Article 85866 of rec.radio.scanner: Path: matra.meer.net!news1.best.com!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!ix.netcom.com!news From: Tom Montgomery Newsgroups: rec.radio.scanner Subject: Re: Visiting S.F. Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 00:52:43 -0700 Organization: Netcom Lines: 125 Message-ID: <33AA36CB.5E64@ix.netcom.com> References: <33A957DB.383F@frazmtn.com> Reply-To: monty55@ix.netcom.com NNTP-Posting-Host: ple-ca7-07.ix.netcom.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-NETCOM-Date: Fri Jun 20 12:51:42 AM PDT 1997 X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0C-NC320 (Win95; U) Xref: matra.meer.net rec.radio.scanner:85866 Linda Curtis wrote: > > I will be visiting San Francisco and would like to prepare > my BC3000 ahead of time. Does anyone from that area have a > list of top 25-50 most interesting and reliable frequencies > they would like to share? I have Frequency Almanac and Police > Call but I am trying to short cut the search. > > Thank You, > Linda Curtis Here you go !! Police stations: A - Central B - Southern C - Potrero D - Mission E - Northern F - Park G - Richmond H - Ingleside I - Taraval J - Tenderloin Task Force Police Frequencies: PIC #1 460.225 G, H, I PIC #2 460.125 C, D PIC #3 460.500 A, B, J PIC #4 460.075 E, F PIC #5 460.450 tow desk PIC #6 460.350 admin PIC #7 460.525 PT&T (Parking, Traffic & Tickets) PIC #8 460.550 traffic, MUNI, narcs, vice PIC #9 460.025 RCLEMARSS Note: portable UHF radios transmit 5 mhz higher on all duplex frequencies (PIC #1 through #9) Police Unit Designators: 1 - administrative 2 - technical services 3 - patrol 4 - special operations 5 - investigations Units are referred to as R[designator][station][sector],S as in 3B40. Police: Low Band: 45.10 (2nd division: Mission, Ingleside, Taraval) 45.14 (Citywide) 45.58 (1st division: Potrero, Park, Northern) 45.46 (3rd division: Richmond) UHF: 460.225 (Zone 1: Mission, Ingleside, Park, Trarval) 460.125 (Zone 2: Potrero) 460.500 (Zone 3: Central, Southern) 460.075 (Zone 4: Northern, Park, Richmond) 460.350 (Zone 5: Tows) 460.535 (Zone 6: Tactical) 460.525 (Zone 7: Special operations, transit) 460.550 (Zone 8: Administration) 460.025 (CLEMARS, mutual aid, task force, gangs) Note: The lowband frequencies are used by patrol car radios. The UHF frequencies are called PIC channels, Personal Instant Communications, and are used by portables. Fire: F1 - 488.3625 (division 1 downtown) F2 - 488.5625 (division 2 northwest) F3 - 488.7625 (division 3 northeast, southwest) F4 - 489.1625 (primary fireground) F5 - 489.1875 (arson squad, admin, fireground secondary) F6 - 489.1125 (citywide emergency) 154.280 (mutual aid) 154.295 (BART) 489.1625 (BART, link to Oakland FD) EMS: Dispatch - 155.385 (primary), 158.760 (secondary) Coord 1 - 462.950 (MED 9) Coord 2 - 462.975 (Med 10) EMS also used Med channels 1-8 referred to as "MEDCOMM" Transit: Channel A - 484.6625 (cable cars, light rail) B - 484.5125 (cable cars, trollies) C - 484.5625 (citywide) D - 484.6125 (trollies) E - 484.7125 (buses, trollies) F - 484.7625 (citywide) G - 482.8875 (buses, trollies) F4 - 30.74 (bus supervisors) - 31.14 (inspectors, also 30.74) BART: F1 - 160.410 (control) F1 - 453.150 (police) F2 - 160.860 (admin) F2 - 453.425 (police) F3 - 160.455 (safety) Moscone Convention Center: Operations - 461.700, 461.975, 462.0875 Candlestick Park - 151.805, 151.775, 153.875 Coast Guard: Port operations - 156.600 Navigation Control - 156.650 SF Bay Patrol - 157.050 Operations - 157.100 Law enforcement - 164.550, 164.9125, 353.900 Tactical - 165.3375, 165.5625 Search & Rescue - 237.900 Air operations - 381.400, 381.700, 381.800 (primary) Port of San Francisco - 453.2625, 464.4625, 861-865.9375 Golden Gate National Recreation Area: Rangers - 164.800 Park Police - 163.150, 163.525 Fish & Wildlife - 164.800, 408.675