Frequencies commonly hunted for lost souls. (Red indicates emergency frequencies)
 ELT    **NEW** Old Dot Frs and Gmrs freq's   FRS   GMRS   
 CB (11meters)   (anybody have the 49mhz cb freq's? )
 Low Jack

Frequencies for the groups we support.
 CAP     Airports    State police  Ham-Races
 Highway      Corrections   Emergency mgt
 Environmental (We have assisted these guys recently)

Some local frequencies for general emergencies, storms or disasters.
 Town Police:  Pittsfield   Adams   North Adams   Dalton
Civil Defense:  Pittsfield
Fire Departments: Pittsfield  Dalton  New Ashford  Williamstown  Adams  Lanesboro  Richmond

Other freq's we might be called upon to help with plus some tools for freq searches.
 BRTA (Don't laugh, these guys know about road problems often before the police do! So I added them.)
 North East Utilities (Electric) For power outages!
 Berkshire Gas for boom's!
 CATV Looking for RFI that might be from a cable leak?
 TV Causing TVI or getting interference from TV stations?

Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Click on image for their home page

 Frequency Chart  Fantastic chart! Color, need a big printer to print it, but, very useful with Adobe's zoom in feature!

FCC frequency data base search.   (many different ways to find them!)

If you have corrections or suggestions PLEASE feel free to tell me!
 ke3ht@nobarc.org

 
Races freq's of interest:

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
  • 45.3600 Statewide civil defense ch1
  • 45.3200 Statewide civil defense ch2
  • 155.0850 Area 4 WMASS
  • 155.7450 Area 3 Worcester County
  • 155.9550 Statewide MEMA
  • 154.9800 Pittsfield EMA
  • 453.1500 Pittsfield EMA
  • 45.4000 Pittsfield EMA
  • 147.4700 Pittsfield EMA Amateur Simplex Freq.
  • 145.21 Pittsfield EMA Amateur Repeater
  • 146.91 Pittsfield EMA Amateur Repeater for RACES net


  • ELT's
    121.5mhz         Basic aircraft requirement.  50mwatts
    243mhz            Military basic. 50mwatts
    406mhz            New all aircraft world wide.
                            Beacon also sends last known position and craft name. 5watts.



    Dot Frequencies, Family Radio Service,
    and General Mobile Radio Service

    151.625   Red Dot
    151.955   Purple Dot
    154.570   Blue Dot
    154.600   Green Dot
    462.575   White Dot
    462.625   Black Dot
    462.675   Orange Dot
    464.500   Brown Dot
    464.550   Yellow Dot
    467.7625  J Dot
    467.8125  K Dot
    467.850   Silver Star
    467.875   Gold Star
    467.900   Red Star
    467.925   Blue Star

    For more information regarding FRS and GMRS
    http://www.provide.net/~prsg/
    http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Orders/fcc96215.txt



    Family Radio Service (FRS) Frequencies (0.5 watts max)

          NOTE: FRS in an unlicensed service, there is almost no restriction on the
                                content of the conversations.

                                     Ch. 1-----462.5625
                                     Ch. 2-----462.5875
                                     Ch. 3-----462.6125
                                     Ch. 4-----462.6375
                                     Ch. 5-----462.6625
                                     Ch. 6-----462.6875
                                     Ch. 7-----462.7125
                                     Ch. 8-----467.5625
                                     Ch. 9-----467.5875
                                     Ch. 10----467.6125
                                     Ch. 11----467.6375
                                     Ch. 12----467.6625
                                     Ch. 13----467.6875
                                     Ch. 14----467.7125



    GMRS freq's and some comments on useage (2 watts max)
            462.5500                        GMRS
            462.5625                        GMRS - Low Power Simplex
            462.5750       White Dot GMRS, Non-Commercial Use
            462.5875                        GMRS - Low Power Simplex
            462.6000                        GMRS
            462.6125                        GMRS - Low Power Simplex
            462.6250        Black Dot GMRS, Non-Commercial Use
            462.6375                        GMRS - Low Power Simplex
            462.6500                        GMRS
            462.6625                        GMRS - Low Power Simplex
            462.6750     Orange Dot GMRS, Non-Commercial (Emergency Use or Travel Info Only)
            462.6875                        GMRS - Low Power Simplex
            462.7000                        GMRS
            462.7125                        GMRS - Low Power Simplex
            462.7250                        GMRS

    GMRS Repeater Output
    462.550
    462.575
    462.600
    462.625
    462.650
    462.675
    462.700
    462.725

    GMRS Repeater Input
    467.550
    467.575
    467.600
    467.625
    467.650
    467.675
    467.700
    467.725



