These frequencies cover the State College, Pennsylvania / Centre County Region.
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Local Public Safety
Local Public Service Trunked System (Motorola analog Type II system)
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Inputs: 810.2375 Outputs: * - ID channel
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These are the main public safety frequencies for the State College area, shared by both State College Borough and The Pennsylvania State University, and are licensed to Penn State. Used by Penn State Police, and workers at recreational events at Beaver Stadium (e.g. football) and Bryce Jordon Center arena (e.g. basketball, events, and concerts) for parking, traffic control, ushers, maintenance, EMS, and food service (and apparently some PSU maintenance). Also used by Centre Co. police. The control channel rotates randomly between the 857, 858, 859, and 860 MHz channels and generally changes frequency at 11:00 PM (but sometimes changes mid-day). Traffic analysis shows that the 857, 858, and 859 frequencies bear most of the traffic. Morse code ID's occur around H:57 and H:27 on 856. Digitally encrypted traffic appears from time to time, often on 856. Units numbered in the 2000's are EMS, 3000's are Centre County police (e.g. 32xx-State College, 34xx-Bellefonte, 37xx-Ferguson Township, 38xx-Patton Township) while 4000 units are PSU. Trunked radio Motorola talk group ID's include: 0290 (State College Police), 0510 (State College Grounds Dept.), 0470 (University Police), 01B0 (Campus Student Escorts), 08xx and 09xx (Jordon Center), and 0530 (EMS). Details on talkgroups (including Trunktracker ID's) are here. More details on the talkgroups are available on Radio Reference's Web Site |
Emergency Trunked System (Motorola analog Type II system)
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Outputs:
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These are the frequencies for the new Centre County emergency system, which started operation in March 1999. This system will be replacing the discrete frequencies used by the fire and EMS services in the county. Limited monitoring of the system indicates that it handles fire and ambulance, and also relays police comms from the public service system (perhaps cross-linked off-the-air? -- relayed transmissions appear to have a reduced audio quality and slight delay from public service system). More details on the Centre County systems are available on Radio Reference's Web Site |
Centre County (County Services, Fire,
etc.)
note: usage may change now that
the 800MHz system is in use for Fire
33.64 (Walker
Twp. Fire)
46.06 (Emergency)
46.14
46.2
154.995 (Rush/Spring
Twp.)
155.205 (Centre
County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue team, per Mark Earnest)
155.785
453.975 (Paging)
(Thanks to cjd14@psu.edu
for this)
460.55 (EMS
- Alpha base)
465.55
Alpha Fire Company
note: usage may change now that the 800MHz system is in use for Fire
154.415 (Channel 1)
154.37 (Channel 2)
Boggs Twp.
155.145
Centre County (Police)
155.415
155.49 (Regional Police; hrd w/ Union Co., talking to Huntingdon Co.)
155.61 (This frequency was the primary police channel prior to trunking; now it sees some use, possibly for intersystem between borough and township police)
155.64 (Channel 2, heard
referred to as "Old PSU Tac Channel 5")
Ferguson Township
158.955 (police)
154.965 (police/maintenance)
154.785 (maintenance)
Harris Township
154.055
154.1
Patton Township
155.115
158.865
Centre Community Hospital
460.8375
461.475 (data)
462.95
462.975
467.9
Philipsburg Hospital
163.25 (paging; often constant open carrier)
Ambulance
155.16 (heard with Lifeflight)
155.175 (HEAR)
463.0 (MED 1 dispatch)
463.025 (MED 2 dispatch)
463.05 (MED 3 dispatch)
463.075 (MED 4 dispatch)
463.1 (MED 5 dispatch)
463.15 (MED 7 dispatch)
468.15 (MED 7 remote)
463.175 (MED 8 dispatch)
462.95 (MED-9 dispatch KDE724)
467.95 (MED-9 remote)
462.975 (MED-10 dispatch)
Rockview Prison
45.16
155.7
453.325
Clearfield Police
45.1
154.89
155.73
Mifflin County
33.7 (Fire)
46.12 (Ambulance)
155.595 (Police)
Clinton County
33.84 (Fire)
33.78
Tyrone
37.14 (Police)
46.12 (Fire)
46.42
Altoona Police
460.425
460.325
McConnellsburg Fire
46.16
Pennsylvania State Police
TAC 1 - 155.46
TAC 2 - 151.49 (heard with airplane comms)
Mobile-to-mobile repeater - 154.755
Narcotics - 155.445
Channel A - 155.58 (base) 154.95 (mobile-not heard)
Channel B - 155.67 (base) 155.91 (mobile)
Channel C - 155.505 (base) 155.85 (mobile-Rockview barracks)
Channel D - 154.665 (base) 158.91 (mobile-not heard)
Channel E - 154.695 (base) 156.15 (mobile-not heard)
Channel F - 154.92 (base) 154.83 (mobile-not heard)
Channel G - 155.79 (base) 159.03 (mobile)
155.52
155.85
159.345
Pennsylvania Government
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDoT)
47.04
47.14
47.16
47.3
47.38
151.01
452.45
Trucks and base stations from Blair & Huntingdon Co.(District 9) and Clinton & Centre Co. (District 2); lots of traffic during snow storms!
