1960's FREQUENCY LISTS?? Any sources please??

[Archie]

Anybody know where to find former police and fire frequency lists from the 1960's and 70's???


Many Thanks

 

[dave3825]

What exactly are you looking for?

 

[ScannerSK]

The first Police Call frequency guide came out in 1964. It may be possible through an inter-library loan to check out one of these old frequency guides if any library in the country has one in their resources.

Shawn

 

[bee]

Why do you want to know ,the 60's and 70's frequencies?

 

[radiomanNJ1]

Maybe he has a scanner from 1960?

 

[AlphaFive]

P.D. F.D. frequencies

When I started as a rookie, the guys who were rookies during the 60's and 70's were in the middle of their careers. According to them , unless you were a large metropolitan agency, portable radios did not exist. When you were out of your vehicle you checked out on the mobile radio, you were on your own.
The mobile radios that existed were Motorola Motracs, they made many variations, using different bands depending on the variation. The portables that came into use were the "Bricks". Motorola HT200's.
Even when I started these were still in heavy use. They were dependable, and could take a beating.
So, I would look into the frequencies for the Motorola Motrac, and the HT 200 Bricks. Hope this helps.

 

[byndhlptom]

60-70s freq

If my memory serves correctly....

The Motracs were avaliable for all three (low VHF, High VHF, and UHF) used in the 60-70's. I know that HT200's were available in High VHF and UHF (not sure about low band).

Unless you are trying to verify a specific agency from that era, it could be anywhere in these three bands.

$.02

 

[ka3aaa]

Frequencies of the olde time days.

There was a magazine called "Police call" that was very good for that type of information and came in various flavors depending on the state that you lived in. If memory serves me it was sold by Radio Shack in the seventies.

Have fun hunting frequencies of the past.

 

[W8RMH]

We had mobile radios only until the mid 70s when the city (Cincinnati) VHF-Hi, and county, VHF-Low, switched to UHF body-packs only and did away with the mobiles all together. This practice continues today, even though they are now using 800 MHz. digital trunked.

Columbus didn't have portables either. If the officer was away from the cruiser the dispatcher could do a recall through the mobile radio which would activate the lights and siren to notify the officer he was being called.

We could also put the mobile radio audio out through the siren PA and listen to the radio that way.

 

[sparklehorse]

Columbus didn't have portables either. If the officer was away from the cruiser the dispatcher could do a recall through the mobile radio which would activate the lights and siren to notify the officer he was being called.

I remember the Portland, Ore, Police using that same technology back in the 70's. If I remember correctly, they referred to it as a "Quick Call", as in "870 to dispatch, I'll be out on Quick Call for a cup". If dispatch had to interrupt his or her break, they'd send a two tone signal over the dispatch frequency that triggered the car lights and horn. It took me a long time to figure that one out. OK, well, I was twelve at the time, and there was no internet.

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[georgew0819]

According to a FCC ULS search 155.3100, 155.3700 and 158.9700 were in use for Yonkers PD on 09/18/1978. Earlier information was not in licenses for that agency. Hope this helps you out.