    CB (11meters) (5 watts max)
    026.9650----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 1)
    026.9750----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 2)
    026.9850----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 3)
    027.0050----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 4)
    027.0150----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 5)
    027.0250----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 6)
    027.0350----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 7)
    027.0550----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 8)
    027.0650----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 9)
    027.0750----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 10)
    027.0850----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 11)
    027.1050----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 12)
    027.1150----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 13)
    027.1250----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 14)
    027.1350----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 15)
    027.1550----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 16)
    027.1650----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 17)
    027.1750----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 18)
    027.1850----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 19)
    027.2050----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 20)
    027.2150----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 21)
    027.2250----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 22)
    027.2350----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 23)
    027.2450----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 24)
    027.2550----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 25)
    027.2650----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 26)
    027.2750----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 27)
    027.2850----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 28)
    027.2950----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 29)
    027.3050----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 30)
    027.3150----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 31)
    027.3250----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 32)
    027.3350----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 33)
    027.3450----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 34)
    027.3550----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 35)
    027.3650----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 36)
    027.3750----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 37)
    027.3850----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 38)
    027.3950----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 39)
    027.4050----CITBAND (CITIZENS BAND - CH 40)


    CAP Freq's
    122.900 (AM) - Air Training
    123.100 (AM) - Air Search & Rescue

    143.900 (FM) - F-1 (Repeater In)
    148.150 (FM) - F-1 (Repeater Out)

    143.750 (FM) - F-2 (Repeater In)
    148.125 (FM) - F-2 (Repeater Out)

    148.1375 (FM) - Local Operations
    149.5375 (FM) - Air Operations
    149.895 (FM) - Packet

    121.600 (AM) - Training Beacon
    148.150 (FM) - National Simplex



    Airport freq's
    Pittsfield            122.7mhz
    North Adams    122.8mhz




    STATE POLICE (Lost officers may have hand helds so watch those freq's)
     42.4400  ch1 - Statewide emerg/Inter-troop/Tactical/Escort & events/Air wing
     42.3400  ch2 - Troop A - OPS/Car to car Western Mass.
     42.4000  ch3 - Troop C Ops (Central Mass.)
     42.5000  ch4 - Troop D Ops/Car to car Western Mass.
     42.5400  ch5 - Station H - HQ units/Command/Detectives/Admin cmd posts/Radar
     42.4600  ch6 - Troop B Ops/Car to car Eastern Mass.
     42.4200  ch7 - Detectives/Surveillance/Radar teams/Car to car
     44.7400  ch8 - Administration/Small town units/Air wing
     44.9000  ch9 - Auto theft strike force/Turnpike car to car
     42.3800  Portables/Low-power units/limited use
    858.2375  Temporary Troop A Ops (portable-barracks only)
    465.0125  Cohasset area SP repeater for Station W (repeats ch4)
    173.0750  LoJack transponder (Stolen cars/trucks)
    154.9200  Walkie talkies - Portable-Portable/Repeats via cruiser on Troop frq
    471.5625  Mass. Attorney generals office
    460.4750  Troop B simplex - Speed enforcement teams

    Troop B - Trunked 800mhz
    Springfield Area
    860.7875      859.7875      858.7875      857.7875      852.2625
    853.5625
    Adams Area (Mnt Greylock tower)
    856.9875      857.9875      858.9875      859.9875
    860.7375      860.9625      860.9875

    (Data channel changes twice daily)
    Troop C Conventional 800Mhz
    853.8375  Barracks C5 & C6 ops/surveillance
    867.5125  C5 ??
    868.9500  C Tactical
    856.2375  Barracks C2,C4 & C6 ops/surveillance
    854.0375  Barracks C7 Quabbin reservoir ops (not used 2/98 ??)
    855.2125  Suspected usage by Troop C (Athol/Orange area)
    860.8375      860.4625      859.3625      857.8125      857.2375
    856.8125      855.6125      855.1625      868.9375

    Transmitter Links
    959.5000  Northampton to Mt Holyoke, Hadley
    955.9000  Mt Holyoke to Northampton
    953.7000  Springfield to Bald Peak, Monson
    957.3000  Bald Peak to Springfield
    958.5000  Russell to Shatterack Mtn, Montgomery
    954.9000  Shatterack Mtn to Russell
    956.6000  Shelburne Falls to Buckland State Forest
    953.0000  Buckland State Forest to Shelburne Falls
    954.1000  Lee to Mt Wilcox, Monterey
    954.1000  Mt Wilcox to Lee