Forest Department
151.175
151.295
151.4 (heard with airplane firefighting)
Huntingdon (KTR757), Clearfield and Moshannon (KNBC427)
Other State Agencies
45.3 - LCB
44.88 - Game Commission
44.96 - Fish Commisssion
465.2 - Att'y General
The Pennsylvania State University
A good link on the University UHF repeater system can be found at http://tns.its.psu.edu/Services/Paging/uhf.html
Police (old)
154.815 (little use)
Emergency
155.295 (EMS)
Maintenance
464.05
464.15 (very active)
464.225
464.35
464.575 (phone patches)
157.74 (paging)
464.925
463.275
461.875
461.35
460.725
462.775 (paging)
464.025 (thanks to Chris Deppe, cwd10@psu.edu)
464.725 (phone patches)
State College Area School District
151.685
151.895
463.35
Air
University Park Airport
122.8 (Unicom)
127.65 (Automated weather)
134.8/272.7 (Approach/departure via New York ARTCC, Philipsburg)
118.55 (Clearance delivery via New York ARTCC)
114.9 (Tyrone Vortac w/ CW ID "TON")
115.5 (Philipsburg Vortac w/CW ID "PSB")
116.0 (Keating Vortac)
Mid State Airport
122.9 (Multicom)
Cleveland ATC Center
119.725
121.2
121.4
124.4
128.45
132.2
133.07
135.17
New York ATC Center
118.55
124.9
128.575
132.175
132.2
133.15
133.5
132.875
134.8
135.75
272.7
306.2
FedEx (data)
856.8625
ACARS (data)
131.55
Operational, etc.
American - 129.2
Delta - 129.55, 131.45
United - 129.3, 129.5
Flight Services - 122.2, 122.5, 122.6, 134.725
ARINC - 128.9, 129.4, 130.2, 130.4, 130.5, 130.55 (State College), 130.8, 131.95
DHL - 131.625
FedEx - 122.875, 131.925
UPS -129.425
Air-to-air chat - 122.75,122.775, 122.85, 122.925, 122.975, 123.45
These are not specifically local frequencies, but are heard here often as the planes traverse the East Coast.
Amateur Radio Repeaters
(- /+ designates repeater input frequency offset)
Altoona
146.61- (K3IML)
442.1+ (NU3T)
State College
145.45- (K3EZS)
146.76- (K3HKK)
146.85- (W3YA)
147.57 (packet simplex; W3YA BBS)
Carrolltown
146.775- (KA3ZYC)
Blue Knob
147.15+ (K3OIH)
Huntingdon
146.70 (Northern Huntingdon Co.)
146.31 (Southern Huntingdon Co.)
These repeaters were reported to be linked.
Railroad
Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad
160.59 (local short line)
Conrail
160.56
160.8 (road)
160.98
161.13
Transportation
Centre Area Transporation Authority (CATA) Buses
452.675
452.85
Taxi service
862.4375
Civil Air Patrol
CAP Repeater
148.15
149.895 (packet; occasional traffic, usually weekends; active during weather emergencies and air accidents)
Other CAP Frequencies (courtesy of Eugene Sperry <sperry4@erols.com>)
Media/Utility
WRSC Remote Uplink
161.67
WQWK Remote Uplink
161.7
TCI (Cable)
461.05
466.05
Centre Daily Times (Newspaper)
861.1125
Penelec (Electric company)
48.2
48.4
48.46
Bell Atlantic (Phone company)
151.985
152.66 (mobile phone carrier)
West Penn Power (Electric company)
47.9
48.26
Columbia Gas
48.28
State College Borough Water Authority (data)
173.3125
453.3625 (short bursts)
458.9125 (constant tones)
Solid Waste Authority
453.1
453.425
Paging
462.85
454.65
454.55
454.525
454.35
454.325
454.225
454.15
931.4875
931.4375 (Skytel)
931.9375 (Skytel)
158.7
158.1
152.84
152.48
152.24
158.7 (voice/tone/data)
152.18 (voice/data)
152.72
72.76
75.64
75.84 (voice/data)
Mobile Phone (carrier tone)
152.15
152.21
Business
Trunked Business
861.7375 (CW ID)
862.7375
863.7375
864.7375
865.7375 (data channel)
Business itinerant
35.04
43.04
151.505
151.54 (rental property agency)
151.625
151.655
151.955
154.515
154.57
154.6
451.8
460.65
462.575
464.5
464.55
464.8125
467.8125
467.9
GMRS
462.55
462.5625
462.5875
462.6
462.6125
462.625
462.6375
462.65
462.6625
462.675
462.6875
462.7
462.725
Foxdale Village
151.925 (shuttle bus)
Tussey Mountain Ski Resort
155.22
155.265
Roto Rooter
861.4375
Vigilant Security (data)
467.8875
460.9875
Walks Towing Service
863.1125
Unknown towing service
861.1125
Nittany Garden Apartments
151.745
Penn State Investigations
151.805
AW & Sons (property management)
463.675
Holiday Inn (now Ramada)
461.025
McDonald's (North Atherton)
154.54 (cashier - drive thru)
Unknown construction company
463.3
Unknown data
154.475
ARDIS (Mobile Data Terminals)
855.8375
Vet
47.54
Patient Transportation
47.66
HRI Inc
49.52
Space
Not truly local, but MIR space station has been heard here
143.625
145.55
145.8 (packet)
145.85
145.2 (US Astronaut John Blaha KC5TZQ on MIR)
NOAA Weather Satellite
137.5 (WEFAX)
Last revised 1-3-06