 7 Santa Fe road
161.550 Ch 8 Southern Pacific road
161.100 Ch 9 Burlington Northern road
160.380 Ch 10 Mt. Diablo Disp. (old WP Road) Emergency Use Only,
transmitter about half way up east side of Mt. Diablo (Morgan Territory)
160.275 Ch 11 UP Police (old WP)
161.205 Ch 12 Nationwide Common RR Police
161.280/160.785Ch 13 Old WP PBX (not in use at this time)
161.400 Ch 14 Southern Pacific Police & MW
160.530 Ch 15 Yard (red)
160.620 Ch 16 Yard (black)
Other UP channels:
160.770 Yard (white)
160.830 Yard (orange)
161.115 Yard (yellow) used on San Jose Branch
161.460 Yard (green) used by Bay Area local LFE52
160.440 End to End UP Equip.
464.700/469.700 Mt. Oso Stockton Control
Yard channels at Stockton CA:
160.740 Yard Tower to Trains
160.380 Yard switching
160.680 Yard switching
160.770 Yard switching
161.115 Yard switching
The last frequency is used the least since they normally work three yard jobs.
CORBIN, KENTUCKY
by DAVID (nonmember) via GARY L. STURM (IN-045)
161.370 CSX Road with dispatcher calling trains
161.520 Trains to dispatcher
457.9375 End-of-train devices
160.770 East Yard switching
160.440 West Yard switching
160.380 Ch 2 Car Inspector
160.260 Corbin Shops
160.305 Signal Maintenance
LOS ANGELES METRO RAIL
by BILL FARMER (CA-VE-010)
In June we mentioned new UHF channels for the Blue Line light rail transit system.
With the help of a frequency counter we've determined that there is only one new
channel, 472.4875/475.4875. It is called "Yard Control" and is used for movement
of LRVs in the yard area. The road channel remains 471.3375/474.3375.
Some changes on the VHF radios have taken place since our report in June. The
channels are now arranged as follows:
160.425/160.635 Ch 1 Track, Power, & Signals
160.695/160.755 Ch 2 Not in service
160.425 Ch 3 LRV Maintenance
161.265/160.695 Ch 4 Not in service (discontinued
6/1/91)
161.505 Ch 5 Yard Control (rarely used)
160.725 Ch 6 Not used
BURLINGTON NORTHERN - PACIFIC DIVISION
by BILL (nonmember) via GARY L. STURM (IN-045)
161.100 Ch 1 Road: Vancouver BC to Vancouver WA
161.160 Ch 2 Road: also yards and Montana Rail Link Road
161.250 Ch 3 Yard: Portland area, Harbour Island Car Dept.
160.650 Ch 4 Yard: Balmer Yard, Tacoma Yard, Pasco Yard
161.310 Ch 5 Yard: Balmer Yard Hump, Tacoma Yard, Pasco Yard
161.010 Ch 6 Yard: Delta Yard (Everett WA), Tacoma Yard, West
Seattle Yard, Vancouver WA
160.830 Ch 7 Yard: Stacy Street Yard (South Seattle), Yardley Yard
(Spokane WA)
160.725 Ch 8 Yard: Willbridge Yard (Portland)
161.550 Ch 9 Yard: Seattle International Gateway
160.980 Ch 10 Pig Ramp (South Seattle)
160.965 Ch 11 Portland Hub Center, Spokane Hub Center
161.490 Ch 12 Portland Terminal Railway
So long until next month - Gary & Bill
TECHNICAL TOPICS
Technical articles, technical tips, and questions on such subjects as monitor
receivers, antennas and antenna systems, preamps, and accessory equipment like pan
adapters and automatic recorders.
Also send information and questions pertaining to the user's equipment of interest
to listeners such as repeaters, links, tones, scrambler technology, trunking,
voting receivers, etc., to:
Alexander Woollcott (GA-080)
MONITORING WITH COMMERCIAL GRADE EQUIPMENT
Quite a few RCMA members have responded to my request for information on members
who monitor with used commercial communications radio gear as opposed to (or in
addition to) standard consumer monitoring equipment. While it seems that only a
small minority of RCMA members use commercial gear as part of their monitoring
shack, I am willing to bet that many more would use commercial gear if they were
aware that it offers a viable alternative or supplement to consumer "scanner-type"
equipment.
The first question one might ask is what is "commercial equipment"? Commercial
equipment is simply radio communications gear designed for private business or
public uses, principally two-way communications. Occasionally commercial equipment
includes single or multiple frequency monitors (capable only of receiving). I am
unaware of any commercial "scanner" although they may exist.
The next question might well be, what's so special about commercial equipment? The
simple answer is that commercial equipment usually performs better and sounds
better than consumer grade equipment. Commercial equipment generally performs
better for a number of reasons. First, the equipment is generally manufactured with
higher quality components than consumer equipment. With commercial equipment,
manufacturers compete to offer state of the art components and performance. In
consumer equipment, there appears to be an unwritten conspiracy among manufacturers
to accept the lowest common denominator as the status quo.
Second, commercial equipment is much more durable and ruggedly constructed. Just
compare the casing on the typical commercial mobile rig to that on your favorite
scanner. Rugged construction adds years of life to a radio, whereas cheap
construction exposes the internal components to a higher risk of damage.