    Troop E - Mass Turnpike
    159.0300  Troop E turnpike/Western ops (mile markers 0-25)
              Eastern ops (mile markers 85-end)
              Boston tunnel ops
    159.2250  Troop E turnpike/Central ops (mile markers 25-85)
    159.1650  Central Admin.
    159.3150  Turnpike Boston extension
    156.0600  Turnpike car-to-car
    156.0750  Turnpike car-to-car
     44.7400  State Police HQ to turnpike



    MASS HIGHWAYS
     47.2600  District 1 (Berkshire County)
     47.2600  District 2 (Franklen,Hampshire,Hampden Counties)
     47.3600  District 3 (Worcester County)
     47.1400  District 4 (Essex,Boston,Suffolk Counties)
     47.2800  District 5 (Norfolk, Bristol Counties)
    151.0400  Central artery northern area - portables
    453.2375  Bridge inspection divers

    Road Call Boxes
    AREA                            CALL FREQ       CALL CONFIRM FREQ
    Rt 91 VT to Sunderland            72.62           72.58
    Rt 91 Sunderland to Holyoke    72.68           72.64
    Rt 91 Holyoke                          72.68           72.64

    Transmitter Links
    954.4000  Northampton to Mt Lincoln, Pelham
    958.0000  Mt Lincoln to Northampton

    Turnpike Maintenance
    159.1050  Lee (mile markers 0-20) Newton to Boston extension
    159.2400  Blanford (mile markers 20-41)
              Weston (mile markers 105-end)
    159.0450  Warren/Chicopee (mile markers 41-83)
    159.1200  Auburn (mile markers 83-105)
    156.2400  Maintance simplex
    159.1800  Turnpike Administration
    453.1875  Link
    453.3125  Link
    453.3375  Link



    CORRECTIONS
    453.5000  F1 "A"       Walpole system prison security
    453.6500  F2 "B"       Norfolk system prison security
    453.4500  F3 "C"       Bidgewater system prison security
    453.9750  F4           Emergency/Car to car
    453.7500  F5           Prisoner transport (Boston & Pittsfield repeaters)
              F6           Prisoner transport (Mt. Wachusett repeater)
              F7           Prisoner transport (Plymouth repeater)
              F8           Prisoner transport (Fall River repeater)
              F8           Prisoner transport (Andover repeater)
    453.8500  F9  RED      Tactical operations
    453.6125  F10 GRAY     Prison maintainance (2-watt repeaters)
    453.7125  F11 GRAY     Prison
    453.6750  F12          Administration
    453.9750               Emergency/mobile to mobile
    153.9350               Prison products delivery



    EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
     45.3600  Statewide civil defense ch1
     45.3200  Statewide civil defense ch2
    155.0850  Area 4 WMASS
    155.7450  Area 3 Worcester County
    155.9550  Statewide MEMA


    ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
    151.2050  F1  Statewide admin/daily reports
    151.1450  F2  Statewide repeater (output)
    151.4150  F2  Input for .1450 repeater (used for car to car as well)
    151.2350  F3  Forest fire towers & associated personnel  (Monterey tower, they call it channel 13  :ke3ht)
    151.3100  F4  Forest fire towers & associated personnel
                  (Hampshire/Hampden County forest fire freq)
    151.3700  F5  State parks & recreation areas (backup/local ops)
    123.0500  Fire spotting & suppression aircraft
    159.4350  Quabbin Reservoir Maintance

    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
    453.7000  F1  On scene incident
    460.5200  Portables

    ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
     31.4600  F1  Car to Car
     31.5000  F2  Car to Car




    PITTSFIELD Town Police
    155.07
    154.80
    154.74



    ADAMS Town Police
    154.74
    156.21
    155.13



    North Adams Town Police
    154.74
    156.21



    Dalton Town Police
    154.74
    154.875


    Pittsfield Civil Defense
    154.31
    154.34



    Berkshire Regional Transitt (these guys know about road troubles before the police do !)
    458.05
    453.05



    Pittsfield Fire department
    154.31
    154.34 ** Observed to be most active



    Dalton Fire department
    154.31



    New Ashford,  Richmond & Lanesboro fire departments
    154.31



    Williamstown fire
    154.13
    154.31
    154.235



    Adams fire department
    154.445
    154.31



    North East Utilities freq's
    Pittsfield:    48.04, 47.98, 173.3,  47.98, 154.46375
    Washington: 173.3, 153.695, 47.86, 47.76, 48.04
    Rowe (Nuke Plant): 48.3, 48.48, 456.475
    Clarksburg: 48.5, 48.48, 48.28, 47.96
    Greylock: 451.15, 48.5, 47.96, 48.48, 48.28
    Hinsdale & East Otis: 48.04
    Gt. Barrington: 48.6, 48.5, 48.48, 47.96



    Berkshire Gas
    47.7
    456.575
     
     

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