LI
NY
CT
DC
DE
MA
MD
ME
NH
NJ
PA
RI
VT

Outer Banks N.C. Frequencies

Note: Monitoring was done with the PRO2004 using its standard antenna from a location on the by-pass just south of the Kitty Hawk pier


Dare County Fire and Rescue

 WHAT                    FREQ      HEARD                  REMARKS
EMS Page          	155.280    Yes         Appears to be used for dispatch
Hospital          	155.340    No
EMS Talk          	155.400    Yes         General conversations between
EMSsCentral Fire  	155.925    Yes         Dispatch
Fire              	155.600    No

Hatteras Fire     	155.160    No
Fire Ch 3         	155.775    No
Fire Ch 5         	155.010    Yes

North Beach Fire  	154.130    Yes         Includes Southern Shores, Kill
                                         Devil Hills, Kitty Hawk and
                                         Nags Head

Nags Head Fire    	155.925    Yes
Nags Head Rescue  	463.150    Yes         Listed for both Fire and Rescue
Nags Head Rescue       	463.000    Yes

Beach Patrol (RX) 	158.820    Yes         Very Active in summer (GOOD)
Beach Patrol (TX) 	153.845    Yes         "     "     "   "     (GOOD)
Life Guard Svcs   	461.950    No

            ===============================================

Dare County Law Enforcement

 WHAT                    FREQ      HEARD                  REMARKS

Beach Central     	460.475    Yes         Dispatch (very active)
            		465.475    Yes         Repeater

Dare Cnty Sheriff 	460.250    Yes
                  	460.350    No
                  	460.375    No
                  	465.250    No          Repeater

State Patrol		45.62      No
            		45.78      No

Southern Shores   	460.050    No
            		460.100    No
            		465.100    No

Kitty Hawk Police 	460.425    No
                  	465.425    No


Dare County Law Enforcement (Continued)

 WHAT                    FREQ      HEARD                  REMARKS

Kill Devil Hills  	460.370    No
                  	465.370No

Nags Head Police  	453.975    No
                  	458.975    No
                  	460.125    No
                  	460.425    No          Listed as chit chat channel
 	                460.950    No          Special
                  	467.975    No          Special

Park Service      	164.225    No

Wildlife Mgmt     	159.315    Yes

            ===============================================

Misc:

County Water      	39.10      Yes         Very Active
Nags Head Water   	39.50      No
Ham Radio (TX)    	146.235    No          Local repeater
          (RX)		146.835  No
Civil Air Patrol  	148.150    No

            ===============================================

Marine:

Chan 16           	156.800    Yes         U.S. Coast Guard Hatteras and
                                         Distress freq
Chan 22           	157.100    Yes         U.S. Coast Guard Weather and
                                         Notices to Mariners

NOTE: This information was obtained from a printout available for $1.00 at the Nags Head Radio Shack. There are no copyright or other proprietary notifications marked on the material.

Curt Phillips (KD4YU@cphillips.pdial.interpath.net)
Fri, 01 Sep 95



I monitored the VHF maritime frequencies during my vacation in Nags
Head/Outer Banks, NC. during the week of August 3rd - 6th and my scanner
stopped on most of the channels.

Below is my list of channels (in order) that were heard.  

CH		Freq		Heard	Remarks
--		----            -----	-------
06		156.300		Yes	None
07A		156.350		Yes	Fishing boats/ charter cruises 
08		156.400		Yes	Had some scrambled comms
09		156.450		Yes	Waterfront Marina being called by a vessel
10		156.500		Yes	None
12		156.600		Yes	None
16		156.800		Yes	Routine Comms, vessels, USCG comms with vessels
18A		156.900		Yes	Had some scrambled comms 
19		156.950		Yes	None
20A		157.000		Yes	Port Operations/(some scrambled comms)
22A		157.100		Yes	USCG Liason/Maritime Safety Information
23A		157.150		Yes	None
26		157.300/161.900	Yes	Maritel/KSK223 in Ocean City, MD, Ship comms were
"covered" by beeping tone.   Shore comms were "in the clear".

Sean, KD4ADV



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