Third (and most importantly), commercial equipment is designed to comply with much
more rigorous performance specifications than consumer equipment. The assumption,
probably a correct one, is that two-way communication is more critical than casual
monitoring. In fairness to some consumer equipment, it is difficult and expensive
to build a wide frequency range, multi-channel radio receiver that meets high
performance specifications over the entire range of frequencies; it is relatively
easier to build a high performance radio that simply is limited to a single band
and a limited number of channels.
RCMA members report using a variety of commercial equipment for monitoring
purposes. Many use old two way gear. Most use old mobile equipment. Some use old
transceivers. Some use handheld portable.
By far the most common manufacturer represented is Motorola. The next most common
is General Electric. Other names mentioned include Plectron, and Johnson.
By this point you are probably wondering whether there are any downsides to the use
of commercial equipment. The answer is "yes". New and even relatively new
commercial equipment is extremely expensive. Those state of the art components
don't come cheap! For the most part, the only used commercial gear that is within
the budget of most monitoring hobbyists is at least five years old. Moreover, these
units often represent discontinued lines or models.
Aside from expense, there are some other downsides to using commercial gear for
your monitoring. Commercial equipment is typically limited to a single or small
number of channels, and always to a single band. Commercial equipment looks like,
well . . . "commercial," "functional."
Don't expect a lot of bells and whistles with your commercial rig. You are likely
to get three controls: an on/off switch, a squelch control and a volume control.
The final drawback is the lack of widespread availability. Commercial equipment can
often be purchased at hamfests and conventions. Another good source is your local
commercial radio repair shop. Many of these shops will be happy to sell you used
equipment, and some will even sell you some new stuff off the shelves. Their
motivation is primarily public goodwill. Take heed of one piece of advice; remember
that a commercial radio shop that offers to sell you a piece of equipment is doing
you a tremendous favor; don't take them for granted, and don't act as if they have
to sell you some equipment, because they clearly don't.
I will describe two pieces of used commercial equipment that I own. One is a single
channel Motorola desk top monitor. It is about the size of a scanner and I have it
crystalled to receive the Georgia State Patrol base transmitting station on 154.680
MHz. This unit is probably at least ten years old, but it performs like a dream.
Its sensitivity is better than any other radio I own (including the ICOM). For such
a relatively small unit, it has loads of volume (about 5 watts). My other
commercial piece is a Motorola voice pager, which is about the size of a pack of
cigarettes. I have it crystalled to receive the Atlanta Fire Department Dispatch
on 154.190 MHz. This little unit is a dream. The volume is louder and less
distorted than any portable scanner that I have ever heard. Its sensitivity was
tested to be about a .25 uV for 20db SINAD. I also own several mobile speakers from
Motorola. These cost me a fraction of what a good external speaker designed for
amateur equipment would cost, and they sound just as good. These speakers are good
because they are designed to perform well in a noisy environment. Their speaker
configuration is such that the speaker rejects or attenuate frequencies well above
or below the range of the human voice, particularly higher frequencies (which have
been found to cause listener fatigue or stress). Because of the attenuation of high
frequencies, the background hiss (which is generally higher pitch than the typical
range of the human voice) that occurs with a weak radio signal is much less
apparent on one of these commercial grade external speakers.
I will share some comments from Allan (RI-038) regarding his commercial equipment,
because I think that Allan's enthusiasm about sums up the great benefits of
searching long and hard for a good piece of commercial gear. Alan writes:
"I recently purchased a used Motorola business dispatcher (CMT-3100) two way VHF
High Band radio for monitoring the Warrick, Rhode Island Fire Department on 154.310
MHz and the PL tone of 162.20. The transmitter was disabled by the out of state 2
way radio shop I purchased the set from. There is only one way to describe the
performance of this unit "awesome." Since this radio is equipped with Motorola's
Private Line, I get no intermod or any other form of interference. The audio output
is extremely crisp and clear. I also own a Bearcat 760 XLT with a CTCSS tone board.
The Bearcat radio pales in comparison to my Motorola unit in regards to audio
quality and clarity. Even with the tone board on the Uniden radio, I still get some
intermod. The only drawback to the Motorola unit is that it is only a single
channel unit. In addition, I would say that my Motorola unit is about 20 years old,
but it still works extremely well. According to the shop where I purchased the
unit, the Motorola radios will almost last forever. In fact when Motorola installs
a new radio system they will take back the customer's old units which they destroy
since they do not want the old equipment on the market. . . . I also own a used
General Electric Master Pro External speaker which I purchased from a local 2 way
shop for only $12.50. I suspect that the speaker is worth over $50. This speaker
is hooked up to my Uniden 760 XLT and is a vast improvement over the built-in
speaker."
Thanks for the great letter Allan. Allan also expressed an interest in purchasing
additional commercial equipment through a buyer's network. If other members have
an interest in swapping information about sources of commercial equipment, please
let me know and I will informally circulate this information.
On a related matter, there is a limited amount of radio equipment that is available
to public consumers that is designed to meet professional specifications. This kind
of equipment is known as "commercial grade" equipment. The ICOM R-7000 is an
example. While anyone can walk into an ICOM retailer and buy an ICOM R-7000 (anyone
with $1,000 or so, that is), this unit is also frequently sold to commercial users
as well.
Speaking of commercial grade specifications, Allan (RI 038) also enclosed a spec
sheet for his Motorola CMT-3100. Consider some of the following specs: sensitivity
.35 uv EI-SINAD, .5 uv for 20db quieting; spurious and image rejection 86 db;
squelch sensitivity .25 uv; audio output 5 watts at less than 5% distortion;
selectivity more than -90 db at 15 kc (plus or minus)!

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